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Home repair companies in Shelby County, OH
The home repair companies in Shelby County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,535 of 2,057 scored counties
#66 of 82 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 26
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +39.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $51.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,705 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.8
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,065
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 home repair companies in Shelby County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 13.8 for every 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Shelby County comes to about $51.1M a year: $2,705 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Shelby County in 2023, up 39.1% from 2019. That is one for every 591 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Shelby County.
Population estimates put the population change in Shelby County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Shelby County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,535 of 2,057 scored counties and #66 of 82 scored counties in Ohio.
How Shelby County compares
The same measures for Ohio and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the home repair companies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Shelby County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.8 | 12.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 591 | 830 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +39.1% | +5.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,705 | $2,683 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $73,978 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 32+39.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 790
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $63.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 260 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Shelby County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,065−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 18,906
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 408 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 118
- Median household income
- $73,978+15.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,849
- Median home value
- $208,100
- Jobs located here
- 26,886
- Daytime population
- 50,791Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Shelby County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Delaware County, OH | 79 | 114 | 13.9 | $2.7M | +12.5% | #60 of 2,057 |
| 2Warren County, OH | 78 | 119 | 12.9 | $2.6M | +5.7% | #75 of 2,057 |
| 3Morrow County, OH | 74 | 8 | 5.9 | $4.5M | +3.7% | #115 of 2,057 |
| 4Union County, OH | 73 | 38 | 15.7 | $2.1M | +16.5% | #151 of 2,057 |
| 5Perry County, OH | 71 | 8 | 5.9 | $4.3M | +1.3% | #175 of 2,057 |
| 6Portage County, OH | 71 | 53 | 8.1 | $3.3M | +1.0% | #182 of 2,057 |
| 7Franklin County, OH | 70 | 611 | 11.0 | $2.5M | +2.8% | #217 of 2,057 |
| 8Greene County, OH | 70 | 86 | 12.6 | $2.3M | +3.7% | #221 of 2,057 |
| 9Hardin County, OH | 67 | 5 | 4.3 | $5.9M | −2.1% | #281 of 2,057 |
| 10Ashland County, OH | 67 | 15 | 7.2 | $3.5M | +0.1% | #289 of 2,057 |
| 66Shelby County, OH | 39 | 26 | 13.8 | $2M | −0.2% | #1,535 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Shelby County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Shelby County, OH?
There are 26 home repair companies on map listings in Shelby County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 39.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Shelby County, OH spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $51.1M a year, or $2,705 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,906 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, OH compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Shelby County has 13.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Shelby County would have about 21, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 591 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 39.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 48,065 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,906 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $73,978, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.9%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Shelby County scores 39 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,535 of 2,057 scored counties.
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