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Home repair companies in Wayne County, OH
The home repair companies in Wayne County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,958 of 2,057 scored counties
#82 of 82 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 78
- 2 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 108
- +22.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $117.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,650 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.6
- 42% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,758
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Wayne County is 23 (low), #1,958 of 2,057 scored counties and #82 of 82 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 78 home repair companies in Wayne County. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 17.6 for every 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Wayne County comes to about $117.6M a year: $2,650 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 78 home repair companies, that is $1.5M per company, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 108 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Wayne County in 2023, up 22.7% from 2019. That is one for every 411 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Wayne County. Population estimates show Wayne County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wayne 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 | Wayne County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.6 | 12.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 411 | 830 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.7% | +5.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,650 | $2,683 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $73,574 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 88 → 108+22.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 605
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $35.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 782 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Wayne 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 Wayne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,758−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 44,365
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 555 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 210
- Median household income
- $73,574+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,644
- Median home value
- $222,100
- Jobs located here
- 48,576
- Daytime population
- 113,893Residents 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 Wayne 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 |
| 82Wayne County, OH | 23 | 78 | 17.6 | $1.5M | −0.1% | #1,958 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Wayne County
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Questions
How many home repair companies are in Wayne County, OH?
Wayne County has 78 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 108 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 22.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Wayne County, OH spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $117.6M a year, or $2,650 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 78 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,365 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wayne County, OH compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Wayne County has 17.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.5M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Wayne County would have about 48, against 78 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 411 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Wayne County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Wayne County at 116,758 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 44,365 households. Median household income in Wayne County is $73,574, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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. Wayne County scores 23 for home repair companies (low), #1,958 of 2,057 scored counties.
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