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Home repair companies in Baker County, OR

How Baker County, OR compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 18 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,019 of 2,057 scored counties
#27 of 27 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
11
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,410 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.0
21% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,658
−0.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Baker County is 18 (low), #2,019 of 2,057 scored counties and #27 of 27 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 home repair companies in Baker County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 15.0 per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in Baker County spend about $17.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,410 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per company, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Baker County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 460 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates show Baker County declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Baker County compares

The same measures for Oregon 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.

Home repair trades in Baker County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureBaker CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.011.012.4
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.6M$2.4M
Households per official establishment460605587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.3%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,410$2,907$3,018
Median household income$60,936$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score1853

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 16
Employees, 2023
59
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Baker 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 Baker County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,658−0.4% since 2020
Households
7,355
Median age
46.4
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
3,068 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$60,936+32.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,443
Median home value
$285,600
Jobs located here
5,330
Daytime population
16,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Oregon

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The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Baker County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, OR83277.0$4M+4.4%#25 of 2,057
2Jefferson County, OR7866.8$3.9M+4.7%#64 of 2,057
3Multnomah County, OR722858.1$3.7M−2.6%#154 of 2,057
4Washington County, OR7126711.3$2.9M+1.8%#189 of 2,057
5Polk County, OR70226.7$4.3M+2.3%#203 of 2,057
6Crook County, OR67109.3$3.1M+10.6%#296 of 2,057
7Umatilla County, OR562910.1$2.6M+1.5%#738 of 2,057
8Yamhill County, OR564712.0$2.4M+2.2%#745 of 2,057
9Columbia County, OR552712.9$2.2M+2.6%#800 of 2,057
10Marion County, OR5115111.9$2.3M+2.7%#987 of 2,057
27Baker County, OR181115.0$1.6M−0.4%#2,019 of 2,057

Other business types in Baker County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Baker County, OR?

Baker County has 11 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Baker County, OR spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $17.7M a year, or $2,410 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,355 households in Baker County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Baker County, OR compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Baker County has 15.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.6M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Baker County would have about 7, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 460 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Baker County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Baker County at 16,658 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,355 households. Median household income in Baker County is $60,936, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.5%, 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. Baker County scores 18 for home repair companies (low), #2,019 of 2,057 scored counties.

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