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Home repair companies in Knox County, TN
How Knox County, TN 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #715 of 2,057 scored counties
#42 of 72 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 296
- 25 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 310
- +28.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $587.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,922 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.7
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 511,453
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Knox County comes to about $587.8M a year: $2,922 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 296 home repair companies, that is $2M per company, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Knox County has 296 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 25 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 14.7 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 310 businesses with payroll in Knox County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 28.1% from 2019. That is one for every 649 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $4.4M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Knox County.
Population estimates put the population change in Knox County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Knox County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #715 of 2,057 scored counties and #42 of 72 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Knox County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Knox County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.7 | 12.1 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 649 | 777 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +28.1% | +18.7% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,922 | $2,815 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $74,222 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 242 → 310+28.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,918
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $344M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 29625 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 242The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $4.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Knox 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 Knox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 511,453+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 201,146
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 508 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 972
- Median household income
- $74,222+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,460
- Median home value
- $320,900
- Jobs located here
- 270,203
- Daytime population
- 541,810Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Loudon County, TN | 90 | 18 | 7.5 | $4M | +15.6% | #4 of 2,057 |
| 2Roane County, TN | 85 | 14 | 6.1 | $4.5M | +7.0% | #18 of 2,057 |
| 3Anderson County, TN | 81 | 28 | 8.5 | $3.2M | +6.1% | #39 of 2,057 |
| 4Macon County, TN | 80 | 5 | 5.3 | $4.8M | +9.5% | #43 of 2,057 |
| 5Williamson County, TN | 80 | 127 | 13.8 | $2.9M | +9.0% | #48 of 2,057 |
| 6Grainger County, TN | 79 | 5 | 5.2 | $4.7M | +9.2% | #51 of 2,057 |
| 7Hawkins County, TN | 78 | 10 | 4.2 | $5.9M | +5.0% | #63 of 2,057 |
| 8Jefferson County, TN | 78 | 19 | 8.7 | $3.1M | +9.3% | #70 of 2,057 |
| 9McMinn County, TN | 78 | 19 | 9.0 | $2.9M | +7.6% | #73 of 2,057 |
| 10Overton County, TN | 77 | 5 | 5.5 | $4.5M | +5.3% | #81 of 2,057 |
| 42Knox County, TN | 57 | 296 | 14.7 | $2M | +6.5% | #715 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Knox County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades57
- HVAC and plumbing60
- Electricians72
- Roofing and gutters55
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control56
- Landscaping and lawn care67
- House cleaning63
- Pest control44
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Knox County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 296 home repair companies in Knox County. 25 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 310 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 28.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Knox County, TN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $587.8M a year, or $2,922 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 296 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 201,146 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knox County, TN compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Knox County has 14.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Knox County would have about 242, against 296 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 649 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 28.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Knox County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Knox County at 511,453 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 201,146 households. The median household income in Knox County is $74,222 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Knox County scores 57 for home repair companies (upper middle), #715 of 2,057 scored counties.
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