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Home repair companies in Roane County, TN

The home repair companies in Roane County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 85 out of 100: High

Ranked #18 of 2,057 scored counties
#2 of 72 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
14
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
23
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$63.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,769 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
86% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.1
51% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
57,395
+7.0% 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

Roane County scores 85 (high) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #18 of 2,057 scored counties and #2 of 72 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for home repair companies.

Households in Roane County spend about $63.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,769 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 86% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Roane County has 14 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 6.1 for every 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Roane County was 23 in 2023. That is one for every 991 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $633K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Roane County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Roane County grew 7.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Roane 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.

Home repair trades in Roane County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureRoane CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.112.112.4
Spending per listing$4.5M$2.3M$2.4M
Households per official establishment991777587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.7%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,769$2,815$3,018
Median household income$71,885$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score8566

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 23
Employees, 2023
89
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
140 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$633K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
57,395+7.0% since 2020
Households
22,790
Median age
46.4
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
361 sq. mi.
People per square mile
153
Median household income
$71,885+34.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,176
Median home value
$232,900
Jobs located here
12,675
Daytime population
43,901Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Tennessee

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

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Loudon County, TN90187.5$4M+15.6%#4 of 2,057
2Roane County, TN85146.1$4.5M+7.0%#18 of 2,057
3Anderson County, TN81288.5$3.2M+6.1%#39 of 2,057
4Macon County, TN8055.3$4.8M+9.5%#43 of 2,057
5Williamson County, TN8012713.8$2.9M+9.0%#48 of 2,057
6Grainger County, TN7955.2$4.7M+9.2%#51 of 2,057
7Hawkins County, TN78104.2$5.9M+5.0%#63 of 2,057
8Jefferson County, TN78198.7$3.1M+9.3%#70 of 2,057
9McMinn County, TN78199.0$2.9M+7.6%#73 of 2,057
10Overton County, TN7755.5$4.5M+5.3%#81 of 2,057

Other business types in Roane County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Roane County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 home repair companies in Roane County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Roane County, TN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $63.1M a year, or $2,769 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,790 households in Roane County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Roane County, TN compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Roane County has 6.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $4.5M, 86% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Roane County would have about 26, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 991 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Roane County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Roane County at 57,395 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,790 households. The median household income in Roane County is $71,885 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.7% 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. Roane County scores 85 for home repair companies (high), #18 of 2,057 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for home repair companies · All 56 business types in Roane County

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