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Home repair companies in Unicoi County, TN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Unicoi County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,496 a household
Spending per listing
$9.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
17,856
−0.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 home repair companies in Unicoi County. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households.

Households in Unicoi County spend about $19.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,496 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 home repair companies, that is $9.7M per company.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Unicoi County in 2023. That is one for every 1,559 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Unicoi County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 home repair companies on map listings, Unicoi County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Unicoi 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 Unicoi County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureUnicoi CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.612.112.4
Spending per listing$9.7M$2.3M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,559777587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.7%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,496$2,815$3,018
Median household income$52,218$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored66

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
41
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Unicoi 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 Unicoi County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,856−0.1% since 2020
Households
7,795
Median age
47.1
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
186 sq. mi.
People per square mile
95
Median household income
$52,218+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,417
Median home value
$189,600
Jobs located here
4,627
Daytime population
15,424Residents 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 Unicoi 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
Unicoi County, TNNot scored22.6$9.7M−0.1%

Other business types in Unicoi County

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

Questions

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

There are 2 home repair companies on map listings in Unicoi County as of September 2026. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

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

About $19.5M a year, or $2,496 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $9.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,795 households in Unicoi County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Unicoi County has 2 home repair companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Unicoi County would have about 8, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,559 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Unicoi County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Unicoi County at 17,856 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,795 households. Median household income in Unicoi County is $52,218, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Unicoi County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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