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Home repair companies in White County, TN

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #269 of 2,057 scored counties
#26 of 72 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,452 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.0
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,612
+7.9% 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

Households in White County spend about $27.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,452 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.1M per company, 26% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

White County has 9 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in White County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 802 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Population estimates show White County grew 7.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, White County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #269 of 2,057 scored counties and #26 of 72 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How White 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 White County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureWhite CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.012.112.4
Spending per listing$3.1M$2.3M$2.4M
Households per official establishment802777587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.7%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.9%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,452$2,815$3,018
Median household income$52,188$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6866

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 14
Employees, 2023
61
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
91 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 White 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 White County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,612+7.9% since 2020
Households
11,226
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
377 sq. mi.
People per square mile
75
Median household income
$52,188+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,135
Median home value
$207,200
Jobs located here
7,730
Daytime population
25,039Residents 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 White 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
26White County, TN6898.0$3.1M+7.9%#269 of 2,057

Other business types in White County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 home repair companies in White County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

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

About $27.5M a year, or $2,452 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,226 households in White County and national spending patterns by income.

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

White County has 8.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.1M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, White County would have about 11, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 802 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is White County, TN growing?

Population estimates put White County at 29,612 people in 2025, up 7.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,226 households. The median household income in White County is $52,188 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.3% 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. White County scores 68 for home repair companies (upper middle), #269 of 2,057 scored counties.

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

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