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Home repair companies in Bell County, TX

How Bell County, TX 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #420 of 2,057 scored counties
#28 of 140 scored counties in Texas

Listings
172
7 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
175
+19.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$385.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,706 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.1
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
402,248
+8.0% 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

At $2,706 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Bell County spend about $385.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Bell County has 172 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (4%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 12.1 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Bell County was 175 in 2023, up 19.1% from 2019. That is one for every 813 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Bell County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bell County grew 8.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Bell County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #420 of 2,057 scored counties and #28 of 140 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Bell County compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Bell County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBell CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.115.212.4
Spending per listing$2.2M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment813627587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+19.1%+16.3%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,706$3,015$3,018
Median household income$68,865$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6455

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
147 → 175+19.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,596
Annual payroll, 2023
$84.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1727 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
159The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$2M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
402,248+8.0% since 2020
Households
142,305
Median age
34.0
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,054 sq. mi.
People per square mile
367
Median household income
$68,865+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,513
Median home value
$241,000
Jobs located here
118,827
Daytime population
363,152Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Texas

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

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chambers County, TX95148.1$4.1M+22.6%#1 of 2,057
2Travis County, TX7968811.8$2.9M+7.2%#59 of 2,057
3Atascosa County, TX77106.0$4.5M+8.7%#80 of 2,057
4Denton County, TX7653514.8$2.4M+16.9%#94 of 2,057
5Fort Bend County, TX7645415.5$2.3M+17.4%#95 of 2,057
6Coryell County, TX75217.8$3.5M+3.0%#101 of 2,057
7Caldwell County, TX73137.8$3.5M+20.0%#139 of 2,057
8San Jacinto County, TX7398.3$3.2M+7.1%#142 of 2,057
9San Patricio County, TX73249.5$2.9M+4.7%#146 of 2,057
10Panola County, TX7177.9$3.5M+2.3%#179 of 2,057
28Bell County, TX6417212.1$2.2M+8.0%#420 of 2,057

Other business types in Bell County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Bell County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 172 home repair companies in Bell County. 7 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 175 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 19.1% from 2019.

How much do households in Bell County, TX spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $385.1M a year, or $2,706 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 172 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 142,305 households in Bell County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bell County, TX compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Bell County has 12.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.2M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Bell County would have about 159, against 172 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 813 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Bell County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Bell County at 402,248 people in 2025, up 8.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 142,305 households. The median household income in Bell County is $68,865 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.5% 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. Bell County scores 64 for home repair companies (upper middle), #420 of 2,057 scored counties.

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