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Home repair companies in Bowie County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,826 of 2,057 scored counties
#129 of 140 scored counties in Texas

Listings
56
5 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
57
+16.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$91M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,596 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.0
29% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
92,696
−0.2% 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

For home repair companies, Bowie County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,826 of 2,057 scored counties and #129 of 140 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 56 home repair companies in Bowie County. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 16.0 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Bowie County comes to about $91M a year: $2,596 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 57 businesses with payroll in Bowie County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 16.3% from 2019. That is one for every 615 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Bowie County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bowie County declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Bowie 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 Bowie County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBowie CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.015.212.4
Spending per listing$1.6M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment615627587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+16.3%+16.3%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,596$3,015$3,018
Median household income$59,803$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3155

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
49 → 57+16.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
523
Annual payroll, 2023
$37.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
565 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
92,696−0.2% since 2020
Households
35,073
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
885 sq. mi.
People per square mile
104
Median household income
$59,803+19.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,943
Median home value
$173,000
Jobs located here
39,161
Daytime population
93,908Residents 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 Bowie 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
129Bowie County, TX315616.0$1.6M−0.2%#1,826 of 2,057

Other business types in Bowie County

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

Questions

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

Bowie County has 56 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 16.3% from 2019.

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

About $91M a year, or $2,596 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,073 households in Bowie County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bowie County has 16.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.6M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Bowie County would have about 38, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 615 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Bowie County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Bowie County at 92,696 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,073 households. Median household income in Bowie County is $59,803, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.2%, 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. Bowie County scores 31 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,826 of 2,057 scored counties.

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