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Home repair companies in Brown County, TX

How Brown 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 22 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,976 of 2,057 scored counties
#137 of 140 scored counties in Texas

Listings
28
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
33
+13.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$37.2M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,488 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.7
51% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,711
+1.7% 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

The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Brown County is 22 (low), #1,976 of 2,057 scored counties and #137 of 140 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Brown County spend about $37.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,488 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Brown County has 28 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 18.7 for every 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Brown County in 2023, up 13.8% from 2019. That is one for every 454 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Brown County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Brown 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 Brown County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBrown CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.715.212.4
Spending per listing$1.3M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment454627587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.8%+16.3%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,488$3,015$3,018
Median household income$57,470$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2255

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
29 → 33+13.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
210
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
281 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Brown 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 Brown County

Population, 2025 estimate
38,711+1.7% since 2020
Households
14,972
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
945 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$57,470+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,477
Median home value
$158,900
Jobs located here
14,839
Daytime population
36,518Residents 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 Brown 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
137Brown County, TX222818.7$1.3M+1.7%#1,976 of 2,057

Other business types in Brown County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 home repair companies in Brown County. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 13.8% from 2019.

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

About $37.2M a year, or $2,488 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,972 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Brown County has 18.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.3M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Brown County would have about 15, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 454 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Brown County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Brown County at 38,711 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,972 households. The median household income in Brown County is $57,470 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.8% 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. Brown County scores 22 for home repair companies (low), #1,976 of 2,057 scored counties.

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