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Home repair companies in Gray County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 19 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,017 of 2,057 scored counties
#138 of 140 scored counties in Texas

Listings
21
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,603 a household
Spending per listing
$991K
59% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.3
2.1 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,919
−1.3% 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, Gray County has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #2,017 of 2,057 scored counties and #138 of 140 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Gray County spend about $20.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,603 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 21 home repair companies, that is $991K per company, 59% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Gray County has 21 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 26.3 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Gray County in 2023. That is one for every 470 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Gray County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Gray 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 Gray County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureGray CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.315.212.4
Spending per listing$991K$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment470627587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.3%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,603$3,015$3,018
Median household income$59,614$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score1955

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 17
Employees, 2023
210
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
210 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Gray 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 Gray County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,919−1.3% since 2020
Households
7,991
Median age
37.6
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
926 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$59,614+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,713
Median home value
$102,900
Jobs located here
7,219
Daytime population
19,509Residents 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 Gray 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
138Gray County, TX192126.3$991K−1.3%#2,017 of 2,057

Other business types in Gray County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 home repair companies in Gray County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

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

About $20.8M a year, or $2,603 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $991K per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,991 households in Gray County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Gray County has 26.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $991K, 59% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Gray County would have about 9, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 470 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Gray County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Gray County at 20,919 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,991 households. The median household income in Gray County is $59,614 a year, 26% 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. Gray County scores 19 for home repair companies (low), #2,017 of 2,057 scored counties.

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