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Home repair companies in Houston County, TX

The home repair companies in Houston County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,385 of 2,057 scored counties
#91 of 140 scored counties in Texas

Listings
12
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.2M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,534 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
31% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.0
21% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,316
+1.1% 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 $2,534 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Houston County spend about $20.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 12 home repair companies, that is $1.7M per company, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Houston County has 12 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 15.0 for every 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Houston County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 998 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Houston County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Houston County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,385 of 2,057 scored counties and #91 of 140 scored counties in Texas.

How Houston 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 Houston County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHouston CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.015.212.4
Spending per listing$1.7M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment998627587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.3%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,534$3,015$3,018
Median household income$56,531$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4355

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 8
Employees, 2023
46
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
120 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Houston 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 Houston County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,316+1.1% since 2020
Households
7,983
Median age
44.5
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,231 sq. mi.
People per square mile
18
Median household income
$56,531+49.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,793
Median home value
$164,900
Jobs located here
5,116
Daytime population
19,245Residents 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 Houston 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
91Houston County, TX431215.0$1.7M+1.1%#1,385 of 2,057

Other business types in Houston County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 home repair companies in Houston County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

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

About $20.2M a year, or $2,534 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,983 households in Houston County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Houston County has 15.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.7M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Houston County would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 998 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Houston County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Houston County at 22,316 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,983 households. The median household income in Houston County is $56,531 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 49.1% 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. Houston County scores 43 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,385 of 2,057 scored counties.

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

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