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Home repair companies in McLennan County, TX
How McLennan 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,551 of 2,057 scored counties
#111 of 140 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 174
- 11 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 191
- +10.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $267.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,746 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.9
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 272,020
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in McLennan County is 39 (lower middle), #1,551 of 2,057 scored counties and #111 of 140 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 174 home repair companies in McLennan County. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 17.9 for every 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in McLennan County comes to about $267.3M a year: $2,746 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 191 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in McLennan County in 2023, up 10.4% from 2019. That is one for every 510 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $150K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in McLennan County. Population estimates show McLennan County grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How McLennan 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.
| Measure | McLennan County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.9 | 15.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 510 | 627 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.4% | +16.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,746 | $3,015 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $66,643 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 173 → 191+10.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,946
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $187.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17411 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 110The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in McLennan 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 McLennan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 272,020+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 97,338
- Median age
- 36.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,037 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 257
- Median household income
- $66,643+33.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,018
- Median home value
- $243,600
- Jobs located here
- 122,796
- Daytime population
- 268,907Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Texas, with McLennan County marked.
Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 95 | 14 | 8.1 | $4.1M | +22.6% | #1 of 2,057 |
| 2Travis County, TX | 79 | 688 | 11.8 | $2.9M | +7.2% | #59 of 2,057 |
| 3Atascosa County, TX | 77 | 10 | 6.0 | $4.5M | +8.7% | #80 of 2,057 |
| 4Denton County, TX | 76 | 535 | 14.8 | $2.4M | +16.9% | #94 of 2,057 |
| 5Fort Bend County, TX | 76 | 454 | 15.5 | $2.3M | +17.4% | #95 of 2,057 |
| 6Coryell County, TX | 75 | 21 | 7.8 | $3.5M | +3.0% | #101 of 2,057 |
| 7Caldwell County, TX | 73 | 13 | 7.8 | $3.5M | +20.0% | #139 of 2,057 |
| 8San Jacinto County, TX | 73 | 9 | 8.3 | $3.2M | +7.1% | #142 of 2,057 |
| 9San Patricio County, TX | 73 | 24 | 9.5 | $2.9M | +4.7% | #146 of 2,057 |
| 10Panola County, TX | 71 | 7 | 7.9 | $3.5M | +2.3% | #179 of 2,057 |
| 111McLennan County, TX | 39 | 174 | 17.9 | $1.5M | +4.2% | #1,551 of 2,057 |
Other business types in McLennan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades39
- HVAC and plumbing38
- Electricians57
- Roofing and gutters34
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control64
- Landscaping and lawn care74
- House cleaning70
- Pest control43
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in McLennan County, TX?
McLennan County has 174 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 191 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 10.4% from 2019.
How much do households in McLennan County, TX spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $267.3M a year, or $2,746 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 174 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 97,338 households in McLennan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McLennan County, TX compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
McLennan County has 17.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.5M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, McLennan County would have about 110, against 174 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 510 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is McLennan County, TX growing?
Population estimates put McLennan County at 272,020 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 97,338 households. Median household income in McLennan County is $66,643, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.9%, 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. McLennan County scores 39 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,551 of 2,057 scored counties.
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