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Home repair companies in Carbon County, UT

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,786 of 2,057 scored counties
#17 of 17 scored counties in Utah

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,393 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.1
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,680
+1.0% 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

Carbon County scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,786 of 2,057 scored counties and #17 of 17 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 home repair companies in Carbon County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.1, 10% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in Carbon County spend about $19.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,393 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per company, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Carbon County in 2023. That is one for every 451 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carbon County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Carbon County compares

The same measures for Utah 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 Carbon County, UT compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureCarbon CountyUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.114.412.4
Spending per listing$2.2M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment451384587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,393$3,068$3,018
Median household income$58,377$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score3244

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 18
Employees, 2023
132
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
90 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,680+1.0% since 2020
Households
8,123
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,479 sq. mi.
People per square mile
14
Median household income
$58,377+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,548
Median home value
$228,500
Jobs located here
7,904
Daytime population
17,852Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Utah

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The highest-scoring counties in Utah for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Utah, with Carbon County marked.

Top counties in Utah

Counties in Utah ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Tooele County, UT76197.9$3.9M+19.2%#89 of 2,057
2Wasatch County, UT651612.4$2.8M+9.9%#362 of 2,057
3Sanpete County, UT6177.9$3.3M+10.3%#515 of 2,057
4Davis County, UT6114312.3$2.6M+4.8%#535 of 2,057
5Box Elder County, UT552412.3$2.3M+12.7%#794 of 2,057
6Juab County, UT53512.9$2.3M+14.8%#896 of 2,057
7Utah County, UT5231515.5$2M+14.5%#952 of 2,057
8Salt Lake County, UT5061614.5$2.2M+2.9%#1,042 of 2,057
9Uintah County, UT481714.0$1.9M+7.3%#1,149 of 2,057
10Morgan County, UT47718.5$1.9M+8.1%#1,199 of 2,057
17Carbon County, UT32911.1$2.2M+1.0%#1,786 of 2,057

Other business types in Carbon County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Carbon County, UT?

There are 9 home repair companies on map listings in Carbon County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Carbon County, UT spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $19.4M a year, or $2,393 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,123 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Carbon County, UT compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Carbon County has 11.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.2M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Carbon County would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 451 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Carbon County, UT growing?

Population estimates put Carbon County at 20,680 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,123 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $58,377, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. Carbon County scores 32 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,786 of 2,057 scored counties.

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