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Home repair companies in Whitman County, WA
How Whitman County, WA 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #491 of 2,057 scored counties
#14 of 31 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- −20.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $46.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,461 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,512
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 home repair companies in Whitman County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.5, 31% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Whitman County comes to about $46.1M a year: $2,461 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each company on map listings, 19% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Whitman County in 2023, down 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,170 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $140K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Whitman County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Whitman County grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Whitman County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #491 of 2,057 scored counties and #14 of 31 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Whitman County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Whitman County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 11.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,170 | 570 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −20.0% | +10.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,461 | $3,196 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $55,406 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 16−20.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 188
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $140K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Whitman 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 Whitman County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,512+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,721
- Median age
- 33.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 47%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,159 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $55,406+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,165
- Median home value
- $359,600
- Jobs located here
- 19,571
- Daytime population
- 49,541Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Washington for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Washington, with Whitman County marked.
Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1King County, WA | 84 | 842 | 8.9 | $4.1M | +3.1% | #21 of 2,057 |
| 2Stevens County, WA | 80 | 11 | 5.7 | $4.7M | +6.6% | #44 of 2,057 |
| 3Mason County, WA | 73 | 24 | 9.2 | $3.1M | +7.8% | #144 of 2,057 |
| 4Pacific County, WA | 71 | 9 | 8.2 | $3.2M | +3.6% | #188 of 2,057 |
| 5Grant County, WA | 70 | 25 | 7.1 | $3.8M | +6.3% | #206 of 2,057 |
| 6Grays Harbor County, WA | 70 | 22 | 7.2 | $3.5M | +3.0% | #208 of 2,057 |
| 7Jefferson County, WA | 69 | 9 | 5.5 | $5M | +2.7% | #224 of 2,057 |
| 8Whatcom County, WA | 67 | 91 | 9.7 | $3M | +3.9% | #297 of 2,057 |
| 9Kitsap County, WA | 67 | 126 | 11.6 | $2.8M | +2.7% | #304 of 2,057 |
| 10Benton County, WA | 66 | 86 | 11.0 | $2.7M | +6.9% | #337 of 2,057 |
| 14Whitman County, WA | 62 | 16 | 8.5 | $2.9M | +1.5% | #491 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Whitman County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Whitman County, WA?
There are 16 home repair companies on map listings in Whitman County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 20.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Whitman County, WA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $46.1M a year, or $2,461 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,721 households in Whitman County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Whitman County, WA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Whitman County has 8.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.9M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Whitman County would have about 19, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,170 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Whitman County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Whitman County at 48,512 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,721 households. Median household income in Whitman County is $55,406, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.6%, 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. Whitman County scores 62 for home repair companies (upper middle), #491 of 2,057 scored counties.
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