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Home repair companies in Harrison County, WV
How Harrison County, WV 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,028 of 2,057 scored counties
#17 of 24 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 30
- 4 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- −23.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $69.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,648 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.4
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,221
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Harrison County comes to about $69.8M a year: $2,648 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.3M per company, 4% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 30 home repair companies on map listings in Harrison County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 11.4 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Harrison County was 29 in 2023, down 23.7% from 2019. That is one for every 909 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Harrison County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Harrison County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Harrison County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,028 of 2,057 scored counties and #17 of 24 scored counties in West Virginia.
How Harrison County compares
The same measures for West Virginia 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 | Harrison County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.4 | 7.5 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $3.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 909 | 928 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −23.7% | +8.0% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,648 | $2,578 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $60,377 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 29−23.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 238
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 304 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Harrison 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 Harrison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,221−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 26,353
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 416 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 156
- Median household income
- $60,377+13.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,166
- Median home value
- $166,200
- Jobs located here
- 34,505
- Daytime population
- 72,165Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for home repair companies, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Harrison County marked.
Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 82 | 25 | 11.0 | $3M | +9.2% | #31 of 2,057 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 81 | 53 | 10.4 | $2.8M | +13.7% | #41 of 2,057 |
| 3Mineral County, WV | 73 | 6 | 5.4 | $4.9M | −0.4% | #131 of 2,057 |
| 4Hampshire County, WV | 67 | 7 | 8.1 | $3.2M | +4.4% | #294 of 2,057 |
| 5Monongalia County, WV | 65 | 48 | 10.8 | $2.6M | +2.0% | #368 of 2,057 |
| 6Jackson County, WV | 64 | 5 | 4.3 | $5.8M | −1.0% | #379 of 2,057 |
| 7Wayne County, WV | 64 | 7 | 4.4 | $5.7M | −4.0% | #380 of 2,057 |
| 8Marion County, WV | 63 | 16 | 6.9 | $3.9M | −1.2% | #429 of 2,057 |
| 9Hancock County, WV | 63 | 9 | 7.0 | $3.6M | −4.5% | #433 of 2,057 |
| 10Preston County, WV | 62 | 7 | 5.5 | $4.7M | −0.6% | #471 of 2,057 |
| 17Harrison County, WV | 50 | 30 | 11.4 | $2.3M | −2.5% | #1,028 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Harrison 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 Harrison County, WV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 home repair companies in Harrison County. 4 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 23.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Harrison County, WV spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $69.8M a year, or $2,648 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,353 households in Harrison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harrison County, WV compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Harrison County has 11.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.3M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Harrison County would have about 29, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 909 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 23.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Harrison County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Harrison County at 64,221 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,353 households. The median household income in Harrison County is $60,377 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.9% 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. Harrison County scores 50 for home repair companies (upper middle), #1,028 of 2,057 scored counties.
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