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Home repair companies in Lewis County, WV

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,543 a household
Spending per listing
$5.9M
2.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
65% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,394
−3.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 home repair companies in Lewis County. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Lewis County comes to about $17.7M a year: $2,543 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.9M of household spending for each company on map listings, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Lewis County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,322 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Lewis County declined 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 home repair companies on map listings, Lewis County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lewis 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.

Home repair trades in Lewis County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureLewis CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.37.512.4
Spending per listing$5.9M$3.4M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,322928587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.0%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.7%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,543$2,578$3,018
Median household income$56,477$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored58

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 3
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$227K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Lewis 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 Lewis County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,394−3.7% since 2020
Households
6,967
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
387 sq. mi.
People per square mile
43
Median household income
$56,477+41.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,876
Median home value
$151,800
Jobs located here
6,049
Daytime population
15,995Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for home repair companies, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Lewis County marked.

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, WV822511.0$3M+9.2%#31 of 2,057
2Berkeley County, WV815310.4$2.8M+13.7%#41 of 2,057
3Mineral County, WV7365.4$4.9M−0.4%#131 of 2,057
4Hampshire County, WV6778.1$3.2M+4.4%#294 of 2,057
5Monongalia County, WV654810.8$2.6M+2.0%#368 of 2,057
6Jackson County, WV6454.3$5.8M−1.0%#379 of 2,057
7Wayne County, WV6474.4$5.7M−4.0%#380 of 2,057
8Marion County, WV63166.9$3.9M−1.2%#429 of 2,057
9Hancock County, WV6397.0$3.6M−4.5%#433 of 2,057
10Preston County, WV6275.5$4.7M−0.6%#471 of 2,057
Lewis County, WVNot scored34.3$5.9M−3.7%

Other business types in Lewis County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Lewis County, WV?

There are 3 home repair companies on map listings in Lewis County as of September 2026. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Lewis County, WV spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $17.7M a year, or $2,543 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $5.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,967 households in Lewis County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lewis County, WV compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Lewis County has 4.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $5.9M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Lewis County would have about 7, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,322 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Lewis County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Lewis County at 16,394 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,967 households. Median household income in Lewis County is $56,477, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.5%, 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. Lewis County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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