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Home repair companies in Marion County, WV
How Marion 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #429 of 2,057 scored counties
#8 of 24 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- −3.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $62.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,670 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 60% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 55,584
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 home repair companies in Marion County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.9, 44% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Marion County spend about $62.3M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,670 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.9M per company, 60% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Marion County was 31 in 2023, down 3.1% from 2019. That is one for every 753 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $80K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Marion County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marion County declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Marion County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #429 of 2,057 scored counties and #8 of 24 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Marion 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 | Marion County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 7.5 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $3.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 753 | 928 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.1% | +8.0% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,670 | $2,578 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $67,370 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32 → 31−3.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 260
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.4M
- 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
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $80K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Marion 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 Marion County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 55,584−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 23,339
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 309 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 181
- Median household income
- $67,370+33.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,263
- Median home value
- $166,700
- Jobs located here
- 18,773
- Daytime population
- 50,587Residents 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 Marion 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 |
Other business types in Marion 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 Marion County, WV?
There are 16 home repair companies on map listings in Marion County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 3.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Marion County, WV spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $62.3M a year, or $2,670 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,339 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marion County, WV compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Marion County has 6.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.9M, 60% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Marion County would have about 26, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 753 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Marion County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Marion County at 55,584 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,339 households. Median household income in Marion County is $67,370, 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. Marion County scores 63 for home repair companies (upper middle), #429 of 2,057 scored counties.
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