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Home repair companies in Roane County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Roane County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,750 of 2,057 scored counties
#24 of 24 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,296 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.8
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,317
- −4.8% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, Roane County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,750 of 2,057 scored counties and #24 of 24 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 home repair companies in Roane County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.8, 29% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Roane County spend about $13.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,296 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per company, 8% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Roane County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Roane County declined 4.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Roane 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 | Roane County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.8 | 7.5 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 928 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.0% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.8% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,296 | $2,578 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $45,778 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Roane 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 Roane County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,317−4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,704
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 484 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $45,778+22.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,771
- Median home value
- $122,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,008
- Daytime population
- 12,017Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 24Roane County, WV | 33 | 5 | 8.8 | $2.6M | −4.8% | #1,750 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Roane County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Roane County, WV?
Roane County has 5 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. No official count is published for plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Roane County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Roane County, WV spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $13.1M a year, or $2,296 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,704 households in Roane County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Roane County, WV compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Roane County has 8.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.6M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending.
How fast is Roane County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Roane County at 13,317 people in 2025, down 4.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,704 households. Median household income in Roane County is $45,778, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.5%, 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. Roane County scores 33 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,750 of 2,057 scored counties.
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