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Top markets for home repair companies
Every U.S. metro area, small-town market and county, ranked by the Groundwork market score for home repair companies. The score weighs household spending per company, households per business, population growth and spending power.
- Listings in the U.S.
- 160,547
- 6,098 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 220,068
- +9.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $389.9B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- Spending per listing: $2.4M
A site report maps the home repair companies on map listings around the address by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 160,547 home repair companies in the U.S. Chain locations make up 4% of them. That is 12.4 per 10,000 households.
At $3,018 per household, households in the U.S. spend about $389.9B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $2.4M per company.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the U.S. was 220,068 in 2023, up 9.6% from 2019. They employ 2,445,986 people, with $182.5B in annual payroll.
The Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area has the highest market score for home repair companies among 387 scored metro areas, at 94. In the 10 highest-scoring metro areas, the median spending per company is 39% above the U.S. figure, and the median rate of listings per household is 22% below the U.S. rate.
Top markets
These tables (CSV)Ranked by the Groundwork market score, which weighs household spending per competitor, households per business with payroll, population growth and spending power against every other market of the same kind. How the score works.
Top metro areas of 1 million people or more
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 85 | 2,542 | 10.7 | $3.6M | +3.3% |
| 7Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 79 | 726 | 8.4 | $3.3M | +5.8% |
| 12Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 77 | 1,707 | 10.6 | $3.3M | +3.3% |
| 21Columbus, OH | 74 | 1,041 | 12.0 | $2.4M | +4.7% |
| 26Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 73 | 1,359 | 13.7 | $2.5M | +14.0% |
| 32Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 71 | 490 | 9.8 | $3.1M | −0.8% |
| 33Richmond, VA | 71 | 607 | 11.4 | $2.8M | +5.5% |
| 40Rochester, NY | 70 | 449 | 10.1 | $3.1M | −0.7% |
| 44Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 70 | 1,123 | 13.5 | $2.3M | +8.7% |
| 45San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 69 | 1,584 | 9.1 | $4.2M | −2.4% |
| 49Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 68 | 1,730 | 9.8 | $2.9M | +0.1% |
| 50Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 68 | 3,057 | 12.4 | $2.8M | +1.4% |
| 52Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 68 | 1,846 | 12.5 | $2.5M | +2.6% |
| 53Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 68 | 3,118 | 13.5 | $2.4M | +5.9% |
| 55Urban Honolulu, HI | 67 | 270 | 8.0 | $4.1M | −2.3% |
Top 50 metro areas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 94 | 30 | 4.3 | $6.8M | +21.1% |
| 2Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 86 | 253 | 10.3 | $3.1M | +4.2% |
| 3Corvallis, OR | 85 | 27 | 7.0 | $4M | +4.4% |
| 4Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 85 | 2,542 | 10.7 | $3.6M | +3.3% |
| 5Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 84 | 236 | 9.5 | $3.3M | +7.5% |
| 6Warner Robins, GA | 82 | 77 | 10.3 | $2.8M | +8.2% |
| 7Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 79 | 726 | 8.4 | $3.3M | +5.8% |
| 8Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 79 | 186 | 12.9 | $2.8M | +3.3% |
| 9Ithaca, NY | 78 | 29 | 6.7 | $4.6M | −1.4% |
| 10Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 78 | 372 | 9.7 | $3.4M | +1.9% |
| 11Hinesville, GA | 78 | 25 | 8.3 | $3.1M | +12.6% |
| 12Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 77 | 1,707 | 10.6 | $3.3M | +3.3% |
| 13State College, PA | 77 | 56 | 9.5 | $3.2M | −0.4% |
| 14Stockton-Lodi, CA | 76 | 225 | 9.2 | $3.3M | +5.5% |
| 15Charlottesville, VA | 76 | 92 | 10.2 | $3.2M | +3.1% |
| 16Ann Arbor, MI | 76 | 145 | 9.6 | $3.2M | −0.4% |
| 17Dalton, GA | 75 | 44 | 8.4 | $3.2M | +3.5% |
| 18Chambersburg, PA | 75 | 73 | 11.5 | $2.7M | +3.0% |
| 19Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 74 | 71 | 11.4 | $2.9M | +10.4% |
| 20Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 74 | 135 | 11.4 | $2.5M | +7.1% |
| 21Columbus, OH | 74 | 1,041 | 12.0 | $2.4M | +4.7% |
| 22Merced, CA | 73 | 62 | 7.2 | $3.6M | +5.1% |
| 23Syracuse, NY | 73 | 234 | 8.6 | $3.5M | −1.3% |
| 24McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 73 | 210 | 7.8 | $3.2M | +5.6% |
| 25Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 73 | 423 | 12.5 | $2.6M | +3.0% |
| 26Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 73 | 1,359 | 13.7 | $2.5M | +14.0% |
| 27Utica-Rome, NY | 72 | 94 | 7.8 | $3.7M | −2.0% |
| 28Monroe, MI | 72 | 53 | 8.4 | $3.3M | +0.7% |
| 29Madison, WI | 72 | 347 | 11.5 | $2.6M | +4.1% |
| 30Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 72 | 443 | 13.2 | $2.4M | +10.7% |
| 31Huntsville, AL | 72 | 278 | 13.5 | $2.3M | +12.5% |
| 32Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 71 | 490 | 9.8 | $3.1M | −0.8% |
| 33Richmond, VA | 71 | 607 | 11.4 | $2.8M | +5.5% |
| 34Clarksville, TN-KY | 71 | 141 | 11.3 | $2.4M | +8.5% |
| 35Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 70 | 28 | 6.4 | $4.2M | +1.0% |
| 36Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 70 | 34 | 7.1 | $4M | −3.9% |
| 37Vallejo, CA | 70 | 142 | 9.0 | $3.5M | +0.6% |
| 38Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 70 | 55 | 7.8 | $3.5M | −0.1% |
| 39Binghamton, NY | 70 | 86 | 8.4 | $3.4M | −1.3% |
| 40Rochester, NY | 70 | 449 | 10.1 | $3.1M | −0.7% |
| 41Laredo, TX | 70 | 75 | 9.2 | $2.8M | +5.2% |
| 42Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 70 | 239 | 10.3 | $2.7M | +4.7% |
| 43Knoxville, TN | 70 | 457 | 12.1 | $2.4M | +6.9% |
| 44Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 70 | 1,123 | 13.5 | $2.3M | +8.7% |
| 45San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 69 | 1,584 | 9.1 | $4.2M | −2.4% |
| 46Boulder, CO | 69 | 154 | 11.2 | $3M | −0.7% |
| 47Reno, NV | 69 | 227 | 10.1 | $2.9M | +5.0% |
| 48Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 69 | 137 | 11.8 | $2.8M | +2.0% |
| 49Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 68 | 1,730 | 9.8 | $2.9M | +0.1% |
| 50Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 68 | 3,057 | 12.4 | $2.8M | +1.4% |
Top 25 small-town markets
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kingsland, GA | 93 | 17 | 7.8 | $3.6M | +9.5% |
| 2Oxford, MS | 88 | 15 | 6.2 | $4.3M | +5.3% |
| 3Oneonta, NY | 88 | 17 | 7.3 | $4M | +3.8% |
| 4Enterprise, AL | 88 | 17 | 8.1 | $3.3M | +6.3% |
| 5Winchester, TN | 83 | 15 | 8.6 | $3.1M | +6.4% |
| 6Corning, NY | 81 | 12 | 3.1 | $9.3M | −1.6% |
| 7Pottsville, PA | 81 | 45 | 7.8 | $3.7M | +1.5% |
| 8Los Alamos, NM | 81 | 9 | 10.9 | $3.5M | 0.0% |
| 9Athens, TN | 81 | 26 | 9.8 | $2.7M | +8.2% |
| 10Hemlock Farms, PA | 81 | 32 | 13.2 | $2.4M | +7.2% |
| 11Cortland, NY | 80 | 7 | 3.7 | $7.8M | −1.9% |
| 12Sayre, PA | 79 | 18 | 7.3 | $3.9M | −0.6% |
| 13Elko, NV | 79 | 17 | 8.4 | $3.3M | +2.1% |
| 14Calhoun, GA | 79 | 18 | 8.4 | $3.2M | +6.9% |
| 15Lawrenceburg, TN | 78 | 11 | 6.5 | $3.8M | +6.2% |
| 16DeRidder, LA | 77 | 8 | 5.8 | $4.7M | +0.2% |
| 17Indiana, PA | 77 | 25 | 7.7 | $3.5M | −0.3% |
| 18Shelton, WA | 77 | 24 | 9.2 | $3.1M | +7.8% |
| 19Warren, PA | 76 | 8 | 5.0 | $5.5M | −3.8% |
| 20Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 76 | 23 | 5.5 | $5M | −2.5% |
| 21Gloversville, NY | 76 | 15 | 6.6 | $4.3M | −1.6% |
| 22Arcadia, FL | 76 | 8 | 6.2 | $3.8M | +8.8% |
| 23Aberdeen, WA | 76 | 22 | 7.2 | $3.5M | +3.0% |
| 24Rochelle, IL | 76 | 17 | 8.2 | $3.4M | −0.7% |
| 25Ozark, AL | 75 | 9 | 4.6 | $5.4M | +1.3% |
Top 25 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 95 | 14 | 8.1 | $4.1M | +22.6% |
| 2Sumter County, FL | 93 | 30 | 4.3 | $6.8M | +21.1% |
| 3Arlington County, VA | 90 | 34 | 3.0 | $13.3M | +2.1% |
| 4Loudon County, TN | 90 | 18 | 7.5 | $4M | +15.6% |
| 5Hudson County, NJ | 88 | 115 | 3.8 | $9.2M | +1.8% |
| 6Alexandria city, VA | 87 | 44 | 5.8 | $6.4M | +1.0% |
| 7Falls Church city, VA | 87 | 6 | 9.6 | $4.4M | +3.3% |
| 8Essex County, NJ | 87 | 256 | 8.0 | $4.2M | +4.2% |
| 9Fulton County, GA | 87 | 408 | 8.8 | $3.8M | +2.7% |
| 10Dallas County, IA | 87 | 37 | 8.7 | $3.8M | +17.8% |
| 11Camden County, GA | 87 | 17 | 7.8 | $3.6M | +9.5% |
| 12Hoke County, NC | 86 | 12 | 6.2 | $4.3M | +9.0% |
| 13Harris County, GA | 86 | 10 | 7.7 | $4.3M | +6.8% |
| 14Albemarle County, VA | 86 | 39 | 8.5 | $4.1M | +5.1% |
| 15Suffolk city, VA | 86 | 30 | 7.9 | $4M | +10.4% |
| 16Lancaster County, SC | 86 | 34 | 8.5 | $3.5M | +18.3% |
| 17Caroline County, VA | 85 | 8 | 6.7 | $4.6M | +11.3% |
| 18Roane County, TN | 85 | 14 | 6.1 | $4.5M | +7.0% |
| 19James City County, VA | 85 | 32 | 10.0 | $3.5M | +6.2% |
| 20Suffolk County, MA | 84 | 174 | 5.3 | $6.6M | +0.1% |
| 21King County, WA | 84 | 842 | 8.9 | $4.1M | +3.1% |
| 22Lafayette County, MS | 84 | 15 | 7.9 | $3.6M | +6.6% |
| 23Lyon County, NV | 83 | 9 | 3.8 | $7.1M | +9.5% |
| 24Prince George County, VA | 83 | 8 | 6.2 | $4.9M | +2.0% |
| 25Benton County, OR | 83 | 27 | 7.0 | $4M | +4.4% |
Scored: 387 metro areas, 526 small-town markets and 2,057 counties, each with at least 5 home repair companies on map listings (counties: 10,000 people or more). Spending per listing is all household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance over the listings: demand for each competitor, not revenue. Each market has its own page, reached from its state below.
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Home repair trades figures for all 387 metro areas, 538 small-town markets, 3,144 counties and 51 states: the Groundwork market score and rank, map listings and chains, household spending, businesses with payroll, employees and payroll, one-person businesses, SBA-backed loans, population, income and home value, each linked to its page. Sorted, filterable and ready to screen.
Home repair trades by state
Every market in each state ranked, with the state’s highest-scoring metro area.
- AlabamaTop metro area: Huntsville metro area · 72
- AlaskaTop metro area: Anchorage metro area · 56
- ArizonaTop metro area: Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area · 66
- ArkansasTop metro area: Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area · 58
- CaliforniaTop metro area: Stockton-Lodi metro area · 76
- ColoradoTop metro area: Boulder metro area · 69
- ConnecticutTop metro area: Norwich-New London-Willimantic metro area · 69
- DelawareTop metro area: Dover metro area · 62
- District of ColumbiaTop metro area: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area · 85
- FloridaTop metro area: Wildwood-The Villages metro area · 94
- GeorgiaTop metro area: Warner Robins metro area · 82
- HawaiiTop metro area: Urban Honolulu metro area · 67
- IdahoTop metro area: Lewiston metro area · 43
- IllinoisTop metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area · 54
- IndianaTop metro area: Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area · 56
- IowaTop metro area: Ames metro area · 56
- KansasTop metro area: Lawrence metro area · 58
- KentuckyTop metro area: Bowling Green metro area · 58
- LouisianaTop metro area: Hammond metro area · 45
- MaineTop metro area: Bangor metro area · 58
- MarylandTop metro area: Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area · 74
- MassachusettsTop metro area: Amherst Town-Northampton metro area · 74
- MichiganTop metro area: Ann Arbor metro area · 76
- MinnesotaTop metro area: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area · 68
- MississippiTop metro area: Gulfport-Biloxi metro area · 60
- MissouriTop metro area: St. Louis metro area · 56
- MontanaTop metro area: Helena metro area · 41
- NebraskaTop metro area: Omaha metro area · 42
- NevadaTop metro area: Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area · 79
- New HampshireTop metro area: Manchester-Nashua metro area · 49
- New JerseyTop metro area: Trenton-Princeton metro area · 79
- New MexicoTop metro area: Las Cruces metro area · 51
- New YorkTop metro area: Ithaca metro area · 78
- North CarolinaTop metro area: Durham-Chapel Hill metro area · 84
- North DakotaTop metro area: Fargo metro area · 39
- OhioTop metro area: Columbus metro area · 74
- OklahomaTop metro area: Lawton metro area · 42
- OregonTop metro area: Corvallis metro area · 85
- PennsylvaniaTop metro area: Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area · 86
- Rhode IslandTop metro area: Providence-Warwick metro area · 63
- South CarolinaTop metro area: Charleston-North Charleston metro area · 72
- South DakotaTop metro area: Sioux Falls metro area · 46
- TennesseeTop metro area: Clarksville metro area · 71
- TexasTop metro area: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area · 73
- UtahTop metro area: Salt Lake City-Murray metro area · 51
- VermontTop metro area: Burlington-South Burlington metro area · 55
- VirginiaTop metro area: Charlottesville metro area · 76
- WashingtonTop metro area: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area · 77
- West VirginiaTop metro area: Morgantown metro area · 66
- WisconsinTop metro area: Madison metro area · 72
- WyomingTop metro area: Cheyenne metro area · 25
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- HVAC and plumbing81,967 listings
- Electricians32,477 listings
- Roofing and gutters46,103 listings
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control108,814 listings
- Landscaping and lawn care62,384 listings
- House cleaning28,560 listings
- Pest control17,870 listings
Questions
Which metro areas have the highest market score for home repair companies?
The top 5 are Wildwood-The Villages, FL (94); Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA (86); Corvallis, OR (85); Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (85); and Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (84). The score compares each of 387 scored metro areas with the others for home repair companies.
How many home repair companies are in the U.S.?
The U.S. has 160,547 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 6,098 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 220,068 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 9.6% from 2019.
How much do U.S. households spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $389.9B a year, or $3,018 per household. Spread across the 160,547 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 129,209,336 households in the U.S. and national spending patterns by income.
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. Markets with fewer than 5 map listings of the type, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address anywhere in the U.S. It maps the home repair companies on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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