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Home repair companies in Santa Cruz County, AZ
How Santa Cruz County, AZ 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #232 of 2,057 scored counties
#2 of 12 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- −10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $39.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,340 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,020
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Santa Cruz County spend about $39.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,340 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 home repair companies, that is $3.6M per company, 49% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Santa Cruz County has 11 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Santa Cruz County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, down 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 943 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Santa Cruz County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Santa Cruz County scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #232 of 2,057 scored counties and #2 of 12 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Santa Cruz County compares
The same measures for Arizona 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 | Santa Cruz County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 11.8 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $2.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 943 | 592 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.0% | +20.7% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,340 | $2,855 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $55,217 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 18−10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 91
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,020+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 16,966
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,236 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $55,217+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,913
- Median home value
- $233,000
- Jobs located here
- 12,313
- Daytime population
- 42,829Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Santa Cruz County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 83 | 112 | 6.9 | $4M | +25.4% | #26 of 2,057 |
| 2Santa Cruz County, AZ | 69 | 11 | 6.5 | $3.6M | +4.8% | #232 of 2,057 |
| 3Maricopa County, AZ | 62 | 2,175 | 12.6 | $2.4M | +5.5% | #503 of 2,057 |
| 4Yuma County, AZ | 61 | 68 | 8.6 | $2.9M | +9.2% | #526 of 2,057 |
| 5Pima County, AZ | 58 | 488 | 11.1 | $2.4M | +2.8% | #666 of 2,057 |
| 6Graham County, AZ | 54 | 15 | 11.8 | $2.1M | +4.0% | #860 of 2,057 |
| 7Gila County, AZ | 44 | 24 | 10.2 | $2.4M | +0.9% | #1,303 of 2,057 |
| 8Cochise County, AZ | 40 | 60 | 11.8 | $2.1M | +0.6% | #1,493 of 2,057 |
| 9Mohave County, AZ | 40 | 128 | 12.6 | $1.9M | +6.5% | #1,497 of 2,057 |
| 10Coconino County, AZ | 39 | 71 | 12.9 | $2.1M | −0.6% | #1,524 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Santa Cruz County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Santa Cruz County, AZ?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 home repair companies in Santa Cruz County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Santa Cruz County, AZ spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $39.7M a year, or $2,340 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,966 households in Santa Cruz County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Santa Cruz County, AZ compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Santa Cruz County has 6.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.6M, 49% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Santa Cruz County would have about 16, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 943 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Santa Cruz County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Santa Cruz County at 50,020 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,966 households. The median household income in Santa Cruz County is $55,217 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.8% 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. Santa Cruz County scores 69 for home repair companies (upper middle), #232 of 2,057 scored counties.
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