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Home repair companies in the Tucson, AZ metro area

How the Tucson, AZ metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #134 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona

Listings
488
20 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
649
+19.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.2B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,688 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.1
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,074,685
+2.8% 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

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Tucson metro area comes to about $1.2B a year: $2,688 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per company, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The Tucson metro area has 488 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 20 are chain locations, or 4%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 11.1 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Official counts show 649 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Tucson metro area in 2023, up 19.7% from 2019. That is one for every 675 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 29 SBA-backed loans worth $14.8M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Tucson metro area.

Population estimates show the Tucson metro area grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Tucson metro area is 57 (upper middle), #134 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona.

How the Tucson metro area 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.

Home repair trades in Tucson, AZ metro area compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureTucson metro areaArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.111.812.4
Spending per listing$2.4M$2.4M$2.4M
Households per official establishment675592587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+19.7%+20.7%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,688$2,855$3,018
Median household income$70,315$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score5762

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
649+19.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
7,754
Annual payroll, 2023
$454.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
48820 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
485The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
29
Amount
$14.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Tucson metro area, 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 the Tucson metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
1,074,685+2.8% since 2020
Households
437,827
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
9,189 sq. mi.
People per square mile
115
Median household income
$70,315+31.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,008
Median home value
$319,700
Jobs located here
381,409
Daytime population
1,030,631Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Arizona

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Tucson metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Arizona

Metro areas in Arizona ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ662,28712.1$2.5M+7.3%#67 of 387
2Yuma, AZ62688.6$2.9M+9.2%#97 of 387
3Tucson, AZ5748811.1$2.4M+2.8%#134 of 387
4Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ386011.8$2.1M+0.6%#285 of 387
5Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ3512812.6$1.9M+6.5%#316 of 387
6Flagstaff, AZ347112.9$2.1M−0.6%#321 of 387
7Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ3017515.7$1.7M+6.5%#354 of 387

Other business types in the Tucson metro area

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in the Tucson, AZ metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 488 home repair companies in the Tucson metro area. 20 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 649 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 19.7% from 2019.

How much do households in the Tucson, AZ metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $1.2B a year, or $2,688 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 488 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 437,827 households in the Tucson metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Tucson, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The Tucson metro area has 11.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Tucson metro area would have about 485, against 488 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 675 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Tucson, AZ metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Tucson metro area at 1,074,685 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 437,827 households. The median household income in the Tucson metro area is $70,315 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.7% 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. The Tucson metro area scores 57 for home repair companies (upper middle), #134 of 387 scored metro areas.

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