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Home repair companies in Butte County, CA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Butte County, CA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,309 of 2,057 scored counties
#45 of 52 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 97
- 3 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 150
- +5.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $223.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,688 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.6
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 209,211
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Butte County comes to about $223.9M a year: $2,688 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Butte County has 97 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 3%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 11.6 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 150 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Butte County in 2023, up 5.6% from 2019. That is one for every 555 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Butte County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Butte County declined 0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Butte County scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,309 of 2,057 scored counties and #45 of 52 scored counties in California.
How Butte County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Butte County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.6 | 10.5 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $3.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 555 | 547 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.6% | +12.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,688 | $3,240 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $67,928 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 142 → 150+5.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,213
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $83M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 973 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 92The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Butte 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 Butte County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 209,211−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 83,312
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,637 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 127
- Median household income
- $67,928+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,439
- Median home value
- $424,700
- Jobs located here
- 75,172
- Daytime population
- 203,711Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 80 | 11 | 3.8 | $7M | +8.2% | #42 of 2,057 |
| 2Yolo County, CA | 79 | 56 | 7.3 | $4.2M | +3.1% | #53 of 2,057 |
| 3San Francisco County, CA | 75 | 207 | 5.7 | $6.7M | −5.6% | #97 of 2,057 |
| 4San Joaquin County, CA | 74 | 225 | 9.2 | $3.3M | +5.5% | #121 of 2,057 |
| 5Merced County, CA | 72 | 62 | 7.2 | $3.6M | +5.1% | #155 of 2,057 |
| 6Kings County, CA | 71 | 28 | 6.4 | $4.2M | +1.0% | #176 of 2,057 |
| 7Contra Costa County, CA | 69 | 395 | 9.5 | $3.8M | +0.3% | #228 of 2,057 |
| 8Solano County, CA | 69 | 142 | 9.0 | $3.5M | +0.6% | #234 of 2,057 |
| 9Santa Clara County, CA | 68 | 661 | 10.0 | $4.1M | −0.9% | #256 of 2,057 |
| 10Alameda County, CA | 68 | 585 | 9.8 | $3.8M | −2.6% | #260 of 2,057 |
| 45Butte County, CA | 44 | 97 | 11.6 | $2.3M | −0.5% | #1,309 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Butte 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
- Home repair trades44
- HVAC and plumbing47
- Electricians45
- Roofing and gutters45
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control23
- Landscaping and lawn care35
- House cleaning26
- Pest control17
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Butte County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 97 home repair companies in Butte County. 3 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 150 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 5.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Butte County, CA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $223.9M 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 97 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,312 households in Butte County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butte County, CA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Butte County has 11.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.3M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Butte County would have about 92, against 97 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 555 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Butte County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Butte County at 209,211 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 83,312 households. The median household income in Butte County is $67,928 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. Butte County scores 44 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,309 of 2,057 scored counties.
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