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Home repair companies in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #183 of 526 scored small-town markets
#4 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California

Listings
40
2 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
82
+9.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$139.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,541 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
44% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.3
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
131,647
−3.4% 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 Eureka-Arcata area comes to about $139.5M a year: $2,541 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.5M per company, 44% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

There are 40 home repair companies on map listings in the Eureka-Arcata area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.3, 41% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Official counts show 82 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Eureka-Arcata area in 2023, up 9.3% from 2019. That is one for every 670 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.8M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Eureka-Arcata area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Eureka-Arcata area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Eureka-Arcata area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #183 of 526 scored small-town markets and #4 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California.

How the Eureka-Arcata area 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.

Home repair trades in Eureka-Arcata, CA area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureEureka-Arcata areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.310.512.4
Spending per listing$3.5M$3.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment670547587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.3%+12.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.4%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,541$3,240$3,018
Median household income$61,160$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score5658

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
82+9.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
484
Annual payroll, 2023
$29.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
402 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$3.8M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
131,647−3.4% since 2020
Households
54,922
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,568 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$61,160+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,194
Median home value
$446,900
Jobs located here
48,178
Daytime population
133,286Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across California

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in California for home repair companies, numbered among those based in California (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Eureka-Arcata area marked.

Top small-town markets in California

Small-town markets in California ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Crescent City, CA6366.3$4M−4.4%#110 of 526
2Red Bluff, CA59197.7$3.3M−1.7%#148 of 526
3Clearlake, CA58238.5$3M−0.6%#163 of 526
4Eureka-Arcata, CA56407.3$3.5M−3.4%#183 of 526
5Bishop, CA521012.4$2.2M−4.4%#244 of 526
Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA512913.3$2.3M+0.9%#260 of 526
6Ukiah, CA443710.6$2.5M−3.5%#331 of 526
7Truckee-Grass Valley, CA347818.2$1.7M−0.4%#441 of 526
8Susanville, CA301111.9$2.1M−13.1%#468 of 526
9Sonora, CA264419.4$1.4M−4.0%#500 of 526

Other business types in the Eureka-Arcata area

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Questions

How many home repair companies are in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 40 home repair companies in the Eureka-Arcata area. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 82 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 9.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $139.5M a year, or $2,541 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,922 households in the Eureka-Arcata area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Eureka-Arcata, CA area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The Eureka-Arcata area has 7.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.5M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Eureka-Arcata area would have about 58, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 670 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Eureka-Arcata, CA area growing?

Population estimates put the Eureka-Arcata area at 131,647 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 54,922 households. The median household income in the Eureka-Arcata area is $61,160 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Eureka-Arcata area scores 56 for home repair companies (upper middle), #183 of 526 scored small-town markets.

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