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Home repair companies in Imperial County, CA

How Imperial County, CA 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #774 of 2,057 scored counties
#28 of 52 scored counties in California

Listings
43
2 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
65
+8.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$120.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,434 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
16% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.7
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
181,411
+1.1% 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 Imperial County comes to about $120.8M a year: $2,434 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per company, 16% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Imperial County has 43 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 8.7 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 65 businesses with payroll in Imperial County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 8.3% from 2019. That is one for every 764 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $823K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Imperial County.

Population estimates show Imperial County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Imperial County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #774 of 2,057 scored counties and #28 of 52 scored counties in California.

How Imperial 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.

Home repair trades in Imperial County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureImperial CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.710.512.4
Spending per listing$2.8M$3.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment764547587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.3%+12.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,434$3,240$3,018
Median household income$57,681$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score5558

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
60 → 65+8.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
527
Annual payroll, 2023
$35.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
432 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
50The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$823K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Imperial 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 Imperial County

Population, 2025 estimate
181,411+1.1% since 2020
Households
49,644
Median age
33.6
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
4,176 sq. mi.
People per square mile
43
Median household income
$57,681+21.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,363
Median home value
$309,600
Jobs located here
63,081
Daytime population
165,766Residents 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 counties in California for home repair companies, numbered among those based in California, with Imperial County marked.

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Yuba County, CA80113.8$7M+8.2%#42 of 2,057
2Yolo County, CA79567.3$4.2M+3.1%#53 of 2,057
3San Francisco County, CA752075.7$6.7M−5.6%#97 of 2,057
4San Joaquin County, CA742259.2$3.3M+5.5%#121 of 2,057
5Merced County, CA72627.2$3.6M+5.1%#155 of 2,057
6Kings County, CA71286.4$4.2M+1.0%#176 of 2,057
7Contra Costa County, CA693959.5$3.8M+0.3%#228 of 2,057
8Solano County, CA691429.0$3.5M+0.6%#234 of 2,057
9Santa Clara County, CA6866110.0$4.1M−0.9%#256 of 2,057
10Alameda County, CA685859.8$3.8M−2.6%#260 of 2,057
28Imperial County, CA55438.7$2.8M+1.1%#774 of 2,057

Other business types in Imperial County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Imperial County, CA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 home repair companies in Imperial County. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 8.3% from 2019.

How much do households in Imperial County, CA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $120.8M a year, or $2,434 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,644 households in Imperial County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Imperial County, CA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Imperial County has 8.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.8M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Imperial County would have about 50, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 764 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Imperial County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Imperial County at 181,411 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,644 households. The median household income in Imperial County is $57,681 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.1% 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. Imperial County scores 55 for home repair companies (upper middle), #774 of 2,057 scored counties.

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