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Home repair companies in the Merced, CA metro area
How the Merced, CA 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 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #22 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 62
- 4 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 107
- +25.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $220.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,562 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 46% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 297,260
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Merced metro area is 73 (upper middle), #22 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for home repair companies.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Merced metro area comes to about $220.4M a year: $2,562 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 62 home repair companies, that is $3.6M per company, 46% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Merced metro area has 62 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 6%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.2, 42% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 107 businesses with payroll in the Merced metro area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 25.9% from 2019. That is one for every 804 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Merced metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Merced metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Merced metro 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.
| Measure | Merced metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 10.5 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 804 | 547 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +25.9% | +12.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,562 | $3,240 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $65,510 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 107+25.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 677
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $40.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 624 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 91The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Merced 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 Merced metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 297,260+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 86,055
- Median age
- 32.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,938 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 150
- Median household income
- $65,510+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,781
- Median home value
- $391,800
- Jobs located here
- 77,775
- Daytime population
- 255,124Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in California for home repair companies, numbered among those based in California, with the Merced metro area marked.
Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stockton-Lodi, CA | 76 | 225 | 9.2 | $3.3M | +5.5% | #14 of 387 |
| 2Merced, CA | 73 | 62 | 7.2 | $3.6M | +5.1% | #22 of 387 |
| 3Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 70 | 28 | 6.4 | $4.2M | +1.0% | #35 of 387 |
| 4Vallejo, CA | 70 | 142 | 9.0 | $3.5M | +0.6% | #37 of 387 |
| 5San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 69 | 1,584 | 9.1 | $4.2M | −2.4% | #45 of 387 |
| 6San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 67 | 689 | 10.1 | $4.1M | −0.6% | #56 of 387 |
| 7Visalia, CA | 66 | 121 | 8.5 | $3.2M | +2.4% | #62 of 387 |
| 8Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 66 | 960 | 10.9 | $2.9M | +3.2% | #64 of 387 |
| 9Fresno, CA | 65 | 326 | 8.8 | $3.1M | +3.2% | #68 of 387 |
| 10Yuba City, CA | 64 | 50 | 8.1 | $3.4M | +3.3% | #78 of 387 |
Other business types in the Merced metro area
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 trades73
- HVAC and plumbing67
- Electricians68
- Roofing and gutters75
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control70
- Landscaping and lawn care68
- House cleaning74
- Pest control37
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Merced, CA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 62 home repair companies in the Merced metro area. 4 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 25.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the Merced, CA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $220.4M a year, or $2,562 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 62 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 86,055 households in the Merced metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Merced, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Merced metro area has 7.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.6M, 46% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Merced metro area would have about 91, against 62 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 804 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Merced, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Merced metro area at 297,260 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,055 households. The median household income in the Merced metro area is $65,510 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.1% 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. The Merced metro area scores 73 for home repair companies (upper middle), #22 of 387 scored metro areas.
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