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Home repair companies in the Modesto, CA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the Modesto, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #170 of 387 scored metro areas
#19 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
209
10 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
309
+14.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$508.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,857 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.7
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
557,719
+0.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 209 home repair companies in the Modesto metro area. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 5%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.7, 6% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in the Modesto metro area spend about $508.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,857 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 309 businesses with payroll in the Modesto metro area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 14.4% from 2019. That is one for every 576 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $4.7M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Modesto metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Modesto metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, the Modesto metro area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #170 of 387 scored metro areas and #19 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.

How the Modesto 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.

Home repair trades in Modesto, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureModesto metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.710.512.4
Spending per listing$2.4M$3.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment576547587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.4%+12.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,857$3,240$3,018
Median household income$81,468$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score5358

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
309+14.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,188
Annual payroll, 2023
$235M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20910 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
209The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
15
Amount
$4.7M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
557,719+0.7% since 2020
Households
177,874
Median age
35.4
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,496 sq. mi.
People per square mile
370
Median household income
$81,468+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,867
Median home value
$450,100
Jobs located here
196,740
Daytime population
519,901Residents 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 metro areas in California for home repair companies, numbered among those based in California, with the Modesto metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Stockton-Lodi, CA762259.2$3.3M+5.5%#14 of 387
2Merced, CA73627.2$3.6M+5.1%#22 of 387
3Hanford-Corcoran, CA70286.4$4.2M+1.0%#35 of 387
4Vallejo, CA701429.0$3.5M+0.6%#37 of 387
5San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA691,5849.1$4.2M−2.4%#45 of 387
6San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA6768910.1$4.1M−0.6%#56 of 387
7Visalia, CA661218.5$3.2M+2.4%#62 of 387
8Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA6696010.9$2.9M+3.2%#64 of 387
9Fresno, CA653268.8$3.1M+3.2%#68 of 387
10Yuba City, CA64508.1$3.4M+3.3%#78 of 387
19Modesto, CA5320911.7$2.4M+0.7%#170 of 387

Other business types in the Modesto 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 Modesto, CA metro area?

There are 209 home repair companies on map listings in the Modesto metro area as of September 2026. 10 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 309 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 14.4% from 2019.

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

About $508.1M a year, or $2,857 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 209 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 177,874 households in the Modesto metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Modesto metro area has 11.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 576 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Modesto, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Modesto metro area at 557,719 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,874 households. Median household income in the Modesto metro area is $81,468, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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 Modesto metro area scores 53 for home repair companies (upper middle), #170 of 387 scored metro areas.

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