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Home repair companies in Orange County, CA
How Orange 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 #776 of 2,057 scored counties
#29 of 52 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 1,419
- 54 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 2,223
- +5.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3.8B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,492 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.1
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,149,507
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,419 home repair companies in Orange County. 54 of them (4%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 13.1 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Orange County spend about $3.8B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,492 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.7M per company, 10% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Orange County was 2,223 in 2023, up 5.8% from 2019. That is one for every 487 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 131 SBA-backed loans worth $98.7M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Orange County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Orange County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Orange County is 55 (upper middle), #776 of 2,057 scored counties and #29 of 52 scored counties in California.
How Orange 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 | Orange County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.1 | 10.5 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $3.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 487 | 547 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.8% | +12.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,492 | $3,240 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $116,289 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 2,102 → 2,223+5.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 31,287
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,41954 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,557The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 131
- Amount
- $98.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Orange 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 Orange County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,149,507−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,082,960
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 793 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,991
- Median household income
- $116,289+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $156,761
- Median home value
- $962,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,713,003
- Daytime population
- 3,381,147Residents 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 |
| 29Orange County, CA | 55 | 1,419 | 13.1 | $2.7M | −1.1% | #776 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Orange 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 trades55
- HVAC and plumbing52
- Electricians56
- Roofing and gutters64
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control61
- Landscaping and lawn care73
- House cleaning50
- Pest control49
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Orange County, CA?
There are 1,419 home repair companies on map listings in Orange County as of September 2026. 54 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 2,223 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 5.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Orange County, CA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $3.8B a year, or $3,492 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,419 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,082,960 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orange County, CA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Orange County has 13.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.7M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Orange County would have about 1,557, against 1,419 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 487 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Orange County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Orange County at 3,149,507 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,082,960 households. Median household income in Orange County is $116,289, 44% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. Orange County scores 55 for home repair companies (upper middle), #776 of 2,057 scored counties.
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