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Home repair companies in the Sonora, CA area
How the Sonora, CA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #500 of 526 scored small-town markets
#9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 44
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 53
- −8.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $63.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,811 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.4
- 56% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,160
- −4.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Sonora area is 26 (lower middle), #500 of 526 scored small-town markets and #9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Sonora area comes to about $63.8M a year: $2,811 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 44 home repair companies, that is $1.4M per company, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Sonora area has 44 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 19.4 per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 53 businesses with payroll in the Sonora area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, down 8.6% from 2019. That is one for every 428 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $395K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Sonora area. Population estimates show the Sonora area declined 4.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Sonora 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 | Sonora area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.4 | 10.5 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $3.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 428 | 547 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.6% | +12.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.0% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,811 | $3,240 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $77,404 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 53−8.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 274
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 441 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $395K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Sonora 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 Sonora area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,160−4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 22,690
- Median age
- 48.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,221 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $77,404+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,064
- Median home value
- $433,200
- Jobs located here
- 16,129
- Daytime population
- 40,598Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →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 Sonora area marked.
Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crescent City, CA | 63 | 6 | 6.3 | $4M | −4.4% | #110 of 526 |
| 2Red Bluff, CA | 59 | 19 | 7.7 | $3.3M | −1.7% | #148 of 526 |
| 3Clearlake, CA | 58 | 23 | 8.5 | $3M | −0.6% | #163 of 526 |
| 4Eureka-Arcata, CA | 56 | 40 | 7.3 | $3.5M | −3.4% | #183 of 526 |
| 5Bishop, CA | 52 | 10 | 12.4 | $2.2M | −4.4% | #244 of 526 |
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 51 | 29 | 13.3 | $2.3M | +0.9% | #260 of 526 |
| 6Ukiah, CA | 44 | 37 | 10.6 | $2.5M | −3.5% | #331 of 526 |
| 7Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 34 | 78 | 18.2 | $1.7M | −0.4% | #441 of 526 |
| 8Susanville, CA | 30 | 11 | 11.9 | $2.1M | −13.1% | #468 of 526 |
| 9Sonora, CA | 26 | 44 | 19.4 | $1.4M | −4.0% | #500 of 526 |
Other business types in the Sonora 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 trades26
- HVAC and plumbing27
- Electricians39
- Roofing and gutters35
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control23
- Landscaping and lawn care34
- House cleaning54
- Pest control16
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Sonora, CA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 home repair companies in the Sonora area. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 53 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 8.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Sonora, CA area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $63.8M a year, or $2,811 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,690 households in the Sonora area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sonora, CA area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Sonora area has 19.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.4M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Sonora area would have about 26, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 428 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Sonora, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Sonora area at 53,160 people in 2025, down 4.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,690 households. The median household income in the Sonora area is $77,404 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.8% 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 Sonora area scores 26 for home repair companies (lower middle), #500 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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