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Home repair companies in Tulare County, CA
How Tulare 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #325 of 2,057 scored counties
#12 of 52 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 121
- 6 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 205
- +17.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $384.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,683 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 31% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 485,146
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 121 home repair companies in Tulare County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 5%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 8.5 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Tulare County comes to about $384.1M a year: $2,683 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 31% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 205 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Tulare County in 2023, up 17.1% from 2019. That is one for every 699 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Tulare County.
Population estimates put the population change in Tulare County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Tulare County is 66 (upper middle), #325 of 2,057 scored counties and #12 of 52 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Tulare 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 | Tulare County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 10.5 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 699 | 547 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +17.1% | +12.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,683 | $3,240 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $71,300 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 175 → 205+17.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,841
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $122.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1216 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 158The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Tulare 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 Tulare County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 485,146+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 143,195
- Median age
- 32.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 4,824 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $71,300+43.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,178
- Median home value
- $330,100
- Jobs located here
- 170,584
- Daytime population
- 466,926Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in California for home repair companies, numbered among those based in California, with Tulare County marked.
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 |
| 12Tulare County, CA | 66 | 121 | 8.5 | $3.2M | +2.4% | #325 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Tulare 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 trades66
- HVAC and plumbing63
- Electricians66
- Roofing and gutters69
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control61
- Landscaping and lawn care68
- House cleaning58
- Pest control39
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Tulare County, CA?
There are 121 home repair companies on map listings in Tulare County as of September 2026. 6 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 205 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 17.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Tulare County, CA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $384.1M a year, or $2,683 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 121 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 143,195 households in Tulare County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tulare County, CA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Tulare County has 8.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.2M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Tulare County would have about 158, against 121 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 699 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Tulare County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Tulare County at 485,146 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 143,195 households. Median household income in Tulare County is $71,300, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.5%, 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. Tulare County scores 66 for home repair companies (upper middle), #325 of 2,057 scored counties.
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