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Home repair companies in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area
How the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #61 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut
- Listings
- 640
- 26 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 786
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,497 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.8
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,171,426
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,497 per household (16% above the U.S. average), households in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area spend about $1.6B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $2.5M per company, 5% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area has 640 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 26 are chain locations, or 4%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.8, 11% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 786 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area in 2023. That is one for every 592 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 42 SBA-backed loans worth $10.8M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area.
Population estimates show the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area grew 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #61 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.8 | 14.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 592 | 532 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,497 | $3,545 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $95,118 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 786
- Employees, 2023
- 8,647
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $736.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 64026 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 670The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 42
- Amount
- $10.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford 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 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,171,426+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 465,181
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,452 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 794
- Median household income
- $95,118
- Average household income
- $127,867
- Median home value
- $333,500
- Jobs located here
- 597,826
- Daytime population
- 1,193,128Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 69 | 137 | 11.8 | $2.8M | +2.0% | #48 of 387 |
| 2Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 67 | 640 | 13.8 | $2.5M | +3.0% | #61 of 387 |
| 3Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | 64 | 558 | 15.7 | $2.5M | +3.7% | #83 of 387 |
| 4New Haven, CT | 63 | 314 | 13.6 | $2.5M | +2.5% | #91 of 387 |
| 5Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 45 | 304 | 16.9 | $2M | +3.2% | #229 of 387 |
Other business types in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford 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 trades67
- HVAC and plumbing74
- Electricians43
- Roofing and gutters78
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control41
- Landscaping and lawn care32
- House cleaning69
- Pest control74
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Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 640 home repair companies in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area. 26 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 786 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $1.6B a year, or $3,497 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 640 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 465,181 households in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area has 13.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.5M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area would have about 670, against 640 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 592 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area at 1,171,426 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 465,181 households. The median household income in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area is $95,118 a year, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area scores 67 for home repair companies (upper middle), #61 of 387 scored metro areas.
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