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Home repair companies in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT metro area
How the Waterbury-Shelton, 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #229 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut
- Listings
- 304
- 7 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 384
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $594.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,300 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.9
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 463,349
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 304 home repair companies in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 2%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.9, 36% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area comes to about $594.4M a year: $3,300 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 384 businesses with payroll in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 469 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 34 SBA-backed loans worth $12.6M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Waterbury-Shelton metro area scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #229 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut.
How the Waterbury-Shelton 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 | Waterbury-Shelton metro area | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.9 | 14.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 469 | 532 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,300 | $3,545 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $86,191 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 384
- Employees, 2023
- 3,194
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $249.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3047 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 245The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 34
- Amount
- $12.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Waterbury-Shelton 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 Waterbury-Shelton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 463,349+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 180,116
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 413 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,102
- Median household income
- $86,191
- Average household income
- $114,324
- Median home value
- $317,700
- Jobs located here
- 164,434
- Daytime population
- 395,318Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Connecticut market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Connecticut for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Waterbury-Shelton metro area marked.
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 Waterbury-Shelton 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 trades45
- HVAC and plumbing54
- Electricians35
- Roofing and gutters62
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control45
- Landscaping and lawn care33
- House cleaning64
- Pest control66
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT metro area?
There are 304 home repair companies on map listings in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area as of September 2026. 7 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 384 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $594.4M a year, or $3,300 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 304 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 180,116 households in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Waterbury-Shelton, CT metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Waterbury-Shelton metro area has 16.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Waterbury-Shelton metro area would have about 245, against 304 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 469 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is the Waterbury-Shelton, CT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Waterbury-Shelton metro area at 463,349 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 180,116 households. Median household income in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area is $86,191, 7% 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 Waterbury-Shelton metro area scores 45 for home repair companies (lower middle), #229 of 387 scored metro areas.
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