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Home repair companies in Bay County, FL
The home repair companies in Bay County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,392 of 2,057 scored counties
#42 of 57 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 185
- 10 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 161
- +3.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $227.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,885 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 49% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.5
- 90% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 204,479
- +17.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 185 home repair companies in Bay County. 10 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 23.5 per 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Bay County comes to about $227.3M a year: $2,885 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 185 home repair companies, that is $1.2M per company, 49% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 161 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Bay County in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019. That is one for every 489 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $2.7M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Bay County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bay County grew 17.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Bay County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,392 of 2,057 scored counties and #42 of 57 scored counties in Florida.
How Bay County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Bay County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.5 | 15.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 489 | 485 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.9% | +15.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +17.2% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,885 | $2,932 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $73,533 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 155 → 161+3.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,834
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $99.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18510 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 94The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $2.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Bay 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 Bay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 204,479+17.2% since 2020
- Households
- 78,778
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 759 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 246
- Median household income
- $73,533+35.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,618
- Median home value
- $310,500
- Jobs located here
- 79,343
- Daytime population
- 189,844Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 93 | 30 | 4.3 | $6.8M | +21.1% | #2 of 2,057 |
| 2St. Johns County, FL | 80 | 131 | 11.3 | $3.2M | +25.0% | #47 of 2,057 |
| 3Osceola County, FL | 75 | 130 | 9.1 | $3.1M | +23.2% | #102 of 2,057 |
| 4DeSoto County, FL | 74 | 8 | 6.2 | $3.8M | +8.8% | #117 of 2,057 |
| 5Nassau County, FL | 73 | 44 | 11.2 | $2.8M | +17.4% | #148 of 2,057 |
| 6Hernando County, FL | 71 | 70 | 8.5 | $3.2M | +13.3% | #186 of 2,057 |
| 7Suwannee County, FL | 70 | 15 | 9.3 | $2.7M | +10.6% | #216 of 2,057 |
| 8Levy County, FL | 68 | 12 | 6.5 | $3.8M | +12.7% | #259 of 2,057 |
| 9Flagler County, FL | 66 | 67 | 12.7 | $2.3M | +21.0% | #341 of 2,057 |
| 10Clay County, FL | 64 | 104 | 12.4 | $2.4M | +9.4% | #414 of 2,057 |
| 42Bay County, FL | 43 | 185 | 23.5 | $1.2M | +17.2% | #1,392 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Bay 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 trades43
- HVAC and plumbing45
- Electricians50
- Roofing and gutters43
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control43
- Landscaping and lawn care63
- House cleaning38
- Pest control43
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Bay County, FL?
Bay County has 185 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 161 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Bay County, FL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $227.3M a year, or $2,885 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 185 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 78,778 households in Bay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bay County, FL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Bay County has 23.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.2M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Bay County would have about 94, against 185 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 489 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Bay County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Bay County at 204,479 people in 2025, up 17.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 78,778 households. Median household income in Bay County is $73,533, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.4%, 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. Bay County scores 43 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,392 of 2,057 scored counties.
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