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Home repair companies in Indian River County, FL

How Indian River County, FL 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,390 of 2,057 scored counties
#41 of 57 scored counties in Florida

Listings
139
3 chain locations (2%)
Official establishments
148
+9.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$209.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,953 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.6
58% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
172,799
+7.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 139 home repair companies in Indian River County. 3 of them (2%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 19.6 per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Indian River County comes to about $209.1M a year: $2,953 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 139 home repair companies, that is $1.5M per company, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Indian River County was 148 in 2023, up 9.6% from 2019. That is one for every 478 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 12 SBA-backed loans worth $4.6M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Indian River County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Indian River County grew 7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Indian River County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,390 of 2,057 scored counties and #41 of 57 scored counties in Florida.

How Indian River 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.

Home repair trades in Indian River County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureIndian River CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.615.312.4
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment478485587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.6%+15.9%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,953$2,932$3,018
Median household income$73,491$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4343

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
135 → 148+9.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,640
Annual payroll, 2023
$79.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1393 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
86The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
12
Amount
$4.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Indian River 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 Indian River County

Population, 2025 estimate
172,799+7.7% since 2020
Households
70,816
Median age
52.9
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
503 sq. mi.
People per square mile
332
Median household income
$73,491+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,404
Median home value
$351,500
Jobs located here
57,126
Daytime population
157,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Florida, with Indian River County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumter County, FL93304.3$6.8M+21.1%#2 of 2,057
2St. Johns County, FL8013111.3$3.2M+25.0%#47 of 2,057
3Osceola County, FL751309.1$3.1M+23.2%#102 of 2,057
4DeSoto County, FL7486.2$3.8M+8.8%#117 of 2,057
5Nassau County, FL734411.2$2.8M+17.4%#148 of 2,057
6Hernando County, FL71708.5$3.2M+13.3%#186 of 2,057
7Suwannee County, FL70159.3$2.7M+10.6%#216 of 2,057
8Levy County, FL68126.5$3.8M+12.7%#259 of 2,057
9Flagler County, FL666712.7$2.3M+21.0%#341 of 2,057
10Clay County, FL6410412.4$2.4M+9.4%#414 of 2,057
41Indian River County, FL4313919.6$1.5M+7.7%#1,390 of 2,057

Other business types in Indian River County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Indian River County, FL?

There are 139 home repair companies on map listings in Indian River County as of September 2026. 3 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 148 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 9.6% from 2019.

How much do households in Indian River County, FL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $209.1M a year, or $2,953 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 139 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 70,816 households in Indian River County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Indian River County, FL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Indian River County has 19.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.5M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Indian River County would have about 86, against 139 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 478 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Indian River County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Indian River County at 172,799 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,816 households. Median household income in Indian River County is $73,491, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.3%, 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. Indian River County scores 43 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,390 of 2,057 scored counties.

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