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Home repair companies in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area
How the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #305 of 387 scored metro areas
#18 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 196
- 10 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 186
- +5.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $250.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,843 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.3
- 80% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 231,174
- +15.7% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #305 of 387 scored metro areas and #18 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area spend about $250.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,843 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 196 home repair companies, that is $1.3M per company, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area has 196 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 5%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 22.3 for every 10,000 households, 80% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area was 186 in 2023, up 5.7% from 2019. That is one for every 473 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 the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area. Population estimates show the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area grew 15.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area 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 | Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.3 | 15.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 473 | 485 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.7% | +15.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +15.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,843 | $2,932 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $71,514 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 186+5.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,974
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $105.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19610 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 103The 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 the Panama City-Panama City Beach 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 231,174+15.7% since 2020
- Households
- 88,065
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,343 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 158
- Median household income
- $71,514
- Average household income
- $94,187
- Median home value
- $294,300
- Jobs located here
- 85,476
- Daytime population
- 211,363Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 94 | 30 | 4.3 | $6.8M | +21.1% | #1 of 387 |
| 2Gainesville, FL | 63 | 158 | 11.1 | $2.4M | +5.4% | #92 of 387 |
| 3Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 55 | 1,466 | 14.3 | $2.1M | +10.3% | #156 of 387 |
| 4Jacksonville, FL | 55 | 976 | 14.7 | $2M | +10.7% | #158 of 387 |
| 5Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 54 | 378 | 13.1 | $2.1M | +19.8% | #165 of 387 |
| 6Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 52 | 383 | 13.0 | $2.2M | +11.2% | #179 of 387 |
| 7Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 50 | 317 | 15.7 | $1.8M | +6.5% | #196 of 387 |
| 8Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 49 | 1,992 | 15.0 | $2M | +7.3% | #202 of 387 |
| 9Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 48 | 3,269 | 14.0 | $2.1M | +4.2% | #207 of 387 |
| 10Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 46 | 206 | 17.2 | $1.8M | +9.4% | #224 of 387 |
| 18Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 37 | 196 | 22.3 | $1.3M | +15.7% | #305 of 387 |
Other business types in the Panama City-Panama City Beach 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 trades37
- HVAC and plumbing39
- Electricians44
- Roofing and gutters38
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control42
- Landscaping and lawn care59
- House cleaning38
- Pest control42
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 196 home repair companies in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area. 10 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 186 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 5.7% from 2019.
How much do households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $250.4M a year, or $2,843 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 196 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 88,065 households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area has 22.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 80% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.3M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area would have about 103, against 196 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 473 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area at 231,174 people in 2025, up 15.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,065 households. The median household income in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area is $71,514 a year, 11% below 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area scores 37 for home repair companies (lower middle), #305 of 387 scored metro areas.
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