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Home repair companies in Santa Rosa County, FL
How Santa Rosa 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #464 of 2,057 scored counties
#13 of 57 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 99
- 3 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 138
- +39.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $227.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,138 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.6
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 211,115
- +11.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 99 home repair companies in Santa Rosa County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 3%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 13.6 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Santa Rosa County comes to about $227.8M a year: $3,138 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 138 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Santa Rosa County in 2023, up 39.4% from 2019. That is one for every 526 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $8.7M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Santa Rosa County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Santa Rosa County grew 11.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Santa Rosa County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #464 of 2,057 scored counties and #13 of 57 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Santa Rosa 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 | Santa Rosa County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.6 | 15.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 526 | 485 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +39.4% | +15.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,138 | $2,932 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $91,922 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 99 → 138+39.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,075
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $56.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 993 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
- 6
- Amount
- $8.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 211,115+11.7% since 2020
- Households
- 72,605
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,012 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 196
- Median household income
- $91,922+35.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,225
- Median home value
- $329,800
- Jobs located here
- 45,310
- Daytime population
- 165,759Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Florida for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Florida, with Santa Rosa County marked.
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 |
| 13Santa Rosa County, FL | 63 | 99 | 13.6 | $2.3M | +11.7% | #464 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Santa Rosa 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 trades63
- HVAC and plumbing68
- Electricians64
- Roofing and gutters67
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control54
- Landscaping and lawn care59
- House cleaning62
- Pest control62
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Santa Rosa County, FL?
Santa Rosa County has 99 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 138 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 39.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Santa Rosa County, FL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $227.8M a year, or $3,138 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 99 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 72,605 households in Santa Rosa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Santa Rosa County, FL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Santa Rosa County has 13.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.3M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Santa Rosa County would have about 94, against 99 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 526 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 39.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Santa Rosa County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Santa Rosa County at 211,115 people in 2025, up 11.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,605 households. Median household income in Santa Rosa County is $91,922, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.3%, 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. Santa Rosa County scores 63 for home repair companies (upper middle), #464 of 2,057 scored counties.
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