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Home repair companies in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area
How the Wildwood-The Villages, 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 94 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #1 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 30
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 46
- +7.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $202.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,883 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 65% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,772
- +21.1% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, the Wildwood-The Villages metro area has a Groundwork market score of 94 (very high): #1 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for home repair companies.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area comes to about $202.7M a year: $2,883 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 30 home repair companies on map listings in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 7%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.3, 65% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 46 businesses with payroll in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 7.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,529 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Wildwood-The Villages metro area grew 21.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Wildwood-The Villages 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 | Wildwood-The Villages metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 15.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,529 | 485 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.0% | +15.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +21.1% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,883 | $2,932 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $76,508 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 94 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 46+7.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,017
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $59.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 302 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 84The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Wildwood-The Villages 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 Wildwood-The Villages metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 157,772+21.1% since 2020
- Households
- 70,318
- Median age
- 62.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 88%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 557 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 257
- Median household income
- $76,508
- Average household income
- $98,339
- Median home value
- $385,400
- Jobs located here
- 37,385
- Daytime population
- 146,480Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Wildwood-The Villages metro area marked.
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 |
Other business types in the Wildwood-The Villages 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 trades94
- HVAC and plumbing93
- Electricians93
- Roofing and gutters91
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control94
- Landscaping and lawn care89
- House cleaning95
- Pest control85
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 home repair companies in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 7.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $202.7M a year, or $2,883 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $6.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 70,318 households in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Wildwood-The Villages metro area has 4.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $6.8M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Wildwood-The Villages metro area would have about 84, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,529 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wildwood-The Villages metro area at 157,772 people in 2025, up 21.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,318 households. The median household income in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area is $76,508 a year, 5% 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 Wildwood-The Villages metro area scores 94 for home repair companies (very high), #1 of 387 scored metro areas.
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