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Home repair companies in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area
How the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #292 of 387 scored metro areas
#13 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 77
- 2 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 83
- +8.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $130.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,760 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 118,524
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #292 of 387 scored metro areas and #13 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $2,760 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area spend about $130.3M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 77 home repair companies on map listings in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.3, 31% 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area was 83 in 2023, up 8.1% from 2019. That is one for every 569 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $185K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Brunswick-St. Simons metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 12.7 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 569 | 637 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.1% | +11.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,760 | $2,975 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $66,623 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 83+8.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 523
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $25.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 772 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $185K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Brunswick-St. Simons 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 118,524+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 47,209
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,294 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $66,623+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,637
- Median home value
- $242,500
- Jobs located here
- 42,696
- Daytime population
- 112,115Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warner Robins, GA | 82 | 77 | 10.3 | $2.8M | +8.2% | #6 of 387 |
| 2Hinesville, GA | 78 | 25 | 8.3 | $3.1M | +12.6% | #11 of 387 |
| 3Dalton, GA | 75 | 44 | 8.4 | $3.2M | +3.5% | #17 of 387 |
| 4Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 70 | 239 | 10.3 | $2.7M | +4.7% | #42 of 387 |
| 5Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 68 | 3,118 | 13.5 | $2.4M | +5.9% | #53 of 387 |
| 6Savannah, GA | 63 | 214 | 13.3 | $2.2M | +8.1% | #94 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 61 | 325 | 14.0 | $2M | +5.3% | #112 of 387 |
| 7Athens-Clarke County, GA | 59 | 102 | 11.8 | $2.3M | +3.9% | #120 of 387 |
| 8Columbus, GA-AL | 57 | 124 | 9.7 | $2.7M | −1.3% | #132 of 387 |
| 9Valdosta, GA | 44 | 65 | 11.4 | $2.2M | +3.3% | #234 of 387 |
| 13Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 38 | 77 | 16.3 | $1.7M | +4.4% | #292 of 387 |
Other business types in the Brunswick-St. Simons 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 trades38
- HVAC and plumbing32
- Electricians37
- Roofing and gutters66
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control32
- Landscaping and lawn care37
- House cleaning49
- Pest control28
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 77 home repair companies in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 8.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $130.3M a year, or $2,760 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 77 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,209 households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has 16.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.7M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area would have about 54, against 77 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 569 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area at 118,524 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,209 households. The median household income in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area is $66,623 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area scores 38 for home repair companies (lower middle), #292 of 387 scored metro areas.
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