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Home repair companies in Clarke County, GA

How Clarke County, GA 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #902 of 2,057 scored counties
#51 of 106 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
63
5 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
42
+16.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$137.3M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,522 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.6
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
129,921
+1.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 63 home repair companies in Clarke County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 8%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 11.6 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Clarke County comes to about $137.3M a year: $2,522 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 63 home repair companies, that is $2.2M per company, 10% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 42 businesses with payroll in Clarke County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,297 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $319K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Clarke County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clarke County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Clarke County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #902 of 2,057 scored counties and #51 of 106 scored counties in Georgia.

How Clarke County 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.

Home repair trades in Clarke County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureClarke CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.612.712.4
Spending per listing$2.2M$2.3M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,297637587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+16.7%+11.9%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,522$2,975$3,018
Median household income$53,625$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score5364

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
36 → 42+16.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
660
Annual payroll, 2023
$48.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
635 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
57The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$319K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
129,921+1.0% since 2020
Households
54,454
Median age
33.5
Homes lived in by their owners
41%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
119 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,086
Median household income
$53,625+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,676
Median home value
$298,900
Jobs located here
71,696
Daytime population
151,489Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Clarke County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fulton County, GA874088.8$3.8M+2.7%#9 of 2,057
2Camden County, GA87177.8$3.6M+9.5%#11 of 2,057
3Harris County, GA86107.7$4.3M+6.8%#13 of 2,057
4Murray County, GA8174.6$5.8M+4.0%#33 of 2,057
5DeKalb County, GA812298.0$4M+1.3%#34 of 2,057
6Houston County, GA816510.2$2.8M+8.5%#40 of 2,057
7Greene County, GA7967.3$4.4M+12.3%#52 of 2,057
8Liberty County, GA75208.3$3M+7.6%#103 of 2,057
9Monroe County, GA751211.4$2.7M+14.1%#107 of 2,057
10Bryan County, GA752313.9$2.4M+15.6%#111 of 2,057
51Clarke County, GA536311.6$2.2M+1.0%#902 of 2,057

Other business types in Clarke County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Clarke County, GA?

Clarke County has 63 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019.

How much do households in Clarke County, GA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $137.3M a year, or $2,522 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,454 households in Clarke County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clarke County, GA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Clarke County has 11.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.2M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Clarke County would have about 57, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,297 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Clarke County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Clarke County at 129,921 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,454 households. Median household income in Clarke County is $53,625, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.8%, 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. Clarke County scores 53 for home repair companies (upper middle), #902 of 2,057 scored counties.

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