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Home repair companies in the Gainesville, GA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the Gainesville, GA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #303 of 387 scored metro areas
#14 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 144
- 4 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 195
- +20.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $223.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,033 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.6
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 226,568
- +11.4% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, the Gainesville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #303 of 387 scored metro areas and #14 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Gainesville metro area comes to about $223.1M a year: $3,033 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 144 home repair companies, that is $1.5M per company, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 144 home repair companies on map listings in the Gainesville metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 19.6 for every 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 195 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Gainesville metro area in 2023, up 20.4% from 2019. That is one for every 377 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $5.7M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Gainesville metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Gainesville metro area grew 11.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Gainesville 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 | Gainesville metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.6 | 12.7 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 377 | 637 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.4% | +11.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,033 | $2,975 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $80,901 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 195+20.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,703
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $108.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1444 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 92The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $5.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Gainesville 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 Gainesville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 226,568+11.4% since 2020
- Households
- 73,551
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 542
- Median household income
- $80,901+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,166
- Median home value
- $350,400
- Jobs located here
- 102,286
- Daytime population
- 216,900Residents 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 Gainesville 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 |
| 14Gainesville, GA | 37 | 144 | 19.6 | $1.5M | +11.4% | #303 of 387 |
Other business types in the Gainesville 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 plumbing42
- Electricians39
- Roofing and gutters41
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control44
- Landscaping and lawn care42
- House cleaning65
- Pest control41
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Gainesville, GA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 144 home repair companies in the Gainesville metro area. 4 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 195 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 20.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the Gainesville, GA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $223.1M a year, or $3,033 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 144 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 73,551 households in the Gainesville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gainesville, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Gainesville metro area has 19.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.5M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Gainesville metro area would have about 92, against 144 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 377 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Gainesville, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Gainesville metro area at 226,568 people in 2025, up 11.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 73,551 households. The median household income in the Gainesville metro area is $80,901 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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 Gainesville metro area scores 37 for home repair companies (lower middle), #303 of 387 scored metro areas.
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