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Home repair companies in the Rome, GA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the Rome, GA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #271 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
61
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
46
+31.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$99.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,688 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.6
34% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
101,378
+2.8% 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

Households in the Rome metro area spend about $99.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,688 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 61 home repair companies, that is $1.6M per company, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The Rome metro area has 61 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.6, 34% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Rome metro area in 2023, up 31.4% from 2019. That is one for every 801 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Rome metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Rome metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, the Rome metro area has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #271 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.

How the Rome 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.

Home repair trades in Rome, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureRome metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.612.712.4
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.3M$2.4M
Households per official establishment801637587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+31.4%+11.9%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,688$2,975$3,018
Median household income$65,565$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score4164

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
46+31.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
434
Annual payroll, 2023
$22.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
610 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Rome 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 Rome metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
101,378+2.8% since 2020
Households
36,856
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
510 sq. mi.
People per square mile
196
Median household income
$65,565+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,695
Median home value
$217,900
Jobs located here
43,876
Daytime population
99,603Residents 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 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 Rome metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Georgia

Metro areas in Georgia ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warner Robins, GA827710.3$2.8M+8.2%#6 of 387
2Hinesville, GA78258.3$3.1M+12.6%#11 of 387
3Dalton, GA75448.4$3.2M+3.5%#17 of 387
4Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC7023910.3$2.7M+4.7%#42 of 387
5Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA683,11813.5$2.4M+5.9%#53 of 387
6Savannah, GA6321413.3$2.2M+8.1%#94 of 387
Chattanooga, TN-GA6132514.0$2M+5.3%#112 of 387
7Athens-Clarke County, GA5910211.8$2.3M+3.9%#120 of 387
8Columbus, GA-AL571249.7$2.7M−1.3%#132 of 387
9Valdosta, GA446511.4$2.2M+3.3%#234 of 387
12Rome, GA416116.6$1.6M+2.8%#271 of 387

Other business types in the Rome metro area

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in the Rome, GA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 61 home repair companies in the Rome metro area. None of them 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 31.4% from 2019.

How much do households in the Rome, GA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $99.1M a year, or $2,688 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,856 households in the Rome metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Rome, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The Rome metro area has 16.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.6M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Rome metro area would have about 41, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 801 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 31.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Rome, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Rome metro area at 101,378 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,856 households. The median household income in the Rome metro area is $65,565 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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 Rome metro area scores 41 for home repair companies (lower middle), #271 of 387 scored metro areas.

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