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Home repair companies in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area
How the Kahului-Wailuku, HI 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #242 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Hawaii
- Listings
- 77
- 4 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 130
- +2.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $177.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,180 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.8
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 160,674
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,180 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area spend about $177.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 77 home repair companies, that is $2.3M per company, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 77 home repair companies on map listings in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 13.8 per 10,000 households, 11% 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 Kahului-Wailuku metro area was 130 in 2023, up 2.4% from 2019. That is one for every 430 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $6.6M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home repair companies, the Kahului-Wailuku metro area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #242 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Hawaii.
How the Kahului-Wailuku metro area compares
The same measures for Hawaii 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 | Kahului-Wailuku metro area | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.8 | 9.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $3.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 430 | 572 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.4% | +3.7% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,180 | $3,202 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $97,109 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 130+2.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,172
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $96M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 774 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 73The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $6.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Kahului-Wailuku 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 Kahului-Wailuku metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 160,674−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 55,881
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,174 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 140
- Median household income
- $97,109+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,604
- Median home value
- $904,700
- Jobs located here
- 75,580
- Daytime population
- 133,418Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Hawaii
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Urban Honolulu, HI | 67 | 270 | 8.0 | $4.1M | −2.3% | #55 of 387 |
| 2Kahului-Wailuku, HI | 42 | 77 | 13.8 | $2.3M | −2.5% | #242 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kahului-Wailuku 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 trades42
- HVAC and plumbing48
- Electricians21
- Roofing and gutters61
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control46
- Landscaping and lawn care52
- House cleaning28
- Pest control41
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 77 home repair companies in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area. 4 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 130 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 2.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $177.7M a year, or $3,180 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 77 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,881 households in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Kahului-Wailuku metro area has 13.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.3M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Kahului-Wailuku metro area would have about 73, against 77 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 430 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kahului-Wailuku metro area at 160,674 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,881 households. The median household income in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area is $97,109 a year, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.0% 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 Kahului-Wailuku metro area scores 42 for home repair companies (lower middle), #242 of 387 scored metro areas.
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