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Home repair companies in the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area

How the Urban Honolulu, 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #55 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 2 scored metro areas based in Hawaii

Listings
270
15 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
546
+1.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.1B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,294 a household
Spending per listing
$4.1M
70% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.0
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
988,703
−2.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 270 home repair companies in the Urban Honolulu metro area. 15 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 8.0 for every 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Urban Honolulu metro area comes to about $1.1B a year: $3,294 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. Spread across 270 home repair companies, that is $4.1M per company, 70% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 546 businesses with payroll in the Urban Honolulu metro area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 1.5% from 2019. That is one for every 621 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 31 SBA-backed loans worth $7.5M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Urban Honolulu metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Urban Honolulu metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Urban Honolulu metro area scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #55 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 2 scored metro areas based in Hawaii. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Urban Honolulu 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.

Home repair trades in Urban Honolulu, HI metro area compared with Hawaii and the U.S.
MeasureUrban Honolulu metro areaHawaiiU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.09.312.4
Spending per listing$4.1M$3.4M$2.4M
Households per official establishment621572587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+1.5%+3.7%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.3%−1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,294$3,202$3,018
Median household income$106,195$100,389$80,734
Groundwork market score6761

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
546+1.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
6,877
Annual payroll, 2023
$585.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
27015 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
460The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
31
Amount
$7.5M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
988,703−2.3% since 2020
Households
338,868
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
601 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,666
Median household income
$106,195+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$136,603
Median home value
$897,500
Jobs located here
441,980
Daytime population
1,039,068Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Hawaii

Every Hawaii market ranked →

The highest-scoring metro areas in Hawaii for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Hawaii, with the Urban Honolulu metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Hawaii

Metro areas in Hawaii ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Urban Honolulu, HI672708.0$4.1M−2.3%#55 of 387
2Kahului-Wailuku, HI427713.8$2.3M−2.5%#242 of 387

Other business types in the Urban Honolulu 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 Urban Honolulu, HI metro area?

There are 270 home repair companies on map listings in the Urban Honolulu metro area as of September 2026. 15 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 546 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 1.5% from 2019.

How much do households in the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $1.1B a year, or $3,294 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 270 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 338,868 households in the Urban Honolulu metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The Urban Honolulu metro area has 8.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $4.1M, 70% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Urban Honolulu metro area would have about 460, against 270 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 621 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Urban Honolulu metro area at 988,703 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 338,868 households. Median household income in the Urban Honolulu metro area is $106,195, 32% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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 Urban Honolulu metro area scores 67 for home repair companies (upper middle), #55 of 387 scored metro areas.

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