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Home repair companies in the Terre Haute, IN metro area

How the Terre Haute, IN 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #360 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana

Listings
93
3 chain locations (3%)
Official establishments
94
+23.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$160.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,385 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.8
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
169,241
+0.3% 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

The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Terre Haute metro area is 29 (lower middle), #360 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 93 home repair companies in the Terre Haute metro area. 3 of them (3%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 13.8 per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Terre Haute metro area comes to about $160.7M a year: $2,385 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per company, 29% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 94 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Terre Haute metro area in 2023, up 23.0% from 2019. That is one for every 717 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Terre Haute metro area grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Terre Haute metro area compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Terre Haute, IN metro area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureTerre Haute metro areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.813.312.4
Spending per listing$1.7M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment717699587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+23.0%+7.7%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,385$2,669$3,018
Median household income$56,594$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score2942

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
94+23.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,109
Annual payroll, 2023
$80.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
933 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
169,241+0.3% since 2020
Households
67,374
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,465 sq. mi.
People per square mile
115
Median household income
$56,594
Average household income
$78,125
Median home value
$143,500
Jobs located here
62,390
Daytime population
165,337Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Indiana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Terre Haute metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Indiana

Metro areas in Indiana ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN651,11812.3$2.3M+2.7%#75 of 387
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN5771112.7$2.2M+2.9%#135 of 387
1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN561,23014.6$2M+5.4%#148 of 387
2South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI5413910.8$2.4M+0.1%#160 of 387
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN544,79913.2$2.3M0.0%#162 of 387
3Columbus, IN485015.0$1.9M+4.3%#212 of 387
4Bloomington, IN478111.9$2.1M+2.0%#218 of 387
5Michigan City-La Porte, IN415312.1$2.1M−0.9%#263 of 387
6Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN4012013.2$1.9M+2.1%#278 of 387
7Elkhart-Goshen, IN389312.9$2M+0.9%#288 of 387
12Terre Haute, IN299313.8$1.7M+0.3%#360 of 387

Other business types in the Terre Haute 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 Terre Haute, IN metro area?

There are 93 home repair companies on map listings in the Terre Haute metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 94 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 23.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Terre Haute, IN metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $160.7M a year, or $2,385 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 93 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 67,374 households in the Terre Haute metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Terre Haute, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The Terre Haute 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 $1.7M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Terre Haute metro area would have about 66, against 93 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 717 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Terre Haute, IN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Terre Haute metro area at 169,241 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,374 households. Median household income in the Terre Haute metro area is $56,594, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Terre Haute metro area scores 29 for home repair companies (lower middle), #360 of 387 scored metro areas.

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