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Home repair companies in the Baton Rouge, LA metro area

How the Baton Rouge, LA 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 #250 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana

Listings
475
18 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
557
+15.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$937.2M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,818 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.3
15% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
888,699
+2.1% 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

At $2,818 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Baton Rouge metro area spend about $937.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $2M per company, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

There are 475 home repair companies on map listings in the Baton Rouge metro area as of September 2026. 18 of them (4%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.3, 15% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Official counts show 557 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Baton Rouge metro area in 2023, up 15.3% from 2019. That is one for every 597 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 12 SBA-backed loans worth $2.7M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Baton Rouge metro area.

Population estimates show the Baton Rouge metro area grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, the Baton Rouge metro area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #250 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana.

How the Baton Rouge metro area compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Baton Rouge, LA metro area compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureBaton Rouge metro areaLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.313.212.4
Spending per listing$2M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment597615587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.3%+13.8%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,818$2,650$3,018
Median household income$69,599$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4226

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
557+15.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
10,529
Annual payroll, 2023
$849.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
47518 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
386The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
12
Amount
$2.7M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
888,699+2.1% since 2020
Households
332,585
Median age
37.4
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
4,368 sq. mi.
People per square mile
200
Median household income
$69,599+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,334
Median home value
$241,100
Jobs located here
407,162
Daytime population
909,836Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Baton Rouge metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Louisiana

Metro areas in Louisiana ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hammond, LA456412.3$2.1M+5.8%#226 of 387
2Alexandria, LA445710.1$2.5M−2.5%#232 of 387
3Baton Rouge, LA4247514.3$2M+2.1%#250 of 387
4Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA3719618.7$1.6M+5.3%#302 of 387
5New Orleans-Metairie, LA3652913.3$2M−3.4%#307 of 387
6Lafayette, LA3423014.0$1.9M+3.8%#322 of 387
7Lake Charles, LA2812914.0$2M−3.8%#362 of 387
8Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA2611414.3$1.9M−3.5%#368 of 387
9Shreveport-Bossier City, LA2222814.5$1.8M−2.3%#377 of 387
10Monroe, LA2111913.7$1.8M−1.9%#381 of 387

Other business types in the Baton Rouge 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 Baton Rouge, LA metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 475 home repair companies in the Baton Rouge metro area. 18 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 557 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 15.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Baton Rouge, LA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $937.2M a year, or $2,818 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 475 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 332,585 households in the Baton Rouge metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Baton Rouge, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The Baton Rouge metro area has 14.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Baton Rouge metro area would have about 386, against 475 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 597 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Baton Rouge, LA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Baton Rouge metro area at 888,699 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 332,585 households. The median household income in the Baton Rouge metro area is $69,599 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.1% 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 Baton Rouge metro area scores 42 for home repair companies (lower middle), #250 of 387 scored metro areas.

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