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Home repair companies in St. Mary Parish, LA

The home repair companies in St. Mary Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,693 of 2,057 scored counties
#33 of 44 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
20
2 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
26
+4.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$44.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,389 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.8
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,552
−5.3% 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

For home repair companies, St. Mary Parish has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,693 of 2,057 scored counties and #33 of 44 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 home repair companies in St. Mary Parish. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 10.8 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in St. Mary Parish spend about $44.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,389 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 20 home repair companies, that is $2.2M per company, 9% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 26 businesses with payroll in St. Mary Parish classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 710 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in St. Mary Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −5.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How St. Mary Parish 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 St. Mary Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Mary ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.813.212.4
Spending per listing$2.2M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment710615587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.0%+13.8%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,389$2,650$3,018
Median household income$52,576$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score3526

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25 → 26+4.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
73
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
202 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 St. Mary Parish, 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 St. Mary Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
46,552−5.3% since 2020
Households
18,463
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
559 sq. mi.
People per square mile
86
Median household income
$52,576+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,245
Median home value
$138,900
Jobs located here
20,344
Daytime population
47,916Residents 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 counties in Louisiana for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. Mary Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Beauregard Parish, LA7185.8$4.7M+0.2%#172 of 2,057
2Orleans Parish, LA681006.4$4.1M−5.5%#255 of 2,057
3Washington Parish, LA6352.8$8.1M−0.9%#422 of 2,057
4St. Martin Parish, LA6184.1$6.2M−1.0%#511 of 2,057
5Iberville Parish, LA60108.9$2.9M−1.6%#574 of 2,057
6Ascension Parish, LA607014.7$2.2M+6.4%#596 of 2,057
7Evangeline Parish, LA5975.6$4.1M−1.0%#604 of 2,057
8West Baton Rouge Parish, LA591412.8$2.2M+5.5%#632 of 2,057
9De Soto Parish, LA5887.6$3.2M+2.0%#652 of 2,057
10St. John the Baptist Parish, LA57149.2$2.8M−5.9%#694 of 2,057
33St. Mary Parish, LA352010.8$2.2M−5.3%#1,693 of 2,057

Other business types in St. Mary Parish

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in St. Mary Parish, LA?

There are 20 home repair companies on map listings in St. Mary Parish as of September 2026. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019.

How much do households in St. Mary Parish, LA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $44.1M a year, or $2,389 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,463 households in St. Mary Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Mary Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

St. Mary Parish has 10.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.2M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, St. Mary Parish would have about 18, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 710 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is St. Mary Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Mary Parish at 46,552 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,463 households. Median household income in St. Mary Parish is $52,576, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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. St. Mary Parish scores 35 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,693 of 2,057 scored counties.

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