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Home repair companies in Dorchester County, MD
How Dorchester County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,679 of 2,057 scored counties
#22 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 22
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $35.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,636 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.2
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,628
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Dorchester County scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,679 of 2,057 scored counties and #22 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 home repair companies in Dorchester County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 16.2 for every 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,636 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Dorchester County spend about $35.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Dorchester County was 26 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 521 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $125K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Dorchester County. Population estimates put the population change in Dorchester County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Dorchester County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Dorchester County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.2 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 521 | 627 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −3.6% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,636 | $3,443 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $61,839 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26 → 260.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 172
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 220 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $125K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Dorchester County, 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 Dorchester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,628+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 13,546
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 541 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $61,839+16.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,771
- Median home value
- $262,400
- Jobs located here
- 12,352
- Daytime population
- 29,247Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Montgomery County, MD | 79 | 405 | 10.4 | $3.8M | +1.3% | #54 of 2,057 |
| 2Cecil County, MD | 78 | 39 | 9.6 | $3.3M | +3.2% | #69 of 2,057 |
| 3Prince George’s County, MD | 74 | 332 | 9.5 | $3.5M | +0.5% | #119 of 2,057 |
| 4Howard County, MD | 71 | 146 | 12.1 | $3.4M | +1.9% | #180 of 2,057 |
| 5Baltimore city, MD | 70 | 162 | 6.3 | $4.3M | −2.3% | #204 of 2,057 |
| 6Charles County, MD | 68 | 83 | 13.6 | $2.7M | +5.9% | #275 of 2,057 |
| 7Garrett County, MD | 64 | 10 | 8.0 | $3.5M | −1.5% | #389 of 2,057 |
| 8Baltimore County, MD | 64 | 375 | 11.3 | $2.9M | −0.7% | #403 of 2,057 |
| 9Anne Arundel County, MD | 59 | 330 | 14.7 | $2.6M | +1.7% | #626 of 2,057 |
| 10Frederick County, MD | 58 | 187 | 17.9 | $2.1M | +11.0% | #677 of 2,057 |
| 22Dorchester County, MD | 36 | 22 | 16.2 | $1.6M | +3.4% | #1,679 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Dorchester County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many home repair companies are in Dorchester County, MD?
There are 22 home repair companies on map listings in Dorchester County as of September 2026. None of them 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, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Dorchester County, MD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $35.7M a year, or $2,636 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,546 households in Dorchester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dorchester County, MD compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Dorchester County has 16.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.6M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Dorchester County would have about 15, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 521 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Dorchester County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Dorchester County at 33,628 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,546 households. Median household income in Dorchester County is $61,839, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.9%, 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. Dorchester County scores 36 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,679 of 2,057 scored counties.
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