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Home repair companies in Somerset County, MD
The home repair companies in Somerset County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #780 of 2,057 scored counties
#11 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,477 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,973
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 home repair companies in Somerset County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.6, 23% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,477 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Somerset County spend about $20.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $2.6M per company, 6% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Somerset County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 759 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Somerset County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Somerset County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #780 of 2,057 scored counties and #11 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Somerset 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 | Somerset County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 759 | 627 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.6% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,477 | $3,443 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $64,943 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 49
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Somerset 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 Somerset County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,973+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 8,348
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 320 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 78
- Median household income
- $64,943+71.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,802
- Median home value
- $173,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,954
- Daytime population
- 21,976Residents 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 |
| 11Somerset County, MD | 55 | 8 | 9.6 | $2.6M | +1.7% | #780 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Somerset County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Somerset County, MD?
Somerset County has 8 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Somerset County, MD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $20.7M a year, or $2,477 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,348 households in Somerset County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Somerset County, MD compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Somerset County has 9.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.6M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Somerset County would have about 9, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 759 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Somerset County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Somerset County at 24,973 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,348 households. Median household income in Somerset County is $64,943, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 71.8%, 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. Somerset County scores 55 for home repair companies (upper middle), #780 of 2,057 scored counties.
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