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Home repair companies in Wicomico County, MD
How Wicomico 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,000 of 2,057 scored counties
#15 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 64
- 2 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 60
- −17.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $117.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,895 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.8
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 106,899
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,895 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Wicomico County spend about $117.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 64 home repair companies, that is $1.8M per company, 25% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 64 home repair companies on map listings in Wicomico County as of September 2026. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.8, 27% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 60 businesses with payroll in Wicomico County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, down 17.8% from 2019. That is one for every 675 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $490K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Wicomico County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wicomico County grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Wicomico County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,000 of 2,057 scored counties and #15 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Wicomico 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 | Wicomico County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.8 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 675 | 627 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −17.8% | −3.6% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,895 | $3,443 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $76,210 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 73 → 60−17.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 590
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 642 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $490K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Wicomico 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 Wicomico County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 106,899+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 40,470
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 374 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 280
- Median household income
- $76,210+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,023
- Median home value
- $254,700
- Jobs located here
- 43,883
- Daytime population
- 101,796Residents 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 |
| 15Wicomico County, MD | 51 | 64 | 15.8 | $1.8M | +3.2% | #1,000 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Wicomico 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
- Home repair trades51
- HVAC and plumbing55
- Electricians59
- Roofing and gutters55
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control43
- Landscaping and lawn care59
- House cleaning39
- Pest control41
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Wicomico County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 64 home repair companies in Wicomico County. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 17.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Wicomico County, MD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $117.2M a year, or $2,895 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,470 households in Wicomico County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wicomico County, MD compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Wicomico County has 15.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.8M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Wicomico County would have about 48, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 675 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Wicomico County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Wicomico County at 106,899 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,470 households. The median household income in Wicomico County is $76,210 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.8% 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. Wicomico County scores 51 for home repair companies (upper middle), #1,000 of 2,057 scored counties.
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