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Home repair companies in Barnstable County, MA
How Barnstable County, MA 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,320 of 2,057 scored counties
#14 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 186
- 6 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 369
- +7.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $373.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,535 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.6
- 42% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 233,539
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 186 home repair companies in Barnstable County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 3%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 17.6 per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Barnstable County spend about $373.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,535 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Barnstable County was 369 in 2023, up 7.9% from 2019. That is one for every 287 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 19 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Barnstable County.
Population estimates show Barnstable County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Barnstable County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #1,320 of 2,057 scored counties and #14 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts.
How Barnstable County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Barnstable County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.6 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 287 | 453 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.9% | +5.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,535 | $3,680 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $95,241 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 342 → 369+7.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,173
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $156.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1866 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 154The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 19
- Amount
- $3.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Barnstable 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 Barnstable County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 233,539+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 105,777
- Median age
- 53.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 394 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 588
- Median household income
- $95,241+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $134,349
- Median home value
- $629,000
- Jobs located here
- 87,424
- Daytime population
- 221,377Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Massachusetts for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Massachusetts, with Barnstable County marked.
Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Suffolk County, MA | 84 | 174 | 5.3 | $6.6M | +0.1% | #20 of 2,057 |
| 2Hampshire County, MA | 72 | 71 | 11.4 | $2.9M | +10.4% | #163 of 2,057 |
| 3Franklin County, MA | 68 | 27 | 8.6 | $3.5M | −0.3% | #263 of 2,057 |
| 4Bristol County, MA | 64 | 249 | 10.6 | $3.1M | +2.9% | #396 of 2,057 |
| 5Hampden County, MA | 64 | 180 | 9.8 | $3.1M | +0.2% | #397 of 2,057 |
| 6Worcester County, MA | 63 | 441 | 13.1 | $2.7M | +3.7% | #453 of 2,057 |
| 7Dukes County, MA | 62 | 9 | 11.9 | $3.3M | +3.1% | #478 of 2,057 |
| 8Essex County, MA | 62 | 406 | 13.0 | $2.8M | +2.3% | #494 of 2,057 |
| 9Nantucket County, MA | 61 | 8 | 15.2 | $2.9M | +3.6% | #523 of 2,057 |
| 10Middlesex County, MA | 61 | 971 | 15.3 | $2.7M | +2.8% | #530 of 2,057 |
| 14Barnstable County, MA | 44 | 186 | 17.6 | $2M | +2.4% | #1,320 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Barnstable 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 trades44
- HVAC and plumbing44
- Electricians40
- Roofing and gutters74
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control26
- Landscaping and lawn care25
- House cleaning25
- Pest control43
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Barnstable County, MA?
There are 186 home repair companies on map listings in Barnstable County as of September 2026. 6 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 369 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 7.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Barnstable County, MA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $373.9M a year, or $3,535 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 186 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,777 households in Barnstable County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barnstable County, MA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Barnstable County has 17.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Barnstable County would have about 154, against 186 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 287 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Barnstable County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Barnstable County at 233,539 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,777 households. Median household income in Barnstable County is $95,241, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.1%, 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. Barnstable County scores 44 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,320 of 2,057 scored counties.
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