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Home repair companies in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #266 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 6 scored metro areas based 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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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Barnstable Town metro area comes to about $373.9M a year: $3,535 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Spread across 186 home repair companies, that is $2M per company, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The Barnstable Town metro area has 186 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Barnstable Town metro area 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 the Barnstable Town metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Barnstable Town metro area grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Barnstable Town metro area scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #266 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts.

How the Barnstable Town metro area 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.

Home repair trades in Barnstable Town, MA metro area compared with Massachusetts and the U.S.
MeasureBarnstable Town metro areaMassachusettsU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.613.012.4
Spending per listing$2M$2.8M$2.4M
Households per official establishment287453587
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 score4161

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
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 the Barnstable Town metro area, 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 the Barnstable Town metro area

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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Home repair trades across Massachusetts

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Massachusetts for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Massachusetts (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Barnstable Town metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in Massachusetts ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Amherst Town-Northampton, MA747111.4$2.9M+10.4%#19 of 387
2Springfield, MA661809.8$3.1M+0.2%#63 of 387
3Worcester, MA6444113.1$2.7M+3.7%#81 of 387
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA6371810.6$3.1M+2.1%#86 of 387
4Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH632,68413.8$2.8M+2.3%#88 of 387
5Pittsfield, MA486811.8$2.7M−1.2%#204 of 387
6Barnstable Town, MA4118617.6$2M+2.4%#266 of 387

Other business types in the Barnstable Town metro area

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 186 home repair companies in the Barnstable Town metro area. 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 the Barnstable Town, MA metro area 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 the Barnstable Town metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Barnstable Town, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The Barnstable Town metro area 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 U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Barnstable Town metro area 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 the Barnstable Town, MA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Barnstable Town metro area at 233,539 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,777 households. The median household income in the Barnstable Town metro area is $95,241 a year, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.1% 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. The Barnstable Town metro area scores 41 for home repair companies (lower middle), #266 of 387 scored metro areas.

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