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Home repair companies in Bristol County, MA
How Bristol 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #396 of 2,057 scored counties
#4 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 249
- 9 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 534
- +12.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $764.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,271 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 593,640
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 249 home repair companies in Bristol County. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 4%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.6, 15% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Bristol County comes to about $764.8M a year: $3,271 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 26% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 534 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Bristol County in 2023, up 12.7% from 2019. That is one for every 438 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 37 SBA-backed loans worth $14.5M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Bristol County.
Population estimates put the population change in Bristol County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Bristol County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #396 of 2,057 scored counties and #4 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Bristol 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 | Bristol County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $2.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 438 | 453 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.7% | +5.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,271 | $3,680 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $85,625 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 474 → 534+12.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,067
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $324.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2499 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 315The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 37
- Amount
- $14.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Bristol 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 Bristol County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 593,640+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 233,825
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 553 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,053
- Median household income
- $85,625+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,533
- Median home value
- $451,200
- Jobs located here
- 230,662
- Daytime population
- 523,584Residents 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 Bristol 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 |
Other business types in Bristol 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 trades64
- HVAC and plumbing65
- Electricians58
- Roofing and gutters81
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control42
- Landscaping and lawn care44
- House cleaning44
- Pest control64
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Bristol County, MA?
There are 249 home repair companies on map listings in Bristol County as of September 2026. 9 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 534 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 12.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Bristol County, MA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $764.8M a year, or $3,271 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 249 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 233,825 households in Bristol County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bristol County, MA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Bristol County has 10.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.1M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Bristol County would have about 315, against 249 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 438 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Bristol County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Bristol County at 593,640 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 233,825 households. Median household income in Bristol County is $85,625, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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. Bristol County scores 64 for home repair companies (upper middle), #396 of 2,057 scored counties.
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