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Home repair companies in the Springfield, MA metro area

How the Springfield, MA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #63 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts

Listings
180
10 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
283
−0.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$550.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,986 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.8
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
464,338
+0.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 180 home repair companies in the Springfield metro area. 10 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 9.8 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in the Springfield metro area spend about $550.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,986 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 180 home repair companies, that is $3.1M per company, 26% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 283 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Springfield metro area in 2023, down 0.7% from 2019. That is one for every 652 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Springfield metro area.

Population estimates show the Springfield metro area grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, the Springfield metro area has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #63 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Springfield 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 Springfield, MA metro area compared with Massachusetts and the U.S.
MeasureSpringfield metro areaMassachusettsU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.813.012.4
Spending per listing$3.1M$2.8M$2.4M
Households per official establishment652453587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−0.7%+5.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+2.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,986$3,680$3,018
Median household income$71,306$103,960$80,734
Groundwork market score6661

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
283−0.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,776
Annual payroll, 2023
$322.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
18010 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
227The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
11
Amount
$1.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Springfield 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 Springfield metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
464,338+0.2% since 2020
Households
184,471
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
617 sq. mi.
People per square mile
750
Median household income
$71,306
Average household income
$94,828
Median home value
$298,800
Jobs located here
204,758
Daytime population
449,264Residents 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 Springfield 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 Springfield 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 Springfield, MA metro area?

There are 180 home repair companies on map listings in the Springfield metro area as of September 2026. 10 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 283 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 0.7% from 2019.

How much do households in the Springfield, MA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $550.8M a year, or $2,986 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 180 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 184,471 households in the Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Springfield metro area has 9.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 21% 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, the Springfield metro area would have about 227, against 180 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 652 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Springfield, MA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Springfield metro area at 464,338 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 184,471 households. Median household income in the Springfield metro area is $71,306, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Springfield metro area scores 66 for home repair companies (upper middle), #63 of 387 scored metro areas.

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