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Home repair companies in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area
How the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #208 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 143
- 10 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 119
- +14.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $289.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,705 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.4
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 263,795
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area comes to about $289.8M a year: $2,705 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 143 home repair companies, that is $2M per company, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Kalamazoo-Portage metro area has 143 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 13.4 for every 10,000 households, 8% 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 Kalamazoo-Portage metro area was 119 in 2023, up 14.4% from 2019. That is one for every 900 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area.
Population estimates show the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #208 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan.
How the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Kalamazoo-Portage metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.4 | 10.6 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 900 | 795 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.4% | +10.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,705 | $2,711 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $72,532 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 119+14.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,839
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $229.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14310 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 119The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Kalamazoo-Portage 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 Kalamazoo-Portage metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 263,795+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 107,110
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 562 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 467
- Median household income
- $72,532+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,205
- Median home value
- $241,800
- Jobs located here
- 120,525
- Daytime population
- 271,929Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ann Arbor, MI | 76 | 145 | 9.6 | $3.2M | −0.4% | #16 of 387 |
| 2Monroe, MI | 72 | 53 | 8.4 | $3.3M | +0.7% | #28 of 387 |
| 3Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 68 | 1,730 | 9.8 | $2.9M | +0.1% | #49 of 387 |
| 4Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 62 | 206 | 10.6 | $2.5M | +1.4% | #102 of 387 |
| 5Midland, MI | 57 | 44 | 12.6 | $2.2M | +0.3% | #136 of 387 |
| 6Flint, MI | 55 | 159 | 9.5 | $2.6M | −1.1% | #151 of 387 |
| 7Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 55 | 67 | 9.9 | $2.5M | +1.8% | #153 of 387 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 54 | 139 | 10.8 | $2.4M | +0.1% | #160 of 387 |
| 8Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 54 | 579 | 13.1 | $2.2M | +2.8% | #164 of 387 |
| 9Jackson, MI | 51 | 64 | 10.2 | $2.5M | −0.4% | #181 of 387 |
| 11Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 48 | 143 | 13.4 | $2M | +0.8% | #208 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area
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 trades48
- HVAC and plumbing54
- Electricians46
- Roofing and gutters43
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control26
- Landscaping and lawn care23
- House cleaning39
- Pest control41
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 143 home repair companies in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area. 10 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 119 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 14.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $289.8M a year, or $2,705 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 143 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 107,110 households in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Kalamazoo-Portage metro area has 13.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 8% 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 Kalamazoo-Portage metro area would have about 119, against 143 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 900 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area at 263,795 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 107,110 households. The median household income in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area is $72,532 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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 Kalamazoo-Portage metro area scores 48 for home repair companies (lower middle), #208 of 387 scored metro areas.
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