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Home repair companies in the Saginaw, MI metro area
The home repair companies in the Saginaw, MI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #225 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 82
- 3 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 105
- +16.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $193.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,483 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.5
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 187,688
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 82 home repair companies in the Saginaw metro area. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 4%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.5, 15% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,483 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Saginaw metro area spend about $193.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $2.4M per company, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Saginaw metro area was 105 in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 742 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $833K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Saginaw metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Saginaw metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home repair companies, the Saginaw metro area has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #225 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan.
How the Saginaw 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 | Saginaw metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 10.6 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 742 | 795 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.7% | +10.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,483 | $2,711 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $60,622 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 105+16.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,113
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $90.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 823 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 80The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $833K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Saginaw 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 Saginaw metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 187,688−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 77,958
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 801 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 236
- Median household income
- $60,622+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,545
- Median home value
- $152,800
- Jobs located here
- 77,780
- Daytime population
- 194,916Residents 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 Saginaw 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 |
| 12Saginaw, MI | 45 | 82 | 10.5 | $2.4M | −1.1% | #225 of 387 |
Other business types in the Saginaw metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Saginaw, MI metro area?
There are 82 home repair companies on map listings in the Saginaw metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 105 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019.
How much do households in the Saginaw, MI metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $193.6M a year, or $2,483 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 82 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 77,958 households in the Saginaw metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Saginaw, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Saginaw metro area has 10.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.4M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Saginaw metro area would have about 80, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 742 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Saginaw, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Saginaw metro area at 187,688 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 77,958 households. Median household income in the Saginaw metro area is $60,622, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.3%, 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 Saginaw metro area scores 45 for home repair companies (lower middle), #225 of 387 scored metro areas.
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