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Home repair companies in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area

How the Kansas City, MO-KS 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #154 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri

Listings
1,216
58 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
1,385
+12.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.6B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,894 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.6
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,270,682
+3.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,216 home repair companies in the Kansas City metro area. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.6, 10% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

At $2,894 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in the Kansas City metro area spend about $2.6B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $2.1M per company, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 1,385 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Kansas City metro area in 2023, up 12.3% from 2019. That is one for every 646 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 69 SBA-backed loans worth $26.8M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Kansas City metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Kansas City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Kansas City metro area is 55 (upper middle), #154 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.

How the Kansas City metro area compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Kansas City, MO-KS metro area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureKansas City metro areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.612.912.4
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment646678587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+12.3%+9.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,894$2,667$3,018
Median household income$83,460$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score5539

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,385+12.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
21,961
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8B
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1,21658 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,067The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
69
Amount
$26.8M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
2,270,682+3.4% since 2020
Households
895,368
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
7,257 sq. mi.
People per square mile
306
Median household income
$83,460+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,261
Median home value
$287,300
Jobs located here
1,123,972
Daytime population
2,247,861Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Missouri

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Kansas City metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Missouri

Metro areas in Missouri ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Louis, MO-IL561,45212.5$2.3M−0.2%#146 of 387
2Kansas City, MO-KS551,21613.6$2.1M+3.4%#154 of 387
3Columbia, MO5111413.2$2M+3.9%#189 of 387
4Cape Girardeau, MO-IL434712.3$2M+1.7%#237 of 387
5Joplin, MO-KS3711714.7$1.7M+3.9%#301 of 387
6St. Joseph, MO-KS325611.9$2.1M−2.0%#338 of 387
7Springfield, MO3031015.6$1.6M+5.1%#355 of 387
8Jefferson City, MO229315.9$1.7M+2.2%#379 of 387

Other business types in the Kansas City 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 Kansas City, MO-KS metro area?

The Kansas City metro area has 1,216 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 58 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 1,385 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 12.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $2.6B a year, or $2,894 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,216 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 895,368 households in the Kansas City metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The Kansas City metro area has 13.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.1M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Kansas City metro area would have about 1,067, against 1,216 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 646 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kansas City metro area at 2,270,682 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 895,368 households. Median household income in the Kansas City metro area is $83,460, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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 Kansas City metro area scores 55 for home repair companies (upper middle), #154 of 387 scored metro areas.

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