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Home repair companies in Washoe County, NV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Washoe County, NV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #331 of 2,057 scored counties
#5 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 215
- 15 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 366
- +11.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $596M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,990 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 509,386
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Washoe County comes to about $596M a year: $2,990 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 215 home repair companies, that is $2.8M per company, 14% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Washoe County has 215 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 10.8 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Washoe County was 366 in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019. That is one for every 545 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 20 SBA-backed loans worth $8.2M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Washoe County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Washoe County grew 4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Washoe County has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #331 of 2,057 scored counties and #5 of 9 scored counties in Nevada. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Washoe County compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Washoe County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 8.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $3.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 545 | 691 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.6% | +14.6% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,990 | $2,818 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $88,096 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 328 → 366+11.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,355
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $411M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21515 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 245The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 20
- Amount
- $8.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Washoe 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 Washoe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 509,386+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 199,296
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 6,316 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $88,096+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,937
- Median home value
- $539,900
- Jobs located here
- 242,902
- Daytime population
- 492,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lyon County, NV | 83 | 9 | 3.8 | $7.1M | +9.5% | #23 of 2,057 |
| 2Clark County, NV | 76 | 726 | 8.4 | $3.3M | +5.8% | #91 of 2,057 |
| 3Elko County, NV | 72 | 17 | 8.7 | $3.2M | +2.1% | #156 of 2,057 |
| 4Nye County, NV | 69 | 16 | 7.2 | $3.5M | +10.3% | #236 of 2,057 |
| 5Washoe County, NV | 66 | 215 | 10.8 | $2.8M | +4.4% | #331 of 2,057 |
| 6Churchill County, NV | 58 | 10 | 10.5 | $2.6M | +1.1% | #659 of 2,057 |
| 7Humboldt County, NV | 55 | 7 | 10.1 | $2.6M | 0.0% | #779 of 2,057 |
| 8Douglas County, NV | 45 | 29 | 13.6 | $2.2M | +1.2% | #1,272 of 2,057 |
| 9Carson City, NV | 36 | 32 | 13.5 | $2M | −0.2% | #1,654 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Washoe 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 trades66
- HVAC and plumbing70
- Electricians56
- Roofing and gutters72
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control48
- Landscaping and lawn care62
- House cleaning31
- Pest control53
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Washoe County, NV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 215 home repair companies in Washoe County. 15 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 366 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Washoe County, NV spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $596M a year, or $2,990 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 215 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 199,296 households in Washoe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Washoe County, NV compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Washoe County has 10.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.8M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Washoe County would have about 245, against 215 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 545 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Washoe County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Washoe County at 509,386 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 199,296 households. The median household income in Washoe County is $88,096 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.0% 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. Washoe County scores 66 for home repair companies (upper middle), #331 of 2,057 scored counties.
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