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Home repair companies in the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro area

How the Manchester-Nashua, NH 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #201 of 387 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in New Hampshire

Listings
281
11 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
416
+14.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$611.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,625 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.7
35% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
433,415
+2.5% 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 281 home repair companies in the Manchester-Nashua metro area. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 4%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.7, 35% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

At $3,625 per household (20% above the U.S. average), households in the Manchester-Nashua metro area spend about $611.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 281 home repair companies, that is $2.2M per company, 10% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 416 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Manchester-Nashua metro area in 2023, up 14.6% from 2019. That is one for every 406 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 29 SBA-backed loans worth $9.7M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Manchester-Nashua metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Manchester-Nashua metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, the Manchester-Nashua metro area has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #201 of 387 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in New Hampshire.

How the Manchester-Nashua metro area compares

The same measures for New Hampshire 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 Manchester-Nashua, NH metro area compared with New Hampshire and the U.S.
MeasureManchester-Nashua metro areaNew HampshireU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.715.812.4
Spending per listing$2.2M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment406363587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.6%+18.9%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,625$3,518$3,018
Median household income$103,545$99,031$80,734
Groundwork market score4943

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
416+14.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,576
Annual payroll, 2023
$281.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
28111 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
252The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
29
Amount
$9.7M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
433,415+2.5% since 2020
Households
168,740
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
877 sq. mi.
People per square mile
486
Median household income
$103,545+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$132,601
Median home value
$421,100
Jobs located here
221,067
Daytime population
417,173Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across New Hampshire

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New Hampshire for home repair companies, numbered among those based in New Hampshire (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Manchester-Nashua metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New Hampshire

Metro areas in New Hampshire ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH632,68413.8$2.8M+2.3%#88 of 387
1Manchester-Nashua, NH4928116.7$2.2M+2.5%#201 of 387

Other business types in the Manchester-Nashua 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 Manchester-Nashua, NH metro area?

The Manchester-Nashua metro area has 281 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 416 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 14.6% from 2019.

How much do households in the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $611.7M a year, or $3,625 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 281 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 168,740 households in the Manchester-Nashua metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The Manchester-Nashua metro area has 16.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.2M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Manchester-Nashua metro area would have about 252, against 281 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 406 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Manchester-Nashua metro area at 433,415 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 168,740 households. Median household income in the Manchester-Nashua metro area is $103,545, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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 Manchester-Nashua metro area scores 49 for home repair companies (lower middle), #201 of 387 scored metro areas.

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