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Home repair companies in Merrimack County, NH
The home repair companies in Merrimack County, NH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,283 of 2,057 scored counties
#9 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 101
- 4 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 192
- +31.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $207.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,407 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.6
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 158,078
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 101 home repair companies in Merrimack County. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.6, 34% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Merrimack County comes to about $207.5M a year: $3,407 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Spread across 101 home repair companies, that is $2.1M per company, 15% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Merrimack County was 192 in 2023, up 31.5% from 2019. That is one for every 317 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 20 SBA-backed loans worth $3.1M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Merrimack County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Merrimack County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Merrimack County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,283 of 2,057 scored counties and #9 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire.
How Merrimack County 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.
| Measure | Merrimack County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.6 | 15.8 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 317 | 363 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +31.5% | +18.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,407 | $3,518 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $97,004 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 146 → 192+31.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,226
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $94.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1014 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 85The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 20
- Amount
- $3.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Merrimack 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 Merrimack County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 158,078+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 60,901
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 933 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 167
- Median household income
- $97,004+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,673
- Median home value
- $367,600
- Jobs located here
- 83,058
- Daytime population
- 159,180Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Coos County, NH | 69 | 6 | 4.3 | $6.3M | +0.4% | #222 of 2,057 |
| 2Sullivan County, NH | 65 | 9 | 5.4 | $5.8M | +2.1% | #344 of 2,057 |
| 3Grafton County, NH | 63 | 36 | 9.7 | $3.4M | +2.2% | #435 of 2,057 |
| 4Strafford County, NH | 53 | 79 | 15.2 | $2.2M | +3.0% | #899 of 2,057 |
| 5Hillsborough County, NH | 50 | 281 | 16.7 | $2.2M | +2.5% | #1,041 of 2,057 |
| 6Rockingham County, NH | 48 | 233 | 18.3 | $2.1M | +3.0% | #1,137 of 2,057 |
| 7Carroll County, NH | 48 | 34 | 15.6 | $2.1M | +5.0% | #1,138 of 2,057 |
| 8Cheshire County, NH | 45 | 46 | 15.0 | $2.1M | +2.3% | #1,278 of 2,057 |
| 9Merrimack County, NH | 45 | 101 | 16.6 | $2.1M | +2.6% | #1,283 of 2,057 |
| 10Belknap County, NH | 34 | 55 | 20.9 | $1.6M | +2.1% | #1,740 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Merrimack County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Merrimack County, NH?
Merrimack County has 101 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 192 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 31.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Merrimack County, NH spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $207.5M a year, or $3,407 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 101 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 60,901 households in Merrimack County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Merrimack County, NH compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Merrimack County has 16.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.1M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Merrimack County would have about 85, against 101 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 317 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 31.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Merrimack County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Merrimack County at 158,078 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,901 households. Median household income in Merrimack County is $97,004, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.1%, 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. Merrimack County scores 45 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,283 of 2,057 scored counties.
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