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Home repair companies in Burlington County, NJ
How Burlington County, NJ compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #104 of 2,057 scored counties
#5 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 217
- 9 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 280
- +11.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $660.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,725 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.2
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 481,439
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, Burlington County has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #104 of 2,057 scored counties and #5 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for home repair companies.
As of September 2026, map listings count 217 home repair companies in Burlington County. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 4%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 12.2 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Burlington County spend about $660.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,725 per household, 23% above the U.S. average. That is about $3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 25% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 280 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Burlington County in 2023, up 11.1% from 2019. That is one for every 633 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $7.9M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Burlington County. Population estimates put the population change in Burlington County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Burlington County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Burlington County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.2 | 12.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $3.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 633 | 542 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.1% | −1.1% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,725 | $3,682 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $108,111 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 252 → 280+11.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,644
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $207M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2179 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 272The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $7.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Burlington 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 Burlington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 481,439+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 177,222
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 799 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 585
- Median household income
- $108,111+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $138,695
- Median home value
- $354,000
- Jobs located here
- 218,405
- Daytime population
- 443,817Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Jersey market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Jersey for home repair companies, numbered among those based in New Jersey, with Burlington County marked.
Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hudson County, NJ | 88 | 115 | 3.8 | $9.2M | +1.8% | #5 of 2,057 |
| 2Essex County, NJ | 87 | 256 | 8.0 | $4.2M | +4.2% | #8 of 2,057 |
| 3Middlesex County, NJ | 77 | 288 | 9.4 | $4M | +2.6% | #83 of 2,057 |
| 4Somerset County, NJ | 76 | 156 | 11.9 | $3.6M | +3.5% | #90 of 2,057 |
| 5Burlington County, NJ | 75 | 217 | 12.2 | $3M | +4.3% | #104 of 2,057 |
| 6Mercer County, NJ | 75 | 186 | 12.9 | $2.8M | +3.3% | #106 of 2,057 |
| 7Union County, NJ | 72 | 243 | 12.0 | $3.1M | +5.0% | #158 of 2,057 |
| 8Camden County, NJ | 68 | 253 | 12.5 | $2.6M | +2.4% | #276 of 2,057 |
| 9Gloucester County, NJ | 65 | 151 | 13.4 | $2.7M | +3.3% | #366 of 2,057 |
| 10Cumberland County, NJ | 65 | 61 | 11.3 | $2.6M | +2.2% | #369 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Burlington 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 trades75
- HVAC and plumbing75
- Electricians79
- Roofing and gutters82
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control55
- Landscaping and lawn care60
- House cleaning53
- Pest control65
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Burlington County, NJ?
Burlington County has 217 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 280 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 11.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Burlington County, NJ spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $660.2M a year, or $3,725 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 217 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 177,222 households in Burlington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Burlington County, NJ compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Burlington County has 12.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Burlington County would have about 272, against 217 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 633 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Burlington County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Burlington County at 481,439 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,222 households. Median household income in Burlington County is $108,111, 34% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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. Burlington County scores 75 for home repair companies (high), #104 of 2,057 scored counties.
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