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Home repair companies in Passaic County, NJ

The home repair companies in Passaic County, NJ, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,136 of 2,057 scored counties
#19 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey

Listings
284
7 chain locations (2%)
Official establishments
415
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$603M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,370 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.9
28% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
531,624
+1.6% 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

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Passaic County comes to about $603M a year: $3,370 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per company, 13% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

There are 284 home repair companies on map listings in Passaic County as of September 2026. 7 of them (2%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 15.9 per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 415 businesses with payroll in Passaic County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 431 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $11.9M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Passaic County.

Population estimates put the population change in Passaic County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Passaic County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #1,136 of 2,057 scored counties and #19 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.

How Passaic 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.

Home repair trades in Passaic County, NJ compared with New Jersey and the U.S.
MeasurePassaic CountyNew JerseyU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.912.012.4
Spending per listing$2.1M$3.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment431542587
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%−1.1%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,370$3,682$3,018
Median household income$87,522$103,556$80,734
Groundwork market score4869

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
415 → 4150.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,856
Annual payroll, 2023
$243.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2847 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
248The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
16
Amount
$11.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Passaic 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 Passaic County

Population, 2025 estimate
531,624+1.6% since 2020
Households
178,936
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
186 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,799
Median household income
$87,522+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$117,487
Median home value
$459,500
Jobs located here
183,159
Daytime population
455,260Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across New Jersey

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The highest-scoring counties in New Jersey for home repair companies, numbered among those based in New Jersey, with Passaic County marked.

Top counties in New Jersey

Counties in New Jersey ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hudson County, NJ881153.8$9.2M+1.8%#5 of 2,057
2Essex County, NJ872568.0$4.2M+4.2%#8 of 2,057
3Middlesex County, NJ772889.4$4M+2.6%#83 of 2,057
4Somerset County, NJ7615611.9$3.6M+3.5%#90 of 2,057
5Burlington County, NJ7521712.2$3M+4.3%#104 of 2,057
6Mercer County, NJ7518612.9$2.8M+3.3%#106 of 2,057
7Union County, NJ7224312.0$3.1M+5.0%#158 of 2,057
8Camden County, NJ6825312.5$2.6M+2.4%#276 of 2,057
9Gloucester County, NJ6515113.4$2.7M+3.3%#366 of 2,057
10Cumberland County, NJ656111.3$2.6M+2.2%#369 of 2,057
19Passaic County, NJ4828415.9$2.1M+1.6%#1,136 of 2,057

Other business types in Passaic County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Passaic County, NJ?

As of September 2026, map listings count 284 home repair companies in Passaic County. 7 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 415 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

How much do households in Passaic County, NJ spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $603M a year, or $3,370 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 284 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 178,936 households in Passaic County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Passaic County, NJ compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Passaic County has 15.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.1M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Passaic County would have about 248, against 284 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 431 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Passaic County, NJ growing?

Population estimates put Passaic County at 531,624 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 178,936 households. The median household income in Passaic County is $87,522 a year, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% 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. Passaic County scores 48 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,136 of 2,057 scored counties.

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