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Home repair companies in Lea County, NM
The home repair companies in Lea County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,947 of 2,057 scored counties
#18 of 19 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 42
- 3 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 54
- +22.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $64M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,593 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.0
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,749
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Lea County is 24 (low), #1,947 of 2,057 scored counties and #18 of 19 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Lea County spend about $64M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,593 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 42 home repair companies, that is $1.5M per company, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 42 home repair companies on map listings in Lea County as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 7%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.0, 37% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Lea County in 2023, up 22.7% from 2019. That is one for every 457 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $900K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Lea County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lea County grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lea County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Lea County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.0 | 11.7 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 457 | 559 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.7% | +10.6% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,593 | $2,559 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $68,015 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44 → 54+22.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 745
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $60.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 423 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $900K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Lea 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 Lea County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,749+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,670
- Median age
- 32.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $68,015+12.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,389
- Median home value
- $184,000
- Jobs located here
- 33,256
- Daytime population
- 77,341Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for home repair companies, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Lea County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 78 | 45 | 7.9 | $3.7M | +6.9% | #66 of 2,057 |
| 2Los Alamos County, NM | 78 | 9 | 10.9 | $3.5M | 0.0% | #68 of 2,057 |
| 3Cibola County, NM | 60 | 5 | 5.9 | $3.8M | −0.6% | #560 of 2,057 |
| 4Rio Arriba County, NM | 55 | 5 | 3.2 | $7.7M | −1.0% | #762 of 2,057 |
| 5Grant County, NM | 52 | 5 | 4.4 | $5.1M | −3.4% | #917 of 2,057 |
| 6McKinley County, NM | 50 | 15 | 7.0 | $3.1M | −6.1% | #1,008 of 2,057 |
| 7Doña Ana County, NM | 50 | 89 | 10.5 | $2.3M | +4.1% | #1,033 of 2,057 |
| 8Taos County, NM | 42 | 12 | 7.7 | $3.2M | +0.3% | #1,393 of 2,057 |
| 9Santa Fe County, NM | 41 | 101 | 14.3 | $2M | +1.2% | #1,436 of 2,057 |
| 10Lincoln County, NM | 38 | 7 | 7.0 | $3.4M | −2.3% | #1,558 of 2,057 |
| 18Lea County, NM | 24 | 42 | 17.0 | $1.5M | +0.2% | #1,947 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Lea County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Lea County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 42 home repair companies in Lea County. 3 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 22.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Lea County, NM spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $64M a year, or $2,593 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,670 households in Lea County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lea County, NM compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Lea County has 17.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.5M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Lea County would have about 26, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 457 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Lea County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Lea County at 74,749 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,670 households. The median household income in Lea County is $68,015 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.3% 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. Lea County scores 24 for home repair companies (low), #1,947 of 2,057 scored counties.
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