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Home repair companies in Otero County, NM

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,775 of 2,057 scored counties
#14 of 19 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
41
1 chain location (2%)
Official establishments
38
+11.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$59.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,415 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
41% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.7
35% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
70,368
+3.7% 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

The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Otero County is 33 (lower middle), #1,775 of 2,057 scored counties and #14 of 19 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 home repair companies in Otero County. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 16.7 for every 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Otero County comes to about $59.1M a year: $2,415 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 41% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 38 businesses with payroll in Otero County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 11.8% from 2019. That is one for every 644 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $360K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Otero County. Population estimates put the population change in Otero County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Otero 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.

Home repair trades in Otero County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureOtero CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.711.712.4
Spending per listing$1.4M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment644559587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+11.8%+10.6%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.7%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,415$2,559$3,018
Median household income$55,876$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score3327

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
34 → 38+11.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
346
Annual payroll, 2023
$17.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
411 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$360K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
70,368+3.7% since 2020
Households
24,480
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
6,613 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$55,876+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,572
Median home value
$162,700
Jobs located here
16,220
Daytime population
63,281Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across New Mexico

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

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM78457.9$3.7M+6.9%#66 of 2,057
2Los Alamos County, NM78910.9$3.5M0.0%#68 of 2,057
3Cibola County, NM6055.9$3.8M−0.6%#560 of 2,057
4Rio Arriba County, NM5553.2$7.7M−1.0%#762 of 2,057
5Grant County, NM5254.4$5.1M−3.4%#917 of 2,057
6McKinley County, NM50157.0$3.1M−6.1%#1,008 of 2,057
7Doña Ana County, NM508910.5$2.3M+4.1%#1,033 of 2,057
8Taos County, NM42127.7$3.2M+0.3%#1,393 of 2,057
9Santa Fe County, NM4110114.3$2M+1.2%#1,436 of 2,057
10Lincoln County, NM3877.0$3.4M−2.3%#1,558 of 2,057
14Otero County, NM334116.7$1.4M+3.7%#1,775 of 2,057

Other business types in Otero County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Otero County, NM?

There are 41 home repair companies on map listings in Otero County as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 11.8% from 2019.

How much do households in Otero County, NM spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $59.1M a year, or $2,415 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,480 households in Otero County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Otero County, NM compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Otero County has 16.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.4M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Otero County would have about 24, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 644 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Otero County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Otero County at 70,368 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,480 households. Median household income in Otero County is $55,876, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.1%, 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. Otero County scores 33 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,775 of 2,057 scored counties.

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