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Home repair companies in Cortland County, NY
How Cortland County, NY 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 #96 of 2,057 scored counties
#11 of 60 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $54.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,883 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.8M
- 3.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 70% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,850
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, Cortland County has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #96 of 2,057 scored counties and #11 of 60 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for home repair companies.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 home repair companies in Cortland County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,883 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Cortland County spend about $54.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $7.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 3.2 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Cortland County in 2023. That is one for every 1,187 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cortland County declined 1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Cortland County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Cortland County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 9.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $7.8M | $3.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,187 | 587 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,883 | $3,373 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $70,418 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Cortland 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 Cortland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,850−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,999
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $70,418+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,337
- Median home value
- $162,100
- Jobs located here
- 17,001
- Daytime population
- 43,892Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New York County, NY | 82 | 333 | 4.3 | $8.9M | −1.3% | #28 of 2,057 |
| 2Schoharie County, NY | 82 | 9 | 7.0 | $4.2M | +1.4% | #29 of 2,057 |
| 3Otsego County, NY | 82 | 17 | 7.3 | $4M | +3.8% | #30 of 2,057 |
| 4Saratoga County, NY | 81 | 94 | 9.2 | $3.9M | +2.3% | #35 of 2,057 |
| 5Tioga County, NY | 78 | 7 | 3.4 | $8.7M | −1.9% | #61 of 2,057 |
| 6Allegany County, NY | 78 | 8 | 4.5 | $6M | +0.9% | #62 of 2,057 |
| 7Madison County, NY | 77 | 17 | 6.5 | $4.7M | −1.2% | #78 of 2,057 |
| 8Tompkins County, NY | 77 | 29 | 6.7 | $4.6M | −1.4% | #79 of 2,057 |
| 9Steuben County, NY | 76 | 12 | 3.1 | $9.3M | −1.6% | #87 of 2,057 |
| 10Livingston County, NY | 76 | 14 | 5.7 | $5.2M | −0.2% | #88 of 2,057 |
| 11Cortland County, NY | 75 | 7 | 3.7 | $7.8M | −1.9% | #96 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Cortland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Cortland County, NY?
There are 7 home repair companies on map listings in Cortland County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Cortland County, NY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $54.8M a year, or $2,883 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $7.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,999 households in Cortland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cortland County, NY compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Cortland County has 3.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $7.8M, 3.2 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Cortland County would have about 23, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,187 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Cortland County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Cortland County at 45,850 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,999 households. Median household income in Cortland County is $70,418, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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. Cortland County scores 75 for home repair companies (high), #96 of 2,057 scored counties.
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