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Home repair companies in Herkimer County, NY
How Herkimer 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 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #113 of 2,057 scored counties
#13 of 60 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- −16.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $73M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,836 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.6M
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 59% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,219
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, Herkimer County has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #113 of 2,057 scored counties and #13 of 60 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for home repair companies.
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 home repair companies in Herkimer County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.1, 59% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Herkimer County spend about $73M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,836 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.6M per company, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 25 businesses with payroll in Herkimer County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, down 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,030 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Herkimer County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Herkimer 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 | Herkimer County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 9.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $5.6M | $3.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,030 | 587 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −16.7% | +0.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,836 | $3,373 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $68,515 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30 → 25−16.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 95
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Herkimer 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 Herkimer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,219−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 25,741
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,411 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $68,515+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,546
- Median home value
- $147,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,576
- Daytime population
- 47,951Residents 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 |
| 13Herkimer County, NY | 74 | 13 | 5.1 | $5.6M | −1.4% | #113 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Herkimer 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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Herkimer County, NY?
Herkimer County has 13 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 16.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Herkimer County, NY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $73M a year, or $2,836 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $5.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,741 households in Herkimer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Herkimer County, NY compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Herkimer County has 5.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $5.6M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Herkimer County would have about 30, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,030 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Herkimer County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Herkimer County at 59,219 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,741 households. Median household income in Herkimer County is $68,515, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Herkimer County scores 74 for home repair companies (upper middle), #113 of 2,057 scored counties.
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