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Home repair companies in the Ithaca, NY metro area
How the Ithaca, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #9 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 29
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- −7.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $134.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,116 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 91% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 104,047
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Ithaca metro area scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #9 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for home repair companies.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 home repair companies in the Ithaca metro area. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 6.7 for every 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Ithaca metro area comes to about $134.8M a year: $3,116 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 29 home repair companies, that is $4.6M per company, 91% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Ithaca metro area was 36 in 2023, down 7.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,202 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $127K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Ithaca metro area. Population estimates show the Ithaca metro area declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Ithaca metro area 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 | Ithaca metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 9.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $3.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,202 | 587 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.7% | +0.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,116 | $3,373 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $74,024 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36−7.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 307
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 291 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $127K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Ithaca metro area, 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 the Ithaca metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 104,047−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 43,263
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 475 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 220
- Median household income
- $74,024+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,718
- Median home value
- $290,900
- Jobs located here
- 46,926
- Daytime population
- 111,478Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ithaca, NY | 78 | 29 | 6.7 | $4.6M | −1.4% | #9 of 387 |
| 2Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 78 | 372 | 9.7 | $3.4M | +1.9% | #10 of 387 |
| 3Syracuse, NY | 73 | 234 | 8.6 | $3.5M | −1.3% | #23 of 387 |
| 4Utica-Rome, NY | 72 | 94 | 7.8 | $3.7M | −2.0% | #27 of 387 |
| 5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 71 | 490 | 9.8 | $3.1M | −0.8% | #32 of 387 |
| 6Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 70 | 34 | 7.1 | $4M | −3.9% | #36 of 387 |
| 7Binghamton, NY | 70 | 86 | 8.4 | $3.4M | −1.3% | #39 of 387 |
| 8Rochester, NY | 70 | 449 | 10.1 | $3.1M | −0.7% | #40 of 387 |
| 9New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 67 | 7,156 | 9.7 | $3.8M | +0.6% | #57 of 387 |
| 10Elmira, NY | 64 | 34 | 9.6 | $2.9M | −3.9% | #80 of 387 |
Other business types in the Ithaca metro area
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 the Ithaca, NY metro area?
There are 29 home repair companies on map listings in the Ithaca metro area as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 7.7% from 2019.
How much do households in the Ithaca, NY metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $134.8M a year, or $3,116 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,263 households in the Ithaca metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ithaca, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Ithaca metro area has 6.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $4.6M, 91% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Ithaca metro area would have about 56, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,202 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Ithaca, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Ithaca metro area at 104,047 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,263 households. Median household income in the Ithaca metro area is $74,024, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.9%, 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. The Ithaca metro area scores 78 for home repair companies (high), #9 of 387 scored metro areas.
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