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Home repair companies in Kings County, NY

How Kings 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #199 of 2,057 scored counties
#21 of 60 scored counties in New York

Listings
595
7 chain locations (1%)
Official establishments
1,444
+1.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3.3B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,293 a household
Spending per listing
$5.6M
2.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.9
52% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,653,963
−2.5% 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

For home repair companies, Kings County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #199 of 2,057 scored counties and #21 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 595 home repair companies in Kings County. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 1%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 5.9 for every 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in Kings County spend about $3.3B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,293 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. Spread across 595 home repair companies, that is $5.6M per company, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Kings County was 1,444 in 2023, up 1.7% from 2019. That is one for every 699 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 61 SBA-backed loans worth $18.3M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Kings County. Population estimates put the population change in Kings County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Kings 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.

Home repair trades in Kings County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureKings CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.99.012.4
Spending per listing$5.6M$3.8M$2.4M
Households per official establishment699587587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+1.7%+0.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,293$3,373$3,018
Median household income$80,263$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score7066

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,420 → 1,444+1.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
12,347
Annual payroll, 2023
$755.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5957 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,369The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
61
Amount
$18.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
2,653,963−2.5% since 2020
Households
1,009,927
Median age
37.7
Homes lived in by their owners
30%
Vehicles per household
0.6
Land area
69 sq. mi.
People per square mile
37,927
Median household income
$80,263+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$123,376
Median home value
$905,000
Jobs located here
883,599
Daytime population
2,304,140Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across New York

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

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1New York County, NY823334.3$8.9M−1.3%#28 of 2,057
2Schoharie County, NY8297.0$4.2M+1.4%#29 of 2,057
3Otsego County, NY82177.3$4M+3.8%#30 of 2,057
4Saratoga County, NY81949.2$3.9M+2.3%#35 of 2,057
5Tioga County, NY7873.4$8.7M−1.9%#61 of 2,057
6Allegany County, NY7884.5$6M+0.9%#62 of 2,057
7Madison County, NY77176.5$4.7M−1.2%#78 of 2,057
8Tompkins County, NY77296.7$4.6M−1.4%#79 of 2,057
9Steuben County, NY76123.1$9.3M−1.6%#87 of 2,057
10Livingston County, NY76145.7$5.2M−0.2%#88 of 2,057
21Kings County, NY705955.9$5.6M−2.5%#199 of 2,057

Other business types in Kings County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Kings County, NY?

Kings County has 595 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (1%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 1,444 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 1.7% from 2019.

How much do households in Kings County, NY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $3.3B a year, or $3,293 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 595 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $5.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,009,927 households in Kings County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Kings County, NY compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Kings County has 5.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 52% 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, Kings County would have about 1,369, against 595 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 699 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Kings County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Kings County at 2,653,963 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,009,927 households. Median household income in Kings County is $80,263, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.3%, 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. Kings County scores 70 for home repair companies (upper middle), #199 of 2,057 scored counties.

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