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Home repair companies in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #57 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
7,156
192 chain locations (3%)
Official establishments
14,047
+0.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$26.8B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,630 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
54% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.7
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,112,448
+0.6% 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

Households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area spend about $26.8B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,630 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. Spread across 7,156 home repair companies, that is $3.8M per company, 54% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has 7,156 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 9.7 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area was 14,047 in 2023, up 0.1% from 2019. That is one for every 526 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 608 SBA-backed loans worth $231.2M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #57 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the New York-Newark-Jersey City 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.

Home repair trades in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureNew York-Newark-Jersey City metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.79.012.4
Spending per listing$3.8M$3.8M$2.4M
Households per official establishment526587587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+0.1%+0.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,630$3,373$3,018
Median household income$99,155$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score6766

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14,047+0.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
128,753
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.5B
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
7,156192 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11,049The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
608
Amount
$231.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the New York-Newark-Jersey City 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
20,112,448+0.6% since 2020
Households
7,391,787
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
51%
Vehicles per household
1.3
Land area
6,127 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3,219
Median household income
$99,155
Average household income
$146,791
Median home value
$614,200
Jobs located here
9,481,255
Daytime population
20,008,624Residents 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 metro areas in New York for home repair companies, numbered among those based in New York, with the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ithaca, NY78296.7$4.6M−1.4%#9 of 387
2Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY783729.7$3.4M+1.9%#10 of 387
3Syracuse, NY732348.6$3.5M−1.3%#23 of 387
4Utica-Rome, NY72947.8$3.7M−2.0%#27 of 387
5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY714909.8$3.1M−0.8%#32 of 387
6Watertown-Fort Drum, NY70347.1$4M−3.9%#36 of 387
7Binghamton, NY70868.4$3.4M−1.3%#39 of 387
8Rochester, NY7044910.1$3.1M−0.7%#40 of 387
9New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ677,1569.7$3.8M+0.6%#57 of 387
10Elmira, NY64349.6$2.9M−3.9%#80 of 387

Other business types in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7,156 home repair companies in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area. 192 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 14,047 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 0.1% from 2019.

How much do households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $26.8B a year, or $3,630 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7,156 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,391,787 households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has 9.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.8M, 54% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area would have about 11,049, against 7,156 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 526 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area growing?

Population estimates put the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area at 20,112,448 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,391,787 households. The median household income in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area is $99,155 a year, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area scores 67 for home repair companies (upper middle), #57 of 387 scored metro areas.

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