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Home repair companies in Orange County, NY

The home repair companies in Orange County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #528 of 2,057 scored counties
#44 of 60 scored counties in New York

Listings
176
3 chain locations (2%)
Official establishments
359
+4.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$479.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,461 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.7
2% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
417,669
+4.2% 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 Orange County spend about $479.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,461 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. Spread across 176 home repair companies, that is $2.7M per company, 12% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Orange County has 176 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 2% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 12.7 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Orange County was 359 in 2023, up 4.4% from 2019. That is one for every 386 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 27 SBA-backed loans worth $5.5M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Orange County.

Population estimates show Orange County grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Orange County is 61 (upper middle), #528 of 2,057 scored counties and #44 of 60 scored counties in New York.

How Orange 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 Orange County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureOrange CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.79.012.4
Spending per listing$2.7M$3.8M$2.4M
Households per official establishment386587587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.4%+0.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,461$3,373$3,018
Median household income$97,178$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score6166

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
344 → 359+4.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,759
Annual payroll, 2023
$188M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1763 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
198The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
27
Amount
$5.5M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
417,669+4.2% since 2020
Households
138,608
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
812 sq. mi.
People per square mile
501
Median household income
$97,178+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$124,076
Median home value
$387,900
Jobs located here
147,445
Daytime population
375,981Residents 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 Orange 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
44Orange County, NY6117612.7$2.7M+4.2%#528 of 2,057

Other business types in Orange County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 176 home repair companies in Orange County. 3 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 359 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 4.4% from 2019.

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

About $479.8M a year, or $3,461 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 176 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 138,608 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Orange County has 12.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.7M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Orange County would have about 198, against 176 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 386 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Orange County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Orange County at 417,669 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 138,608 households. The median household income in Orange County is $97,178 a year, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Orange County scores 61 for home repair companies (upper middle), #528 of 2,057 scored counties.

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