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Home repair companies in St. Lawrence County, NY

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in St. Lawrence County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #171 of 2,057 scored counties
#17 of 60 scored counties in New York

Listings
23
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
39
−18.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$114.6M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,751 a household
Spending per listing
$5M
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
56% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
105,488
−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

The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in St. Lawrence County is 71 (upper middle), #171 of 2,057 scored counties and #17 of 60 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for home repair companies.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 home repair companies in St. Lawrence County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 5.5 for every 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in St. Lawrence County spend about $114.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,751 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in St. Lawrence County in 2023, down 18.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,068 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $460K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in St. Lawrence County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Lawrence County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Lawrence CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.59.012.4
Spending per listing$5M$3.8M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,068587587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−18.7%+0.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,751$3,373$3,018
Median household income$62,850$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score7166

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
48 → 39−18.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
528
Annual payroll, 2023
$38M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
230 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
47The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$460K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
105,488−2.5% since 2020
Households
41,666
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
2,680 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$62,850+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,668
Median home value
$121,900
Jobs located here
32,561
Daytime population
102,579Residents 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 St. Lawrence 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
17St. Lawrence County, NY71235.5$5M−2.5%#171 of 2,057

Other business types in St. Lawrence County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in St. Lawrence County, NY?

There are 23 home repair companies on map listings in St. Lawrence County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 18.7% from 2019.

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

About $114.6M a year, or $2,751 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,666 households in St. Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Lawrence County has 5.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $5M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, St. Lawrence County would have about 47, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,068 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 18.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is St. Lawrence County, NY growing?

Population estimates put St. Lawrence County at 105,488 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,666 households. Median household income in St. Lawrence County is $62,850, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. St. Lawrence County scores 71 for home repair companies (upper middle), #171 of 2,057 scored counties.

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