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Home repair companies in Sullivan County, NY
How Sullivan 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #359 of 2,057 scored counties
#34 of 60 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 32
- 2 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 60
- −3.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $96.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,081 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.2
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,586
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,081 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Sullivan County spend about $96.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 25% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Sullivan County has 32 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 6%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 10.2 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Sullivan County in 2023, down 3.2% from 2019. That is one for every 524 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $4.2M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Sullivan County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sullivan County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Sullivan County is 65 (upper middle), #359 of 2,057 scored counties and #34 of 60 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Sullivan 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.
| Measure | Sullivan County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.2 | 9.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $3.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 524 | 587 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.2% | +0.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,081 | $3,373 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $72,382 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 62 → 60−3.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 245
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 322 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $4.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,586+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 31,434
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 968 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 82
- Median household income
- $72,382+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,703
- Median home value
- $249,000
- Jobs located here
- 27,765
- Daytime population
- 75,219Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New York for home repair companies, numbered among those based in New York, with Sullivan County marked.
Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New York County, NY | 82 | 333 | 4.3 | $8.9M | −1.3% | #28 of 2,057 |
| 2Schoharie County, NY | 82 | 9 | 7.0 | $4.2M | +1.4% | #29 of 2,057 |
| 3Otsego County, NY | 82 | 17 | 7.3 | $4M | +3.8% | #30 of 2,057 |
| 4Saratoga County, NY | 81 | 94 | 9.2 | $3.9M | +2.3% | #35 of 2,057 |
| 5Tioga County, NY | 78 | 7 | 3.4 | $8.7M | −1.9% | #61 of 2,057 |
| 6Allegany County, NY | 78 | 8 | 4.5 | $6M | +0.9% | #62 of 2,057 |
| 7Madison County, NY | 77 | 17 | 6.5 | $4.7M | −1.2% | #78 of 2,057 |
| 8Tompkins County, NY | 77 | 29 | 6.7 | $4.6M | −1.4% | #79 of 2,057 |
| 9Steuben County, NY | 76 | 12 | 3.1 | $9.3M | −1.6% | #87 of 2,057 |
| 10Livingston County, NY | 76 | 14 | 5.7 | $5.2M | −0.2% | #88 of 2,057 |
| 34Sullivan County, NY | 65 | 32 | 10.2 | $3M | +2.7% | #359 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Sullivan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many home repair companies are in Sullivan County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 home repair companies in Sullivan County. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 3.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Sullivan County, NY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $96.9M a year, or $3,081 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,434 households in Sullivan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sullivan County, NY compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Sullivan County has 10.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Sullivan County would have about 40, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 524 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Sullivan County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Sullivan County at 80,586 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,434 households. The median household income in Sullivan County is $72,382 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. Sullivan County scores 65 for home repair companies (upper middle), #359 of 2,057 scored counties.
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