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Home repair companies in the Syracuse, NY metro area
How the Syracuse, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #23 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 234
- 10 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 327
- −3.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $827.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,052 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 46% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 652,273
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Syracuse metro area is 73 (upper middle), #23 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for home repair companies.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 234 home repair companies in the Syracuse metro area. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 8.6 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $3,052 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Syracuse metro area spend about $827.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 46% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Syracuse metro area was 327 in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019. That is one for every 830 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 19 SBA-backed loans worth $9.5M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Syracuse metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Syracuse metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Syracuse 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.
| Measure | Syracuse metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 9.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $3.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 830 | 587 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.8% | +0.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,052 | $3,373 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $75,492 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 327−3.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,046
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $311M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 23410 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 341The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 19
- Amount
- $9.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Syracuse 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 Syracuse metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 652,273−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 271,251
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,385 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 275
- Median household income
- $75,492+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,360
- Median home value
- $187,700
- Jobs located here
- 309,260
- Daytime population
- 669,341Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ithaca, NY | 78 | 29 | 6.7 | $4.6M | −1.4% | #9 of 387 |
| 2Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 78 | 372 | 9.7 | $3.4M | +1.9% | #10 of 387 |
| 3Syracuse, NY | 73 | 234 | 8.6 | $3.5M | −1.3% | #23 of 387 |
| 4Utica-Rome, NY | 72 | 94 | 7.8 | $3.7M | −2.0% | #27 of 387 |
| 5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 71 | 490 | 9.8 | $3.1M | −0.8% | #32 of 387 |
| 6Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 70 | 34 | 7.1 | $4M | −3.9% | #36 of 387 |
| 7Binghamton, NY | 70 | 86 | 8.4 | $3.4M | −1.3% | #39 of 387 |
| 8Rochester, NY | 70 | 449 | 10.1 | $3.1M | −0.7% | #40 of 387 |
| 9New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 67 | 7,156 | 9.7 | $3.8M | +0.6% | #57 of 387 |
| 10Elmira, NY | 64 | 34 | 9.6 | $2.9M | −3.9% | #80 of 387 |
Other business types in the Syracuse metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades73
- HVAC and plumbing71
- Electricians75
- Roofing and gutters62
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control42
- Landscaping and lawn care27
- House cleaning53
- Pest control64
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Syracuse, NY metro area?
There are 234 home repair companies on map listings in the Syracuse metro area as of September 2026. 10 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 327 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the Syracuse, NY metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $827.9M a year, or $3,052 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 234 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 271,251 households in the Syracuse metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Syracuse, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Syracuse metro area has 8.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.5M, 46% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Syracuse metro area would have about 341, against 234 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 830 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Syracuse, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Syracuse metro area at 652,273 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 271,251 households. Median household income in the Syracuse metro area is $75,492, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. The Syracuse metro area scores 73 for home repair companies (upper middle), #23 of 387 scored metro areas.
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