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Home repair companies in Avery County, NC
How Avery County, NC 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,213 of 2,057 scored counties
#55 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,707 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,110
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 home repair companies in Avery County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 10.3 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,707 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Avery County spend about $18.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $2.6M per company, 8% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Avery County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 377 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Avery County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Avery County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #1,213 of 2,057 scored counties and #55 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina.
How Avery County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Avery County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 377 | 544 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,707 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $61,428 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 127
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Avery 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 Avery County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,110+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,791
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 247 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $61,428+52.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,834
- Median home value
- $265,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,802
- Daytime population
- 18,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hoke County, NC | 86 | 12 | 6.2 | $4.3M | +9.0% | #12 of 2,057 |
| 2Durham County, NC | 83 | 134 | 9.4 | $3.3M | +7.7% | #27 of 2,057 |
| 3Orange County, NC | 78 | 52 | 9.1 | $3.7M | +6.1% | #65 of 2,057 |
| 4Chatham County, NC | 78 | 31 | 9.4 | $3.6M | +11.0% | #67 of 2,057 |
| 5Mecklenburg County, NC | 76 | 571 | 12.2 | $2.6M | +10.5% | #93 of 2,057 |
| 6Jackson County, NC | 69 | 13 | 7.1 | $3.6M | +6.9% | #233 of 2,057 |
| 7Beaufort County, NC | 67 | 12 | 6.2 | $4.1M | 0.0% | #285 of 2,057 |
| 8Robeson County, NC | 67 | 27 | 6.3 | $3.5M | +3.4% | #288 of 2,057 |
| 9Wake County, NC | 67 | 696 | 15.1 | $2.3M | +11.2% | #311 of 2,057 |
| 10Davie County, NC | 66 | 19 | 11.0 | $2.7M | +6.9% | #338 of 2,057 |
| 55Avery County, NC | 46 | 7 | 10.3 | $2.6M | +1.1% | #1,213 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Avery County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Avery County, NC?
There are 7 home repair companies on map listings in Avery County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Avery County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $18.4M a year, or $2,707 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,791 households in Avery County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Avery County, NC compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Avery County has 10.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.6M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Avery County would have about 8, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 377 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Avery County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Avery County at 18,110 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,791 households. Median household income in Avery County is $61,428, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 52.3%, 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. Avery County scores 46 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,213 of 2,057 scored counties.
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