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Home repair companies in Chatham County, NC
How Chatham 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 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #67 of 2,057 scored counties
#4 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 31
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 61
- +22.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $111.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,388 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 48% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 85,111
- +11.0% since 2020
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What this means
Chatham County scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #67 of 2,057 scored counties and #4 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for home repair companies.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 home repair companies in Chatham County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 9.4 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Chatham County comes to about $111.8M a year: $3,388 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. Spread across 31 home repair companies, that is $3.6M per company, 48% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Chatham County was 61 in 2023, up 22.0% from 2019. That is one for every 541 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Chatham County. Population estimates put the population change in Chatham County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Chatham 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 | Chatham County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 541 | 544 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.0% | +14.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.0% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,388 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $94,317 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 50 → 61+22.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 356
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 310 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Chatham 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 Chatham County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 85,111+11.0% since 2020
- Households
- 33,004
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 682 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 118
- Median household income
- $94,317+40.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $138,537
- Median home value
- $446,200
- Jobs located here
- 20,863
- Daytime population
- 66,832Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for home repair companies, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Chatham County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Chatham County
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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Chatham County, NC?
There are 31 home repair companies on map listings in Chatham County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 22.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Chatham County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $111.8M a year, or $3,388 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,004 households in Chatham County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chatham County, NC compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Chatham County has 9.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.6M, 48% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Chatham County would have about 46, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 541 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Chatham County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Chatham County at 85,111 people in 2025, up 11.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,004 households. Median household income in Chatham County is $94,317, 17% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.7%, 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. Chatham County scores 78 for home repair companies (high), #67 of 2,057 scored counties.
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