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Home repair companies in Franklin County, NC
The home repair companies in Franklin County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,044 of 2,057 scored counties
#42 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 38
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 72
- +24.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $79.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,784 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.3
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 82,037
- +18.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Franklin County spend about $79.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,784 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Franklin County has 38 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.3, 7% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Franklin County was 72 in 2023, up 24.1% from 2019. That is one for every 396 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $4.7M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Franklin County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County grew 18.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Franklin County is 50 (upper middle), #1,044 of 2,057 scored counties and #42 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina.
How Franklin 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 | Franklin County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.3 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 396 | 544 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +24.1% | +14.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +18.8% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,784 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $74,240 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 58 → 72+24.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 406
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 380 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $4.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,037+18.8% since 2020
- Households
- 28,529
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 151
- Median household income
- $74,240+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,255
- Median home value
- $284,300
- Jobs located here
- 13,513
- Daytime population
- 52,063Residents 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 Franklin 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 |
| 42Franklin County, NC | 50 | 38 | 13.3 | $2.1M | +18.8% | #1,044 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Franklin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Franklin County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 home repair companies in Franklin County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 24.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Franklin County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $79.4M a year, or $2,784 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,529 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, NC compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Franklin County has 13.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.1M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Franklin County would have about 33, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 396 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 24.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 82,037 people in 2025, up 18.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,529 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $74,240 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.5% 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. Franklin County scores 50 for home repair companies (upper middle), #1,044 of 2,057 scored counties.
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