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Home repair companies in Guilford County, NC

How Guilford 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #859 of 2,057 scored counties
#34 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
289
19 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
373
+6.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$617.3M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,809 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.2
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
562,234
+4.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Guilford County comes to about $617.3M a year: $2,809 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 289 home repair companies, that is $2.1M per company, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

There are 289 home repair companies on map listings in Guilford County as of September 2026. 19 of them (7%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 13.2 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Guilford County was 373 in 2023, up 6.0% from 2019. That is one for every 589 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Guilford County.

Population estimates put the population change in Guilford County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Guilford County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #859 of 2,057 scored counties and #34 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina.

How Guilford 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.

Home repair trades in Guilford County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureGuilford CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.212.912.4
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment589544587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.0%+14.3%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.4%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,809$2,889$3,018
Median household income$68,642$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score5454

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
352 → 373+6.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
6,346
Annual payroll, 2023
$439.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
28919 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
254The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$2.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Guilford 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 Guilford County

Population, 2025 estimate
562,234+4.4% since 2020
Households
219,718
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
646 sq. mi.
People per square mile
848
Median household income
$68,642+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,200
Median home value
$259,900
Jobs located here
296,070
Daytime population
603,586Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for home repair companies, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Guilford County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hoke County, NC86126.2$4.3M+9.0%#12 of 2,057
2Durham County, NC831349.4$3.3M+7.7%#27 of 2,057
3Orange County, NC78529.1$3.7M+6.1%#65 of 2,057
4Chatham County, NC78319.4$3.6M+11.0%#67 of 2,057
5Mecklenburg County, NC7657112.2$2.6M+10.5%#93 of 2,057
6Jackson County, NC69137.1$3.6M+6.9%#233 of 2,057
7Beaufort County, NC67126.2$4.1M0.0%#285 of 2,057
8Robeson County, NC67276.3$3.5M+3.4%#288 of 2,057
9Wake County, NC6769615.1$2.3M+11.2%#311 of 2,057
10Davie County, NC661911.0$2.7M+6.9%#338 of 2,057
34Guilford County, NC5428913.2$2.1M+4.4%#859 of 2,057

Other business types in Guilford County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Guilford County, NC?

As of September 2026, map listings count 289 home repair companies in Guilford County. 19 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 373 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 6.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Guilford County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $617.3M a year, or $2,809 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 289 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 219,718 households in Guilford County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Guilford County, NC compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Guilford County has 13.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.1M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Guilford County would have about 254, against 289 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 589 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Guilford County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Guilford County at 562,234 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 219,718 households. The median household income in Guilford County is $68,642 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.9% 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. Guilford County scores 54 for home repair companies (upper middle), #859 of 2,057 scored counties.

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