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Home repair companies in the Jacksonville, NC metro area
The home repair companies in the Jacksonville, NC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #106 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 94
- 2 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 91
- +11.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $204.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,718 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 217,175
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Jacksonville metro area comes to about $204.6M a year: $2,718 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 94 home repair companies, that is $2.2M per company, 10% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Jacksonville metro area has 94 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 2% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 12.5 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 91 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Jacksonville metro area in 2023, up 11.0% from 2019. That is one for every 827 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $968K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Jacksonville metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Jacksonville metro area grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, the Jacksonville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #106 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Jacksonville metro area 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 | Jacksonville metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.5 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 827 | 544 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.0% | +14.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,718 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $68,148 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 91+11.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 859
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $45.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 942 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 84The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $968K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 217,175+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 75,265
- Median age
- 30.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 762 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 273
- Median household income
- $68,148+35.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,766
- Median home value
- $236,400
- Jobs located here
- 48,126
- Daytime population
- 192,000Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for home repair companies, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Jacksonville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 84 | 236 | 9.5 | $3.3M | +7.5% | #5 of 387 |
| 2Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 65 | 1,429 | 13.3 | $2.4M | +10.1% | #74 of 387 |
| 3Goldsboro, NC | 63 | 45 | 9.5 | $2.7M | +3.8% | #89 of 387 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 62 | 832 | 11.8 | $2.6M | +0.9% | #100 of 387 |
| 4Jacksonville, NC | 62 | 94 | 12.5 | $2.2M | +6.0% | #106 of 387 |
| 5Raleigh-Cary, NC | 61 | 889 | 15.5 | $2.2M | +12.6% | #110 of 387 |
| 6Winston-Salem, NC | 59 | 319 | 11.3 | $2.4M | +5.3% | #119 of 387 |
| 7Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 57 | 64 | 14.5 | $2.1M | +10.3% | #137 of 387 |
| 8Fayetteville, NC | 56 | 163 | 10.9 | $2.4M | +1.6% | #141 of 387 |
| 9Greenville, NC | 54 | 86 | 11.5 | $2.2M | +5.4% | #163 of 387 |
Other business types in the Jacksonville 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 trades62
- HVAC and plumbing56
- Electricians80
- Roofing and gutters57
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control55
- Landscaping and lawn care59
- House cleaning46
- Pest control58
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Jacksonville, NC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 94 home repair companies in the Jacksonville metro area. 2 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 91 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 11.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Jacksonville, NC metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $204.6M a year, or $2,718 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 94 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 75,265 households in the Jacksonville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jacksonville, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Jacksonville metro area has 12.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.2M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Jacksonville metro area would have about 84, against 94 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 827 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Jacksonville, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Jacksonville metro area at 217,175 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 75,265 households. The median household income in the Jacksonville metro area is $68,148 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.5% 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. The Jacksonville metro area scores 62 for home repair companies (upper middle), #106 of 387 scored metro areas.
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