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Home repair companies in Lenoir County, NC
How Lenoir 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 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,912 of 2,057 scored counties
#85 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 30
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 47
- +9.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $53.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,307 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.8
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 55,837
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, Lenoir County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #1,912 of 2,057 scored counties and #85 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 home repair companies in Lenoir County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 12.8 for every 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,307 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Lenoir County spend about $53.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 47 businesses with payroll in Lenoir County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 9.3% from 2019. That is one for every 497 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $515K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Lenoir County. Population estimates show Lenoir County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lenoir 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 | Lenoir County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 497 | 544 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.3% | +14.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,307 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $45,143 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 43 → 47+9.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 571
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 300 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $515K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Lenoir 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 Lenoir County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 55,837+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 23,351
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 399 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 138
- Median household income
- $45,143+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,291
- Median home value
- $120,500
- Jobs located here
- 29,615
- Daytime population
- 59,853Residents 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 Lenoir 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 |
| 85Lenoir County, NC | 26 | 30 | 12.8 | $1.8M | +1.4% | #1,912 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Lenoir County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Lenoir County, NC?
There are 30 home repair companies on map listings in Lenoir County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 9.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Lenoir County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $53.9M a year, or $2,307 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,351 households in Lenoir County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lenoir County, NC compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Lenoir County has 12.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.8M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Lenoir County would have about 22, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 497 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Lenoir County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Lenoir County at 55,837 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,351 households. Median household income in Lenoir County is $45,143, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.6%, 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. Lenoir County scores 26 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,912 of 2,057 scored counties.
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