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Home repair companies in McDowell County, NC
How McDowell 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,564 of 2,057 scored counties
#74 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 22
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- +40.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $46.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,509 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.8
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,198
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in McDowell County is 38 (lower middle), #1,564 of 2,057 scored counties and #74 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in McDowell County comes to about $46.8M a year: $2,509 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
McDowell County has 22 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 11.8 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 35 businesses with payroll in McDowell County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 40.0% from 2019. That is one for every 533 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $270K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in McDowell County. Population estimates show McDowell County grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How McDowell 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 | McDowell County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.8 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 533 | 544 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +40.0% | +14.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,509 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $57,168 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 35+40.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 203
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 220 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $270K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in McDowell 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 McDowell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,198+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,638
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 440 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $57,168+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,753
- Median home value
- $171,100
- Jobs located here
- 15,917
- Daytime population
- 39,859Residents 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 McDowell 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 |
| 74McDowell County, NC | 38 | 22 | 11.8 | $2.1M | +1.5% | #1,564 of 2,057 |
Other business types in McDowell County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many home repair companies are in McDowell County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 home repair companies in McDowell County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 40.0% from 2019.
How much do households in McDowell County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $46.8M a year, or $2,509 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,638 households in McDowell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McDowell County, NC compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
McDowell County has 11.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 5% below 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, McDowell County would have about 19, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 533 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 40.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is McDowell County, NC growing?
Population estimates put McDowell County at 45,198 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,638 households. The median household income in McDowell County is $57,168 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.0% 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. McDowell County scores 38 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,564 of 2,057 scored counties.
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