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Home repair companies in Polk County, NC
How Polk 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,205 of 2,057 scored counties
#54 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 15
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,799 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.7
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,533
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 home repair companies in Polk County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.7, 35% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Polk County spend about $25.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,799 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Polk County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 598 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $724K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Polk County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Polk County grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Polk County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,205 of 2,057 scored counties and #54 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina.
How Polk 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 | Polk County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.7 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 598 | 544 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,799 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $67,758 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 75
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 150 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $724K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,533+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,976
- Median age
- 53.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 238 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 84
- Median household income
- $67,758+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,279
- Median home value
- $315,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,495
- Daytime population
- 17,071Residents 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 Polk 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 |
| 54Polk County, NC | 47 | 15 | 16.7 | $1.7M | +6.0% | #1,205 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Polk County
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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Polk County, NC?
Polk County has 15 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Polk County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $25.1M a year, or $2,799 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,976 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, NC compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Polk County has 16.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.7M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Polk County would have about 10, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 598 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Polk County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 20,533 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,976 households. Median household income in Polk County is $67,758, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.9%, 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. Polk County scores 47 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,205 of 2,057 scored counties.
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