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Home repair companies in the Rocky Mount, NC metro area
How the Rocky Mount, NC metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #167 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 56
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 98
- +10.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $150.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,575 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 148,486
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 56 home repair companies in the Rocky Mount metro area. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.6, 23% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,575 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Rocky Mount metro area spend about $150.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 56 home repair companies, that is $2.7M per company, 11% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Rocky Mount metro area was 98 in 2023, up 10.1% from 2019. That is one for every 596 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Rocky Mount metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Rocky Mount metro area grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Rocky Mount metro area is 53 (upper middle), #167 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Rocky Mount 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 | Rocky Mount metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 596 | 544 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.1% | +14.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,575 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $59,636 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 98+10.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,154
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $67.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 561 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Rocky Mount 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 Rocky Mount metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 148,486+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 58,449
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,046 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 139
- Median household income
- $59,636+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,773
- Median home value
- $167,800
- Jobs located here
- 55,119
- Daytime population
- 136,134Residents 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 Rocky Mount 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 |
| 10Rocky Mount, NC | 53 | 56 | 9.6 | $2.7M | +2.8% | #167 of 387 |
Other business types in the Rocky Mount 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 trades53
- HVAC and plumbing51
- Electricians44
- Roofing and gutters62
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control69
- Landscaping and lawn care67
- House cleaning68
- Pest control50
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Rocky Mount, NC metro area?
There are 56 home repair companies on map listings in the Rocky Mount metro area as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 98 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 10.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Rocky Mount, NC metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $150.5M a year, or $2,575 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 58,449 households in the Rocky Mount metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rocky Mount, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Rocky Mount metro area has 9.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.7M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Rocky Mount metro area would have about 62, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 596 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Rocky Mount, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Rocky Mount metro area at 148,486 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 58,449 households. Median household income in the Rocky Mount metro area is $59,636, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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 Rocky Mount metro area scores 53 for home repair companies (upper middle), #167 of 387 scored metro areas.
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