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Home repair companies in Sampson County, NC
How Sampson 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #934 of 2,057 scored counties
#36 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 22
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- −16.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $51.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,389 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.2
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,504
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 home repair companies in Sampson County. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.2, 18% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Sampson County comes to about $51.6M a year: $2,389 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Sampson County in 2023, down 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 720 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sampson County grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Sampson County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #934 of 2,057 scored counties and #36 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina.
How Sampson 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 | Sampson County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.2 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 720 | 544 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −16.7% | +14.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,389 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $52,432 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 30−16.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 116
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 221 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Sampson 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 Sampson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,504+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 21,607
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 946 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 63
- Median household income
- $52,432+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,124
- Median home value
- $150,700
- Jobs located here
- 18,057
- Daytime population
- 51,988Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 36Sampson County, NC | 52 | 22 | 10.2 | $2.3M | +4.1% | #934 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Sampson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Sampson County, NC?
Sampson County has 22 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 16.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Sampson County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $51.6M a year, or $2,389 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,607 households in Sampson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sampson County, NC compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Sampson County has 10.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.3M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Sampson County would have about 21, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 720 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Sampson County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Sampson County at 61,504 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,607 households. Median household income in Sampson County is $52,432, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, 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. Sampson County scores 52 for home repair companies (upper middle), #934 of 2,057 scored counties.
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