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Home repair companies in the Waynesville, NC area
How the Waynesville, NC area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #293 of 526 scored small-town markets
#9 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 35
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 51
- +13.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $71.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,630 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.9
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 63,369
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Waynesville area comes to about $71.3M a year: $2,630 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 35 home repair companies, that is $2M per company, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 35 home repair companies on map listings in the Waynesville area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.9, 4% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Waynesville area was 51 in 2023, up 13.3% from 2019. That is one for every 532 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Waynesville area grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Waynesville area scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #293 of 526 scored small-town markets and #9 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina.
How the Waynesville 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 | Waynesville area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 532 | 544 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.3% | +14.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,630 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $61,912 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 51+13.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 228
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 350 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 the Waynesville 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 Waynesville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 63,369+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 27,123
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 113
- Median household income
- $61,912
- Average household income
- $80,833
- Median home value
- $279,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,778
- Daytime population
- 52,805Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Carolina for home repair companies, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Waynesville area marked.
Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington, NC | 73 | 12 | 6.2 | $4.1M | 0.0% | #33 of 526 |
| 2Lumberton, NC | 70 | 27 | 6.3 | $3.5M | +3.4% | #51 of 526 |
| 3New Bern, NC | 66 | 55 | 10.5 | $2.5M | +3.6% | #85 of 526 |
| 4Laurinburg, NC | 62 | 7 | 5.6 | $4.2M | −0.3% | #118 of 526 |
| 5Anderson Creek, NC | 62 | 59 | 11.8 | $2.3M | +12.3% | #125 of 526 |
| 6Elizabeth City, NC | 61 | 23 | 14.6 | $1.8M | +4.5% | #131 of 526 |
| 7Albemarle, NC | 54 | 29 | 11.5 | $2.3M | +9.8% | #218 of 526 |
| 8Henderson, NC | 50 | 15 | 9.3 | $2.6M | +0.2% | #269 of 526 |
| 9Waynesville, NC | 48 | 35 | 12.9 | $2M | +1.9% | #293 of 526 |
| 10Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 47 | 52 | 13.4 | $1.9M | +3.4% | #303 of 526 |
Other business types in the Waynesville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Waynesville, NC area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 home repair companies in the Waynesville area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 13.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Waynesville, NC area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $71.3M a year, or $2,630 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,123 households in the Waynesville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Waynesville, NC area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Waynesville area has 12.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Waynesville area would have about 29, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 532 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Waynesville, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Waynesville area at 63,369 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,123 households. The median household income in the Waynesville area is $61,912 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Waynesville area scores 48 for home repair companies (lower middle), #293 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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