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Home repair companies in Cuyahoga County, OH

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Cuyahoga County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #733 of 2,057 scored counties
#27 of 82 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
536
27 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
590
+4.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.4B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,607 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
11% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.7
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,232,925
−2.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 536 home repair companies in Cuyahoga County. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 9.7 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Cuyahoga County comes to about $1.4B a year: $2,607 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.7M per company, 11% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 590 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Cuyahoga County in 2023, up 4.4% from 2019. That is one for every 940 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 33 SBA-backed loans worth $11.3M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Cuyahoga County.

Population estimates show Cuyahoga County declined 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Cuyahoga County is 56 (upper middle), #733 of 2,057 scored counties and #27 of 82 scored counties in Ohio.

How Cuyahoga County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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.

Home repair trades in Cuyahoga County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureCuyahoga CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.712.012.4
Spending per listing$2.7M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment940830587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.4%+5.9%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.3%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,607$2,683$3,018
Median household income$64,468$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5647

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
565 → 590+4.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
9,436
Annual payroll, 2023
$827.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
53627 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
595The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
33
Amount
$11.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Cuyahoga 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 Cuyahoga County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,232,925−2.3% since 2020
Households
554,551
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
457 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,725
Median household income
$64,468+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,344
Median home value
$195,400
Jobs located here
751,187
Daytime population
1,420,605Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Cuyahoga County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Delaware County, OH7911413.9$2.7M+12.5%#60 of 2,057
2Warren County, OH7811912.9$2.6M+5.7%#75 of 2,057
3Morrow County, OH7485.9$4.5M+3.7%#115 of 2,057
4Union County, OH733815.7$2.1M+16.5%#151 of 2,057
5Perry County, OH7185.9$4.3M+1.3%#175 of 2,057
6Portage County, OH71538.1$3.3M+1.0%#182 of 2,057
7Franklin County, OH7061111.0$2.5M+2.8%#217 of 2,057
8Greene County, OH708612.6$2.3M+3.7%#221 of 2,057
9Hardin County, OH6754.3$5.9M−2.1%#281 of 2,057
10Ashland County, OH67157.2$3.5M+0.1%#289 of 2,057
27Cuyahoga County, OH565369.7$2.7M−2.3%#733 of 2,057

Other business types in Cuyahoga County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Cuyahoga County, OH?

There are 536 home repair companies on map listings in Cuyahoga County as of September 2026. 27 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 590 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 4.4% from 2019.

How much do households in Cuyahoga County, OH spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $1.4B a year, or $2,607 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 536 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 554,551 households in Cuyahoga County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cuyahoga County, OH compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Cuyahoga County has 9.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 22% 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, Cuyahoga County would have about 595, against 536 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 940 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Cuyahoga County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Cuyahoga County at 1,232,925 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 554,551 households. Median household income in Cuyahoga County is $64,468, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.0%, 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. Cuyahoga County scores 56 for home repair companies (upper middle), #733 of 2,057 scored counties.

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