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Home repair companies in Columbia County, PA
How Columbia County, PA 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #277 of 2,057 scored counties
#24 of 62 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 29
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- −10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $73.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,777 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,193
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 home repair companies in Columbia County. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 11.0 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Columbia County comes to about $73.2M a year: $2,777 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per company, 4% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Columbia County in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 976 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Columbia County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Columbia County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #277 of 2,057 scored counties and #24 of 62 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Columbia County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Columbia County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 11.8 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.7M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 976 | 678 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.0% | +6.0% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,777 | $3,158 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $64,644 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30 → 27−10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 221
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 292 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Columbia 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 Columbia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,193+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 26,350
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 135
- Median household income
- $64,644+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,045
- Median home value
- $206,200
- Jobs located here
- 24,251
- Daytime population
- 61,393Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cumberland County, PA | 82 | 123 | 11.6 | $2.9M | +6.5% | #32 of 2,057 |
| 2Dauphin County, PA | 81 | 102 | 8.4 | $3.7M | +2.3% | #36 of 2,057 |
| 3Montour County, PA | 79 | 5 | 6.4 | $4.9M | −1.4% | #50 of 2,057 |
| 4Susquehanna County, PA | 77 | 12 | 7.7 | $3.8M | −0.3% | #84 of 2,057 |
| 5Pike County, PA | 77 | 32 | 13.2 | $2.4M | +7.2% | #86 of 2,057 |
| 6Philadelphia County, PA | 75 | 431 | 6.3 | $4.5M | −1.6% | #98 of 2,057 |
| 7Schuylkill County, PA | 74 | 45 | 7.8 | $3.7M | +1.5% | #118 of 2,057 |
| 8Centre County, PA | 74 | 56 | 9.5 | $3.2M | −0.4% | #122 of 2,057 |
| 9Northampton County, PA | 74 | 140 | 11.4 | $2.9M | +3.7% | #128 of 2,057 |
| 10Tioga County, PA | 73 | 12 | 7.2 | $3.9M | −1.3% | #134 of 2,057 |
| 24Columbia County, PA | 68 | 29 | 11.0 | $2.5M | +2.3% | #277 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Columbia County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many home repair companies are in Columbia County, PA?
There are 29 home repair companies on map listings in Columbia County as of September 2026. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Columbia County, PA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $73.2M a year, or $2,777 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,350 households in Columbia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Columbia County, PA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Columbia County has 11.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.5M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Columbia County would have about 30, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 976 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Columbia County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Columbia County at 66,193 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,350 households. Median household income in Columbia County is $64,644, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.9%, 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. Columbia County scores 68 for home repair companies (upper middle), #277 of 2,057 scored counties.
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