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Home repair companies in Montgomery County, PA

How Montgomery 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #587 of 2,057 scored counties
#40 of 62 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
528
21 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
678
+7.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.3B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,858 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.7
27% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
877,643
+2.4% 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 528 home repair companies in Montgomery County. 21 of them (4%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 15.7 per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

At $3,858 per household (28% above the U.S. average), households in Montgomery County spend about $1.3B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $2.5M per company, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Montgomery County was 678 in 2023, up 7.3% from 2019. That is one for every 495 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 35 SBA-backed loans worth $9.9M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Montgomery County.

Population estimates show Montgomery County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Montgomery County scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #587 of 2,057 scored counties and #40 of 62 scored counties in Pennsylvania.

How Montgomery 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.

Home repair trades in Montgomery County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.711.812.4
Spending per listing$2.5M$2.7M$2.4M
Households per official establishment495678587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+7.3%+6.0%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,858$3,158$3,018
Median household income$113,915$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score6063

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
632 → 678+7.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
8,873
Annual payroll, 2023
$804.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
52821 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
533The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
35
Amount
$9.9M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
877,643+2.4% since 2020
Households
335,505
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
483 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,796
Median household income
$113,915+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$158,114
Median home value
$436,700
Jobs located here
546,323
Daytime population
974,838Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Pennsylvania

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

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cumberland County, PA8212311.6$2.9M+6.5%#32 of 2,057
2Dauphin County, PA811028.4$3.7M+2.3%#36 of 2,057
3Montour County, PA7956.4$4.9M−1.4%#50 of 2,057
4Susquehanna County, PA77127.7$3.8M−0.3%#84 of 2,057
5Pike County, PA773213.2$2.4M+7.2%#86 of 2,057
6Philadelphia County, PA754316.3$4.5M−1.6%#98 of 2,057
7Schuylkill County, PA74457.8$3.7M+1.5%#118 of 2,057
8Centre County, PA74569.5$3.2M−0.4%#122 of 2,057
9Northampton County, PA7414011.4$2.9M+3.7%#128 of 2,057
10Tioga County, PA73127.2$3.9M−1.3%#134 of 2,057
40Montgomery County, PA6052815.7$2.5M+2.4%#587 of 2,057

Other business types in Montgomery County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Montgomery County, PA?

There are 528 home repair companies on map listings in Montgomery County as of September 2026. 21 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 678 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 7.3% from 2019.

How much do households in Montgomery County, PA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $1.3B a year, or $3,858 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 528 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 335,505 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Montgomery County, PA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Montgomery County has 15.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.5M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 533, against 528 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 495 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Montgomery County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 877,643 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 335,505 households. Median household income in Montgomery County is $113,915, 41% above 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. Montgomery County scores 60 for home repair companies (upper middle), #587 of 2,057 scored counties.

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