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Home repair companies in Chester County, SC
How Chester County, SC 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #402 of 2,057 scored counties
#14 of 37 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $31.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,405 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,001
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 home repair companies in Chester County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.4, 32% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Chester County comes to about $31.6M a year: $2,405 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per company, 18% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Chester County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 1,462 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Chester County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Chester County has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #402 of 2,057 scored counties and #14 of 37 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Chester County compares
The same measures for South 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 | Chester County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.4 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,462 | 706 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,405 | $2,802 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $52,458 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Chester 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 Chester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,001+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 13,159
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 581 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $52,458+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,310
- Median home value
- $158,300
- Jobs located here
- 10,197
- Daytime population
- 27,098Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for home repair companies, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Chester County marked.
Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lancaster County, SC | 86 | 34 | 8.5 | $3.5M | +18.3% | #16 of 2,057 |
| 2Aiken County, SC | 79 | 58 | 8.3 | $3.4M | +7.3% | #57 of 2,057 |
| 3Kershaw County, SC | 79 | 23 | 8.6 | $3.2M | +11.6% | #58 of 2,057 |
| 4Berkeley County, SC | 75 | 106 | 11.3 | $2.6M | +18.7% | #109 of 2,057 |
| 5Dorchester County, SC | 74 | 68 | 10.8 | $2.7M | +10.1% | #129 of 2,057 |
| 6Laurens County, SC | 72 | 21 | 7.8 | $3.2M | +6.2% | #157 of 2,057 |
| 7Richland County, SC | 72 | 181 | 10.8 | $2.6M | +4.6% | #167 of 2,057 |
| 8Chesterfield County, SC | 69 | 11 | 6.3 | $3.7M | +3.4% | #229 of 2,057 |
| 9Pickens County, SC | 69 | 44 | 8.4 | $3.1M | +5.7% | #239 of 2,057 |
| 10Abbeville County, SC | 67 | 7 | 7.2 | $3.6M | +2.3% | #287 of 2,057 |
| 14Chester County, SC | 64 | 11 | 8.4 | $2.9M | +2.2% | #402 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Chester 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 Chester County, SC?
Chester County has 11 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Chester County, SC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $31.6M a year, or $2,405 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,159 households in Chester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chester County, SC compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Chester County has 8.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.9M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Chester County would have about 13, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,462 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Chester County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Chester County at 33,001 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,159 households. Median household income in Chester County is $52,458, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.6%, 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. Chester County scores 64 for home repair companies (upper middle), #402 of 2,057 scored counties.
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