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Home repair companies in Lee County, SC

How Lee County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,157 a household
Spending per listing
$6.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
15,730
−5.0% 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 2 home repair companies in Lee County. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households.

Households in Lee County spend about $13.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,157 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.9M of household spending for each company on map listings.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Lee County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 794 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Lee County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 home repair companies on map listings, Lee County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lee 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.

Home repair trades in Lee County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureLee CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.112.212.4
Spending per listing$6.9M$2.3M$2.4M
Households per official establishment794706587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,157$2,802$3,018
Median household income$44,760$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored67

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 8
Employees, 2023
55
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Lee 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 Lee County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,730−5.0% since 2020
Households
6,351
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
410 sq. mi.
People per square mile
39
Median household income
$44,760+38.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$56,408
Median home value
$104,600
Jobs located here
3,773
Daytime population
12,067Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for home repair companies, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Lee County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lancaster County, SC86348.5$3.5M+18.3%#16 of 2,057
2Aiken County, SC79588.3$3.4M+7.3%#57 of 2,057
3Kershaw County, SC79238.6$3.2M+11.6%#58 of 2,057
4Berkeley County, SC7510611.3$2.6M+18.7%#109 of 2,057
5Dorchester County, SC746810.8$2.7M+10.1%#129 of 2,057
6Laurens County, SC72217.8$3.2M+6.2%#157 of 2,057
7Richland County, SC7218110.8$2.6M+4.6%#167 of 2,057
8Chesterfield County, SC69116.3$3.7M+3.4%#229 of 2,057
9Pickens County, SC69448.4$3.1M+5.7%#239 of 2,057
10Abbeville County, SC6777.2$3.6M+2.3%#287 of 2,057
Lee County, SCNot scored23.1$6.9M−5.0%

Other business types in Lee County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Lee County, SC?

There are 2 home repair companies on map listings in Lee County as of September 2026. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Lee County, SC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $13.7M a year, or $2,157 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $6.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,351 households in Lee County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lee County, SC compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Lee County has 2 home repair companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Lee County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 794 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Lee County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Lee County at 15,730 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,351 households. Median household income in Lee County is $44,760, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.3%, 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. Lee County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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