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Home repair companies in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area

The home repair companies in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #259 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina

Listings
267
10 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
268
+3.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$430.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,710 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.8
35% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
427,551
+20.9% 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 267 home repair companies in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 4%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 16.8 for every 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area spend about $430.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,710 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 267 home repair companies, that is $1.6M per company, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 268 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. That is one for every 592 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +20.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #259 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.

How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureMyrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro areaSouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.812.212.4
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.3M$2.4M
Households per official establishment592706587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.5%+4.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+20.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,710$2,802$3,018
Median household income$66,880$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score4267

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
268+3.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,615
Annual payroll, 2023
$141.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
26710 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
177The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$1.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area, 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 the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
427,551+20.9% since 2020
Households
158,779
Median age
47.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,133 sq. mi.
People per square mile
338
Median household income
$66,880
Average household income
$87,740
Median home value
$287,700
Jobs located here
142,324
Daytime population
375,675Residents 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 metro areas in South Carolina for home repair companies, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area marked.

Top metro areas in South Carolina

Metro areas in South Carolina ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Charleston-North Charleston, SC7244313.2$2.4M+10.7%#30 of 387
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC7023910.3$2.7M+4.7%#42 of 387
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC651,42913.3$2.4M+10.1%#74 of 387
2Columbia, SC6542412.5$2.2M+6.0%#77 of 387
3Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC6348912.7$2.2M+9.0%#93 of 387
4Spartanburg, SC5817912.5$2.1M+14.3%#129 of 387
5Sumter, SC53409.7$2.6M−0.3%#168 of 387
6Florence, SC508911.3$2.2M+0.9%#194 of 387
7Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC4816116.9$1.9M+12.0%#211 of 387
8Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC4226716.8$1.6M+20.9%#259 of 387

Other business types in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area?

There are 267 home repair companies on map listings in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area as of September 2026. 10 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 268 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019.

How much do households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $430.4M a year, or $2,710 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 267 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 158,779 households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has 16.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.6M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area would have about 177, against 267 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 592 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area at 427,551 people in 2025, up 20.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 158,779 households. Median household income in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is $66,880, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area scores 42 for home repair companies (lower middle), #259 of 387 scored metro areas.

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