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Home repair companies in Oconee County, SC
How Oconee 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #538 of 2,057 scored counties
#23 of 37 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 37
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 57
- +9.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $92.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,691 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,775
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Oconee County comes to about $92.9M a year: $2,691 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Oconee County has 37 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 10.7 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 57 businesses with payroll in Oconee County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 9.6% from 2019. That is one for every 606 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Oconee County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Oconee County grew 6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Oconee County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #538 of 2,057 scored counties and #23 of 37 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Oconee 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 | Oconee County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 606 | 706 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.6% | +4.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,691 | $2,802 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $62,388 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 52 → 57+9.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 277
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 371 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $15K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Oconee 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 Oconee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,775+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 34,515
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 627 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 128
- Median household income
- $62,388+27.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,233
- Median home value
- $237,100
- Jobs located here
- 24,938
- Daytime population
- 73,699Residents 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 Oconee 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 |
| 23Oconee County, SC | 61 | 37 | 10.7 | $2.5M | +6.3% | #538 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Oconee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades61
- HVAC and plumbing66
- Electricians65
- Roofing and gutters54
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control46
- Landscaping and lawn care42
- House cleaning83
- Pest control46
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Oconee County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 home repair companies in Oconee County. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 9.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Oconee County, SC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $92.9M a year, or $2,691 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 34,515 households in Oconee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Oconee County, SC compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Oconee County has 10.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.5M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Oconee County would have about 38, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 606 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Oconee County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Oconee County at 83,775 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,515 households. The median household income in Oconee County is $62,388 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Oconee County scores 61 for home repair companies (upper middle), #538 of 2,057 scored counties.
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