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Home repair companies in the Orangeburg, SC area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the Orangeburg, SC area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #90 of 526 scored small-town markets
#3 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $75.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,291 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.8M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 69% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,177
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,291 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in the Orangeburg area spend about $75.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $5.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 13 home repair companies on map listings in the Orangeburg area as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in the Orangeburg area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,378 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $125K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Orangeburg area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Orangeburg area declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home repair companies, the Orangeburg area has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #90 of 526 scored small-town markets and #3 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Orangeburg 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.
| Measure | Orangeburg area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $5.8M | $2.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,378 | 706 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +4.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,291 | $2,802 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $45,675 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 240.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 385
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $35.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $125K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,177−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 33,077
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,106 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 75
- Median household income
- $45,675+20.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,628
- Median home value
- $115,800
- Jobs located here
- 28,236
- Daytime population
- 72,707Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in South Carolina for home repair companies, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with the Orangeburg area marked.
Top small-town markets in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Murrells Inlet, SC | 72 | 28 | 10.3 | $2.8M | +3.8% | #40 of 526 |
| 2Seneca, SC | 67 | 37 | 10.7 | $2.5M | +6.3% | #78 of 526 |
| 3Orangeburg, SC | 65 | 13 | 3.9 | $5.8M | −0.9% | #90 of 526 |
| 4Gaffney, SC | 65 | 17 | 7.7 | $3.1M | +3.7% | #94 of 526 |
| 5Greenwood, SC | 52 | 45 | 12.0 | $2.1M | +1.7% | #245 of 526 |
| 6Newberry, SC | 52 | 21 | 13.7 | $1.8M | +4.8% | #250 of 526 |
Other business types in the Orangeburg area
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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Orangeburg, SC area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 home repair companies in the Orangeburg area. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the Orangeburg, SC area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $75.8M a year, or $2,291 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $5.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,077 households in the Orangeburg area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Orangeburg, SC area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Orangeburg area has 3.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $5.8M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Orangeburg area would have about 31, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,378 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Orangeburg, SC area growing?
Population estimates put the Orangeburg area at 83,177 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,077 households. The median household income in the Orangeburg area is $45,675 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Orangeburg area scores 65 for home repair companies (upper middle), #90 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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