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Home repair companies in Orangeburg County, SC
How Orangeburg 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #423 of 2,057 scored counties
#16 of 37 scored counties 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 Orangeburg County spend about $75.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $5.8M per company, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 13 home repair companies on map listings in Orangeburg County 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.
Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Orangeburg County in 2023, 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 Orangeburg County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Orangeburg County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Orangeburg County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #423 of 2,057 scored counties and #16 of 37 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Orangeburg 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 | Orangeburg County | 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 | 63 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24 → 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 Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg County
- 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 counties in South Carolina for home repair companies, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Orangeburg 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 |
| 16Orangeburg County, SC | 63 | 13 | 3.9 | $5.8M | −0.9% | #423 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Orangeburg County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many home repair companies are in Orangeburg County, SC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 home repair companies in Orangeburg County. 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 Orangeburg County, SC 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 Orangeburg County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orangeburg County, SC compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Orangeburg County 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, Orangeburg County 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 Orangeburg County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Orangeburg County 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 Orangeburg County 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. 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. Orangeburg County scores 63 for home repair companies (upper middle), #423 of 2,057 scored counties.
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