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Home repair companies in Saluda County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Saluda County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,497 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.4M
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 69% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,680
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 home repair companies in Saluda County. That comes to 3.9 for every 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Saluda County spend about $19.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,497 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Saluda County in 2023. That is one for every 1,278 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Saluda County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 home repair companies on map listings, Saluda County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Saluda 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 | Saluda County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $6.4M | $2.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,278 | 706 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,497 | $2,802 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $51,009 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 61
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Saluda 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 Saluda County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,680+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,670
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 453 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $51,009+11.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,200
- Median home value
- $146,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,321
- Daytime population
- 16,117Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Saluda County, SC | Not scored | 3 | 3.9 | $6.4M | +4.1% |
Other business types in Saluda 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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Saluda County, SC?
Saluda County has 3 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Saluda County, SC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $19.2M a year, or $2,497 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $6.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,670 households in Saluda County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saluda County, SC compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Saluda County has 3.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $6.4M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Saluda County would have about 8, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,278 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Saluda County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Saluda County at 19,680 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,670 households. Median household income in Saluda County is $51,009, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.6%, 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. Saluda County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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