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Home repair companies in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #112 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee

Listings
325
20 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
300
+12.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$662.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,864 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.0
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
594,530
+5.3% 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 325 home repair companies in the Chattanooga metro area. Of those, 20 are chain locations, or 6%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 14.0 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in the Chattanooga metro area spend about $662.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,864 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 300 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Chattanooga metro area in 2023, up 12.2% from 2019. That is one for every 771 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $5.8M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Chattanooga metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Chattanooga metro area grew 5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Chattanooga metro area scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #112 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.

How the Chattanooga metro area compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureChattanooga metro areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.012.112.4
Spending per listing$2M$2.3M$2.4M
Households per official establishment771777587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+12.2%+18.7%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.3%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,864$2,815$3,018
Median household income$72,161$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6166

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
300+12.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
4,935
Annual payroll, 2023
$388.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
32520 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
273The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$5.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Chattanooga 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 Chattanooga metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
594,530+5.3% since 2020
Households
231,335
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,089 sq. mi.
People per square mile
276
Median household income
$72,161+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,295
Median home value
$272,400
Jobs located here
258,793
Daytime population
593,840Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Chattanooga metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Tennessee

Metro areas in Tennessee ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Clarksville, TN-KY7114111.3$2.4M+8.5%#34 of 387
2Knoxville, TN7045712.1$2.4M+6.9%#43 of 387
3Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN701,12313.5$2.3M+8.7%#44 of 387
4Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA651219.2$2.8M+2.3%#70 of 387
5Memphis, TN-MS-AR6255510.6$2.6M−0.3%#99 of 387
6Chattanooga, TN-GA6132514.0$2M+5.3%#112 of 387
7Morristown, TN605812.1$2.1M+7.9%#118 of 387
8Johnson City, TN5910211.5$2.2M+4.3%#121 of 387
9Cleveland, TN507815.6$1.7M+6.1%#197 of 387
10Jackson, TN409212.7$2M+2.2%#275 of 387

Other business types in the Chattanooga 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 Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area?

There are 325 home repair companies on map listings in the Chattanooga metro area as of September 2026. 20 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 300 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 12.2% from 2019.

How much do households in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $662.5M a year, or $2,864 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 325 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 231,335 households in the Chattanooga metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The Chattanooga metro area has 14.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Chattanooga metro area would have about 273, against 325 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 771 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Chattanooga metro area at 594,530 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 231,335 households. Median household income in the Chattanooga metro area is $72,161, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.8%, 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. The Chattanooga metro area scores 61 for home repair companies (upper middle), #112 of 387 scored metro areas.

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