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Home repair companies in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area

The home repair companies in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #230 of 387 scored metro areas
#13 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
149
6 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
165
+16.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$282.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,672 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.1
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
287,476
+6.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 149 home repair companies in the College Station-Bryan metro area. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 4%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 14.1 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the College Station-Bryan metro area comes to about $282.4M a year: $2,672 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 149 home repair companies, that is $1.9M per company, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the College Station-Bryan metro area was 165 in 2023, up 16.3% from 2019. That is one for every 641 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the College Station-Bryan metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the College Station-Bryan metro area grew 6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, the College Station-Bryan metro area has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #230 of 387 scored metro areas and #13 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.

How the College Station-Bryan metro area compares

The same measures for Texas 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 College Station-Bryan, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureCollege Station-Bryan metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.115.212.4
Spending per listing$1.9M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment641627587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+16.3%+16.3%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,672$3,015$3,018
Median household income$60,087$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4555

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
165+16.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,865
Annual payroll, 2023
$110.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1496 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
116The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$1M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
287,476+6.9% since 2020
Households
105,688
Median age
33.1
Homes lived in by their owners
51%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,100 sq. mi.
People per square mile
133
Median household income
$60,087+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,122
Median home value
$279,700
Jobs located here
128,204
Daytime population
289,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Texas, with the College Station-Bryan metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX732107.8$3.2M+5.6%#24 of 387
2Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX731,35913.7$2.5M+14.0%#26 of 387
3Laredo, TX70759.2$2.8M+5.2%#41 of 387
4Eagle Pass, TX6795.0$4.7M+1.7%#54 of 387
5Brownsville-Harlingen, TX661188.5$2.8M+3.0%#66 of 387
6Killeen-Temple, TX6520811.7$2.3M+7.2%#76 of 387
7San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX641,28913.3$2.2M+9.5%#85 of 387
8Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX634,27616.1$1.9M+10.3%#95 of 387
9Odessa, TX628012.4$2.3M+5.0%#104 of 387
10Midland, TX5511115.9$2.1M+9.8%#157 of 387
13College Station-Bryan, TX4514914.1$1.9M+6.9%#230 of 387

Other business types in the College Station-Bryan 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 College Station-Bryan, TX metro area?

The College Station-Bryan metro area has 149 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 165 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 16.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $282.4M a year, or $2,672 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 149 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,688 households in the College Station-Bryan metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The College Station-Bryan metro area has 14.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.9M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the College Station-Bryan metro area would have about 116, against 149 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 641 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the College Station-Bryan metro area at 287,476 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,688 households. Median household income in the College Station-Bryan metro area is $60,087, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.6%, 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. The College Station-Bryan metro area scores 45 for home repair companies (lower middle), #230 of 387 scored metro areas.

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