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Home repair companies in Salt Lake County, UT
The home repair companies in Salt Lake County, UT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,042 of 2,057 scored counties
#8 of 17 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 616
- 28 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 1,000
- +13.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,124 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.5
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,220,916
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Salt Lake County comes to about $1.3B a year: $3,124 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per company, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 616 home repair companies on map listings in Salt Lake County as of September 2026. 28 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 14.5 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 1,000 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Salt Lake County in 2023, up 13.4% from 2019. That is one for every 426 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 66 SBA-backed loans worth $45.7M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Salt Lake County.
Population estimates show Salt Lake County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Salt Lake County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,042 of 2,057 scored counties and #8 of 17 scored counties in Utah.
How Salt Lake County compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Salt Lake County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.5 | 14.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 426 | 384 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.4% | +18.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,124 | $3,068 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $97,494 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 882 → 1,000+13.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 15,710
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61628 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 548The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 66
- Amount
- $45.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,220,916+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 426,245
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,590
- Median household income
- $97,494+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,987
- Median home value
- $525,700
- Jobs located here
- 775,993
- Daytime population
- 1,357,402Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tooele County, UT | 76 | 19 | 7.9 | $3.9M | +19.2% | #89 of 2,057 |
| 2Wasatch County, UT | 65 | 16 | 12.4 | $2.8M | +9.9% | #362 of 2,057 |
| 3Sanpete County, UT | 61 | 7 | 7.9 | $3.3M | +10.3% | #515 of 2,057 |
| 4Davis County, UT | 61 | 143 | 12.3 | $2.6M | +4.8% | #535 of 2,057 |
| 5Box Elder County, UT | 55 | 24 | 12.3 | $2.3M | +12.7% | #794 of 2,057 |
| 6Juab County, UT | 53 | 5 | 12.9 | $2.3M | +14.8% | #896 of 2,057 |
| 7Utah County, UT | 52 | 315 | 15.5 | $2M | +14.5% | #952 of 2,057 |
| 8Salt Lake County, UT | 50 | 616 | 14.5 | $2.2M | +2.9% | #1,042 of 2,057 |
| 9Uintah County, UT | 48 | 17 | 14.0 | $1.9M | +7.3% | #1,149 of 2,057 |
| 10Morgan County, UT | 47 | 7 | 18.5 | $1.9M | +8.1% | #1,199 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Salt Lake 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
- Home repair trades50
- HVAC and plumbing50
- Electricians57
- Roofing and gutters54
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control47
- Landscaping and lawn care54
- House cleaning39
- Pest control66
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Salt Lake County, UT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 616 home repair companies in Salt Lake County. 28 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 1,000 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 13.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Salt Lake County, UT spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $1.3B a year, or $3,124 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 616 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 426,245 households in Salt Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Salt Lake County, UT compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Salt Lake County has 14.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.2M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Salt Lake County would have about 548, against 616 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 426 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Salt Lake County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Salt Lake County at 1,220,916 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 426,245 households. The median household income in Salt Lake County is $97,494 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% 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. Salt Lake County scores 50 for home repair companies (upper middle), #1,042 of 2,057 scored counties.
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