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Home repair companies in the St. George, UT metro area
How the St. George, UT metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #327 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah
- Listings
- 129
- 7 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 264
- +24.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $198.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,839 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.5
- 49% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 213,670
- +17.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the St. George metro area is 34 (lower middle), #327 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the St. George metro area comes to about $198.1M a year: $2,839 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 129 home repair companies on map listings in the St. George metro area as of September 2026. 7 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 18.5 per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the St. George metro area was 264 in 2023, up 24.5% from 2019. That is one for every 264 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 24 SBA-backed loans worth $15.5M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the St. George metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the St. George metro area grew 17.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the St. George metro area 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 | St. George metro area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.5 | 14.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 264 | 384 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +24.5% | +18.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +17.4% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,839 | $3,068 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $80,632 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 264+24.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,115
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $113M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1297 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 82The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 24
- Amount
- $15.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the St. George 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 St. George metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 213,670+17.4% since 2020
- Households
- 69,786
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,428 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $80,632+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,780
- Median home value
- $510,700
- Jobs located here
- 87,513
- Daytime population
- 200,923Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 51 | 635 | 14.1 | $2.2M | +3.8% | #185 of 387 |
| 2Ogden, UT | 51 | 302 | 14.1 | $2.2M | +5.3% | #186 of 387 |
| 3Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 51 | 320 | 15.5 | $2M | +14.5% | #188 of 387 |
| 4Logan, UT-ID | 42 | 70 | 14.2 | $2M | +8.8% | #249 of 387 |
| 5St. George, UT | 34 | 129 | 18.5 | $1.5M | +17.4% | #327 of 387 |
Other business types in the St. George metro area
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 trades34
- HVAC and plumbing32
- Electricians35
- Roofing and gutters64
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control30
- Landscaping and lawn care43
- House cleaning29
- Pest control28
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the St. George, UT metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 129 home repair companies in the St. George metro area. 7 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 264 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 24.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the St. George, UT metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $198.1M a year, or $2,839 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 129 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 69,786 households in the St. George metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the St. George, UT metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The St. George metro area has 18.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.5M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the St. George metro area would have about 82, against 129 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 264 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 24.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the St. George, UT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the St. George metro area at 213,670 people in 2025, up 17.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,786 households. The median household income in the St. George metro area is $80,632 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.8% 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. The St. George metro area scores 34 for home repair companies (lower middle), #327 of 387 scored metro areas.
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