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Home repair companies in the Barre, VT area
The home repair companies in the Barre, VT area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #149 of 526 scored small-town markets
#1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont
- Listings
- 26
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 66
- +26.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $82.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,183 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 30% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,652
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Barre area comes to about $82.3M a year: $3,183 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per company, 30% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Barre area has 26 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.1, 19% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Barre area was 66 in 2023, up 26.9% from 2019. That is one for every 392 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $685K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Barre area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Barre area declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Barre area is 59 (upper middle), #149 of 526 scored small-town markets and #1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont.
How the Barre area compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Barre area | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 11.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $2.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 392 | 385 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +26.9% | +11.1% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,183 | $3,176 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $83,449 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 66+26.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 493
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $32.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 261 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $685K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Barre 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 Barre area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,652−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 25,855
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 687 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $83,449+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,553
- Median home value
- $315,000
- Jobs located here
- 30,099
- Daytime population
- 61,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Vermont market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Vermont for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Vermont (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Barre area marked.
Top small-town markets in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 67 | 74 | 8.1 | $4M | +1.5% | #70 of 526 |
| 1Barre, VT | 59 | 26 | 10.1 | $3.2M | −0.2% | #149 of 526 |
| 2Brattleboro, VT | 50 | 23 | 11.6 | $2.6M | −1.4% | #268 of 526 |
| 3Rutland, VT | 36 | 39 | 15.4 | $1.9M | −1.4% | #417 of 526 |
| 4Bennington, VT | 33 | 27 | 18.0 | $1.7M | −1.8% | #448 of 526 |
Other business types in the Barre 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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Barre, VT area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 home repair companies in the Barre area. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 26.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the Barre, VT area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $82.3M a year, or $3,183 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,855 households in the Barre area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Barre, VT area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Barre area has 10.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.2M, 30% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Barre area would have about 34, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 392 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 26.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Barre, VT area growing?
Population estimates put the Barre area at 59,652 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,855 households. The median household income in the Barre area is $83,449 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Barre area scores 59 for home repair companies (upper middle), #149 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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