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Home repair companies in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area

How the Burlington-South Burlington, VT 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #152 of 387 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in Vermont

Listings
123
9 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
219
+6.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$317.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,357 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.0
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
227,803
+0.9% 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 123 home repair companies in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 7%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 13.0 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area spend about $317.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,357 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 6% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 219 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area in 2023, up 6.9% from 2019. That is one for every 432 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $7.8M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area is 55 (upper middle), #152 of 387 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in Vermont.

How the Burlington-South Burlington metro 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.

Home repair trades in Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area compared with Vermont and the U.S.
MeasureBurlington-South Burlington metro areaVermontU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.011.312.4
Spending per listing$2.6M$2.8M$2.4M
Households per official establishment432385587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.9%+11.1%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,357$3,176$3,018
Median household income$93,043$81,203$80,734
Groundwork market score5547

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
219+6.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,207
Annual payroll, 2023
$154.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1239 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
131The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
10
Amount
$7.8M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
227,803+0.9% since 2020
Households
94,559
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,250 sq. mi.
People per square mile
182
Median household income
$93,043+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$118,646
Median home value
$401,000
Jobs located here
121,615
Daytime population
237,948Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Questions

How many home repair companies are in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area?

The Burlington-South Burlington metro area has 123 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 219 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 6.9% from 2019.

How much do households in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $317.4M a year, or $3,357 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 123 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 94,559 households in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The Burlington-South Burlington metro area has 13.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.6M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Burlington-South Burlington metro area would have about 131, against 123 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 432 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Burlington-South Burlington metro area at 227,803 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 94,559 households. Median household income in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area is $93,043, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.3%, 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 Burlington-South Burlington metro area scores 55 for home repair companies (upper middle), #152 of 387 scored metro areas.

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