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Home repair companies in Amherst County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Amherst County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #578 of 2,057 scored counties
#48 of 92 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,696 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.2
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,962
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,696 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Amherst County spend about $34.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 8% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 13 home repair companies on map listings in Amherst County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.2, 18% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Amherst County was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 668 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Amherst County grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Amherst County scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #578 of 2,057 scored counties and #48 of 92 scored counties in Virginia.
How Amherst County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Amherst County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.2 | 11.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 668 | 654 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,696 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $68,724 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 125
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Amherst 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 Amherst County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,962+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 12,694
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 474 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $68,724+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,902
- Median home value
- $212,400
- Jobs located here
- 8,562
- Daytime population
- 26,580Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arlington County, VA | 90 | 34 | 3.0 | $13.3M | +2.1% | #3 of 2,057 |
| 2Alexandria city, VA | 87 | 44 | 5.8 | $6.4M | +1.0% | #6 of 2,057 |
| 3Falls Church city, VA | 87 | 6 | 9.6 | $4.4M | +3.3% | #7 of 2,057 |
| 4Albemarle County, VA | 86 | 39 | 8.5 | $4.1M | +5.1% | #14 of 2,057 |
| 5Suffolk city, VA | 86 | 30 | 7.9 | $4M | +10.4% | #15 of 2,057 |
| 6Caroline County, VA | 85 | 8 | 6.7 | $4.6M | +11.3% | #17 of 2,057 |
| 7James City County, VA | 85 | 32 | 10.0 | $3.5M | +6.2% | #19 of 2,057 |
| 8Prince George County, VA | 83 | 8 | 6.2 | $4.9M | +2.0% | #24 of 2,057 |
| 9Isle of Wight County, VA | 81 | 15 | 9.5 | $3.3M | +6.7% | #38 of 2,057 |
| 10Loudoun County, VA | 80 | 189 | 13.2 | $3.5M | +6.4% | #45 of 2,057 |
| 48Amherst County, VA | 60 | 13 | 10.2 | $2.6M | +2.1% | #578 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Amherst County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Amherst County, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 home repair companies in Amherst County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Amherst County, VA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $34.2M a year, or $2,696 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,694 households in Amherst County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Amherst County, VA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Amherst County has 10.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.6M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Amherst County would have about 14, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 668 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Amherst County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Amherst County at 31,962 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,694 households. The median household income in Amherst County is $68,724 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. 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. Amherst County scores 60 for home repair companies (upper middle), #578 of 2,057 scored counties.
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