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Home repair companies in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #38 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 55
- 2 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 74
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $191.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,726 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 181,616
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area is 70 (upper middle), #38 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for home repair companies.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 55 home repair companies in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 7.8 per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area spend about $191.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,726 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 43% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 74 businesses with payroll in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 950 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $676K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area 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 | Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 11.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $2.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 950 | 654 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,726 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $65,839 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 74
- Employees, 2023
- 534
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $30.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 552 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 79The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $676K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 181,616−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 70,282
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,455 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 125
- Median household income
- $65,839
- Average household income
- $91,263
- Median home value
- $240,900
- Jobs located here
- 72,190
- Daytime population
- 185,735Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 85 | 2,542 | 10.7 | $3.6M | +3.3% | #4 of 387 |
| 1Charlottesville, VA | 76 | 92 | 10.2 | $3.2M | +3.1% | #15 of 387 |
| 2Richmond, VA | 71 | 607 | 11.4 | $2.8M | +5.5% | #33 of 387 |
| 3Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 70 | 55 | 7.8 | $3.5M | −0.1% | #38 of 387 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 65 | 121 | 9.2 | $2.8M | +2.3% | #70 of 387 |
| 4Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 62 | 832 | 11.8 | $2.6M | +0.9% | #100 of 387 |
| 5Winchester, VA-WV | 55 | 81 | 14.6 | $2.1M | +6.5% | #155 of 387 |
| 6Roanoke, VA | 54 | 157 | 11.9 | $2.3M | +0.4% | #161 of 387 |
| 7Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 53 | 62 | 11.9 | $2.3M | +3.2% | #174 of 387 |
| 8Harrisonburg, VA | 46 | 68 | 13.6 | $2.1M | +3.5% | #221 of 387 |
Other business types in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford 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 trades70
- HVAC and plumbing70
- Electricians58
- Roofing and gutters67
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control63
- Landscaping and lawn care51
- House cleaning74
- Pest control66
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area?
There are 55 home repair companies on map listings in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 74 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $191.6M a year, or $2,726 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 70,282 households in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area has 7.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.5M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area would have about 79, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 950 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area at 181,616 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 70,282 households. Median household income in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area is $65,839, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area scores 70 for home repair companies (upper middle), #38 of 387 scored metro areas.
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