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Home repair companies in Fairfax city, VA
How Fairfax city, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #343 of 2,057 scored counties
#32 of 92 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 21
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $36.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,968 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.9
- 85% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,772
- +10.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 home repair companies in Fairfax city. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.9, 85% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Fairfax city comes to about $36.3M a year: $3,968 per household, 31% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per company, 29% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Fairfax city in 2023. That is one for every 916 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fairfax city grew 10.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Fairfax city scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #343 of 2,057 scored counties and #32 of 92 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Fairfax city 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 | Fairfax city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.9 | 11.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 916 | 654 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,968 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $132,348 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 86
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 211 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Fairfax city, 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 Fairfax city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,772+10.8% since 2020
- Households
- 9,155
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 6 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4,010
- Median household income
- $132,348+13.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $178,337
- Median home value
- $722,600
- Jobs located here
- 24,910
- Daytime population
- 37,398Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Fairfax city marked.
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 |
| 32Fairfax city, VA | 66 | 21 | 22.9 | $1.7M | +10.8% | #343 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Fairfax city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many home repair companies are in Fairfax city, VA?
There are 21 home repair companies on map listings in Fairfax city as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Fairfax city, VA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $36.3M a year, or $3,968 per household. That is 31% above the U.S. average (an index of 131, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,155 households in Fairfax city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fairfax city, VA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Fairfax city has 22.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 85% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.7M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Fairfax city would have about 15, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 916 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Fairfax city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Fairfax city at 26,772 people in 2025, up 10.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,155 households. Median household income in Fairfax city is $132,348, 64% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.1%, 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. Fairfax city scores 66 for home repair companies (upper middle), #343 of 2,057 scored counties.
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