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Home repair companies in Galax city, VA

How Galax city, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,364 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.5
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,670
−0.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 home repair companies in Galax city. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.5, 17% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Galax city comes to about $6.5M a year: $2,364 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 home repair companies, that is $1.6M per company, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Galax city was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 691 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Galax city declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Galax 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.

Home repair trades in Galax city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureGalax cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.511.412.4
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment691654587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,364$3,295$3,018
Median household income$38,675$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored74

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
47
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Galax 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 Galax city

Population, 2025 estimate
6,670−0.7% since 2020
Households
2,763
Median age
42.9
Homes lived in by their owners
56%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
8 sq. mi.
People per square mile
817
Median household income
$38,675
Average household income
$71,061
Median home value
$141,300
Jobs located here
5,712
Daytime population
9,892Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Galax city marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Arlington County, VA90343.0$13.3M+2.1%#3 of 2,057
2Alexandria city, VA87445.8$6.4M+1.0%#6 of 2,057
3Falls Church city, VA8769.6$4.4M+3.3%#7 of 2,057
4Albemarle County, VA86398.5$4.1M+5.1%#14 of 2,057
5Suffolk city, VA86307.9$4M+10.4%#15 of 2,057
6Caroline County, VA8586.7$4.6M+11.3%#17 of 2,057
7James City County, VA853210.0$3.5M+6.2%#19 of 2,057
8Prince George County, VA8386.2$4.9M+2.0%#24 of 2,057
9Isle of Wight County, VA81159.5$3.3M+6.7%#38 of 2,057
10Loudoun County, VA8018913.2$3.5M+6.4%#45 of 2,057
Galax city, VANot scored414.5$1.6M−0.7%

Other business types in Galax city

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Galax city, VA?

There are 4 home repair companies on map listings in Galax city as of September 2026. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Galax city, VA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $6.5M a year, or $2,364 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,763 households in Galax city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Galax city, VA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Galax city has 14.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.6M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Galax city would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 691 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Galax city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Galax city at 6,670 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,763 households. Median household income in Galax city is $38,675, 52% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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