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Home repair companies in Gloucester County, VA
How Gloucester County, 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,453 of 2,057 scored counties
#77 of 92 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 26
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 42
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $46.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,059 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.0
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,097
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 home repair companies in Gloucester County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.0, 37% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $3,059 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Gloucester County spend about $46.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $1.8M per company, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 42 businesses with payroll in Gloucester County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 364 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Gloucester County grew 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Gloucester County has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #1,453 of 2,057 scored counties and #77 of 92 scored counties in Virginia.
How Gloucester 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 | Gloucester County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.0 | 11.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 364 | 654 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +4.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,059 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $84,306 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 42 → 420.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 295
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 260 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Gloucester 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 Gloucester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,097+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,274
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 218 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 181
- Median household income
- $84,306+19.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,513
- Median home value
- $331,000
- Jobs located here
- 9,415
- Daytime population
- 32,479Residents 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 |
| 77Gloucester County, VA | 41 | 26 | 17.0 | $1.8M | +3.6% | #1,453 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Gloucester County
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 Gloucester County, VA?
There are 26 home repair companies on map listings in Gloucester County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Gloucester County, VA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $46.7M a year, or $3,059 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,274 households in Gloucester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gloucester County, VA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Gloucester County has 17.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.8M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Gloucester County would have about 19, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 364 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Gloucester County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Gloucester County at 40,097 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,274 households. Median household income in Gloucester County is $84,306, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.5%, 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. Gloucester County scores 41 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,453 of 2,057 scored counties.
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