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Home repair companies in the Lynchburg, VA metro area

How the Lynchburg, VA metro area compares with other metro areas 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 #265 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia

Listings
139
6 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
184
+8.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$281.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,724 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.4
8% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
269,169
+2.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 139 home repair companies in the Lynchburg metro area. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 13.4 per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

At $2,724 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Lynchburg metro area spend about $281.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 139 home repair companies, that is $2M per company, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 184 businesses with payroll in the Lynchburg metro area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 8.2% from 2019. That is one for every 562 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Lynchburg metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lynchburg metro area grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, the Lynchburg metro area has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #265 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia.

How the Lynchburg 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.

Home repair trades in Lynchburg, VA metro area compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureLynchburg metro areaVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.411.412.4
Spending per listing$2M$2.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment562654587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.2%+4.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,724$3,295$3,018
Median household income$68,996$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score4174

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
184+8.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,292
Annual payroll, 2023
$137.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1396 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
116The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$2.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
269,169+2.9% since 2020
Households
103,401
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,121 sq. mi.
People per square mile
124
Median household income
$68,996+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,223
Median home value
$239,700
Jobs located here
98,871
Daytime population
253,827Residents 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 metro areas in Virginia for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lynchburg metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Virginia

Metro areas in Virginia ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV852,54210.7$3.6M+3.3%#4 of 387
1Charlottesville, VA769210.2$3.2M+3.1%#15 of 387
2Richmond, VA7160711.4$2.8M+5.5%#33 of 387
3Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA70557.8$3.5M−0.1%#38 of 387
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA651219.2$2.8M+2.3%#70 of 387
4Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC6283211.8$2.6M+0.9%#100 of 387
5Winchester, VA-WV558114.6$2.1M+6.5%#155 of 387
6Roanoke, VA5415711.9$2.3M+0.4%#161 of 387
7Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA536211.9$2.3M+3.2%#174 of 387
8Harrisonburg, VA466813.6$2.1M+3.5%#221 of 387
9Lynchburg, VA4113913.4$2M+2.9%#265 of 387

Other business types in the Lynchburg metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home repair companies are in the Lynchburg, VA metro area?

The Lynchburg metro area has 139 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 184 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019.

How much do households in the Lynchburg, VA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $281.7M a year, or $2,724 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 139 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 103,401 households in the Lynchburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lynchburg, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The Lynchburg metro area has 13.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Lynchburg metro area would have about 116, against 139 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 562 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Lynchburg, VA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lynchburg metro area at 269,169 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 103,401 households. Median household income in the Lynchburg metro area is $68,996, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. The Lynchburg metro area scores 41 for home repair companies (lower middle), #265 of 387 scored metro areas.

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