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Home repair companies in Nelson County, VA
The home repair companies in Nelson County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,969 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 14,920
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 home repair companies in Nelson County. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households.
Households in Nelson County spend about $18.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,969 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $9.4M per company.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Nelson County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 1,273 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Nelson County grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 home repair companies on map listings, Nelson County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Nelson 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 | Nelson County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 11.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $9.4M | $2.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,273 | 654 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,969 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $72,589 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Nelson 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 Nelson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,920+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 6,364
- Median age
- 49.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 471 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $72,589+12.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,122
- Median home value
- $321,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,841
- Daytime population
- 12,142Residents 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 Nelson County 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 |
| Nelson County, VA | Not scored | 2 | 3.1 | $9.4M | +1.2% |
Other business types in Nelson County
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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Nelson County, VA?
There are 2 home repair companies on map listings in Nelson County as of September 2026. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Nelson County, VA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $18.9M a year, or $2,969 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $9.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,364 households in Nelson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nelson County, VA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Nelson County has 2 home repair companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Nelson County would have about 8, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,273 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Nelson County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Nelson County at 14,920 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,364 households. Median household income in Nelson County is $72,589, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.9%, 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. Nelson County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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