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Home repair companies in Newport News city, VA

How Newport News 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #489 of 2,057 scored counties
#44 of 92 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
70
2 chain locations (3%)
Official establishments
83
+6.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$205.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,703 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
21% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.2
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
183,230
−1.5% 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

Households in Newport News city spend about $205.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,703 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per company, 21% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Newport News city has 70 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.2, 26% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Newport News city in 2023, up 6.4% from 2019. That is one for every 917 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $867K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Newport News city.

Population estimates show Newport News city declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Newport News city is 62 (upper middle), #489 of 2,057 scored counties and #44 of 92 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Newport News 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 Newport News city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureNewport News cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.211.412.4
Spending per listing$2.9M$2.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment917654587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.4%+4.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,703$3,295$3,018
Median household income$69,634$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score6274

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
78 → 83+6.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,334
Annual payroll, 2023
$89.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
702 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
85The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$867K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Newport News 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 Newport News city

Population, 2025 estimate
183,230−1.5% since 2020
Households
76,112
Median age
36.0
Homes lived in by their owners
48%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
69 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,670
Median household income
$69,634+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,058
Median home value
$260,600
Jobs located here
98,238
Daytime population
206,364Residents 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 Newport News 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
44Newport News city, VA62709.2$2.9M−1.5%#489 of 2,057

Other business types in Newport News city

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Newport News city, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 70 home repair companies in Newport News city. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 6.4% from 2019.

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

About $205.8M a year, or $2,703 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 70 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 76,112 households in Newport News city and national spending patterns by income.

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

Newport News city has 9.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.9M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Newport News city would have about 85, against 70 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 917 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Newport News city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Newport News city at 183,230 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 76,112 households. The median household income in Newport News city is $69,634 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Newport News city scores 62 for home repair companies (upper middle), #489 of 2,057 scored counties.

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