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Home repair companies in Pierce County, WA
How Pierce County, WA 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #449 of 2,057 scored counties
#13 of 31 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 393
- 9 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 687
- +18.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.1B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,137 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.2
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 946,288
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 393 home repair companies in Pierce County. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 2%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.2, 10% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Pierce County comes to about $1.1B a year: $3,137 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 15% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 687 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Pierce County in 2023, up 18.2% from 2019. That is one for every 511 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 47 SBA-backed loans worth $9.2M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Pierce County.
Population estimates show Pierce County grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Pierce County is 63 (upper middle), #449 of 2,057 scored counties and #13 of 31 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Pierce County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Pierce County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.2 | 11.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 511 | 570 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.2% | +10.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,137 | $3,196 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $99,564 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 581 → 687+18.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 7,228
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $599.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3939 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 454The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 47
- Amount
- $9.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Pierce 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 Pierce County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 946,288+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 351,330
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,668 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 558
- Median household income
- $99,564+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,504
- Median home value
- $526,600
- Jobs located here
- 329,848
- Daytime population
- 851,977Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1King County, WA | 84 | 842 | 8.9 | $4.1M | +3.1% | #21 of 2,057 |
| 2Stevens County, WA | 80 | 11 | 5.7 | $4.7M | +6.6% | #44 of 2,057 |
| 3Mason County, WA | 73 | 24 | 9.2 | $3.1M | +7.8% | #144 of 2,057 |
| 4Pacific County, WA | 71 | 9 | 8.2 | $3.2M | +3.6% | #188 of 2,057 |
| 5Grant County, WA | 70 | 25 | 7.1 | $3.8M | +6.3% | #206 of 2,057 |
| 6Grays Harbor County, WA | 70 | 22 | 7.2 | $3.5M | +3.0% | #208 of 2,057 |
| 7Jefferson County, WA | 69 | 9 | 5.5 | $5M | +2.7% | #224 of 2,057 |
| 8Whatcom County, WA | 67 | 91 | 9.7 | $3M | +3.9% | #297 of 2,057 |
| 9Kitsap County, WA | 67 | 126 | 11.6 | $2.8M | +2.7% | #304 of 2,057 |
| 10Benton County, WA | 66 | 86 | 11.0 | $2.7M | +6.9% | #337 of 2,057 |
| 13Pierce County, WA | 63 | 393 | 11.2 | $2.8M | +2.5% | #449 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Pierce 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
- Home repair trades63
- HVAC and plumbing75
- Electricians62
- Roofing and gutters48
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control66
- Landscaping and lawn care73
- House cleaning56
- Pest control76
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Pierce County, WA?
There are 393 home repair companies on map listings in Pierce County as of September 2026. 9 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 687 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 18.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Pierce County, WA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $1.1B a year, or $3,137 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 393 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 351,330 households in Pierce County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pierce County, WA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Pierce County has 11.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.8M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Pierce County would have about 454, against 393 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 511 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Pierce County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Pierce County at 946,288 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 351,330 households. Median household income in Pierce County is $99,564, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.1%, 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. Pierce County scores 63 for home repair companies (upper middle), #449 of 2,057 scored counties.
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