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Home repair companies in Skagit County, WA

The home repair companies in Skagit County, WA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #894 of 2,057 scored counties
#23 of 31 scored counties in Washington

Listings
66
2 chain locations (3%)
Official establishments
107
−3.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$153.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,938 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.6
2% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
132,975
+2.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 66 home repair companies in Skagit County. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 12.6 for every 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in Skagit County spend about $153.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,938 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 4% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Skagit County in 2023, down 3.6% from 2019. That is one for every 489 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $2.5M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Skagit County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Skagit County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Skagit County is 53 (upper middle), #894 of 2,057 scored counties and #23 of 31 scored counties in Washington.

How Skagit 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.

Home repair trades in Skagit County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureSkagit CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.611.012.4
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment489570587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.6%+10.8%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,938$3,196$3,018
Median household income$89,263$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score5368

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
111 → 107−3.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,027
Annual payroll, 2023
$77M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
662 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
63The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$2.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Skagit 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 Skagit County

Population, 2025 estimate
132,975+2.4% since 2020
Households
52,329
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,730 sq. mi.
People per square mile
76
Median household income
$89,263+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,733
Median home value
$545,100
Jobs located here
49,731
Daytime population
119,306Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Washington

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The highest-scoring counties in Washington for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Washington, with Skagit County marked.

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1King County, WA848428.9$4.1M+3.1%#21 of 2,057
2Stevens County, WA80115.7$4.7M+6.6%#44 of 2,057
3Mason County, WA73249.2$3.1M+7.8%#144 of 2,057
4Pacific County, WA7198.2$3.2M+3.6%#188 of 2,057
5Grant County, WA70257.1$3.8M+6.3%#206 of 2,057
6Grays Harbor County, WA70227.2$3.5M+3.0%#208 of 2,057
7Jefferson County, WA6995.5$5M+2.7%#224 of 2,057
8Whatcom County, WA67919.7$3M+3.9%#297 of 2,057
9Kitsap County, WA6712611.6$2.8M+2.7%#304 of 2,057
10Benton County, WA668611.0$2.7M+6.9%#337 of 2,057
23Skagit County, WA536612.6$2.3M+2.4%#894 of 2,057

Other business types in Skagit County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Skagit County, WA?

There are 66 home repair companies on map listings in Skagit County as of September 2026. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 3.6% from 2019.

How much do households in Skagit County, WA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $153.7M a year, or $2,938 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 52,329 households in Skagit County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Skagit County, WA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Skagit County has 12.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.3M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Skagit County would have about 63, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 489 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Skagit County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Skagit County at 132,975 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,329 households. Median household income in Skagit County is $89,263, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.2%, 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. Skagit County scores 53 for home repair companies (upper middle), #894 of 2,057 scored counties.

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