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Best Cities to Open a Remodeling Business in 2026 (Market Data)

Where should you open a remodeling business? Free U.S. Census data ranks the least- and most-saturated residential remodelers markets across 386 metros. Find the cities with the most room to grow.

Updated 2026

There are 117,556 residential remodelers across the 386 U.S. metros we track - an average of 40.7 per 100,000 residents (the typical metro has 33.2). The least-saturated markets have the most room for a well-marketed remodeling business. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns (2022) and Population Estimates (2023).

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All 386 residential remodelers markets by state

Number shown is residential remodelers per 100,000 residents. Lower = less saturated.

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AK

Anchorage56.1 Fairbanks56.9

AL

Anniston9.4 Auburn17.4 Birmingham25.2 Daphne48.1 Decatur19.5 Dothan27.4 Florence9.7 Gadsden11.6 Huntsville22.2 Mobile18.2 Montgomery15.3 Tuscaloosa15.5

AR

Fayetteville29.5 Fort Smith14.7 Hot Springs41.1 Jonesboro13.9 Little Rock23.7

AZ

Flagstaff54 Lake Havasu City34 Phoenix28.4 Prescott Valley43 Sierra Vista20.9 Tucson29.1 Yuma24.9

CO

Boulder59.4 Colorado Springs40.8 Denver47.3 Fort Collins59.1 Grand Junction45.1 Greeley38.9 Pueblo30.7

CT

Bridgeport47.5 Hartford34.2 New Haven35.9 Norwich26.1 Waterbury30

DC

DE

GA

Albany8.2 Athens25.7 Atlanta34.5 Augusta19.7 Brunswick40.5 Columbus20.1 Dalton13.1 Gainesville34.1 Hinesville13.5 Macon17.8 Rome10 Savannah28 Valdosta10.6 Warner Robins13.4

HI

Kahului49.3 Urban Honolulu32.7

IA

Ames35.2 Cedar Rapids32.3 Davenport32.4 Des Moines36.9 Dubuque32.4 Iowa City32.2 Sioux City33.2 Waterloo25.6

ID

Boise City56 Coeur d'Alene80 Idaho Falls40.4 Lewiston44.3 Pocatello43.1 Twin Falls39

IL

Bloomington27 Champaign26.3 Chicago56.6 Decatur25.8 Kankakee31.1 Peoria32.9 Rockford27.2 Springfield28.7

IN

Bloomington34.2 Columbus39.3 Elkhart32 Evansville40.3 Fort Wayne36.9 Indianapolis37.3 Kokomo34.6 Lafayette28.2 Michigan City30.4 Muncie32.1 South Bend29.9 Terre Haute25.5

KS

Lawrence39 Manhattan36.1 Topeka28 Wichita29.7

KY

Bowling Green16.9 Elizabethtown22.7 Lexington31.3 Louisville/Jefferson County31 Owensboro22.2 Paducah20.5

LA

Alexandria16.2 Baton Rouge22.2 Hammond16.7 Houma14.6 Lafayette24.4 Lake Charles24.2 Monroe16.7 New Orleans29.1 Shreveport20.1 Slidell27.2

MA

Amherst Town44.3 Barnstable Town187.7 Boston66.5 Pittsfield97 Springfield40.6 Worcester58.1

MD

Baltimore53.3 Hagerstown27.5 Lexington Park50 Salisbury37.8

ME

Bangor54.1 Lewiston57.1 Portland79.6

MI

Ann Arbor43.2 Battle Creek27 Bay City33.2 Detroit37 Flint27.6 Grand Rapids39.6 Jackson28.9 Kalamazoo29.4 Lansing29.2 Midland45.2 Monroe33.5 Muskegon26.6 Niles43.3 Saginaw30.4 Traverse City78.7

MN

Duluth42.3 Mankato29.7 Minneapolis56.5 Rochester34.9 St. Cloud42.5

MO

Cape Girardeau28.5 Columbia43 Jefferson City27.2 Joplin22 Kansas City38.4 Springfield33.8 St. Joseph25.3 St. Louis39.1

MS

Gulfport13.7 Hattiesburg13.5 Jackson18

MT

Billings58.5 Bozeman104.4 Great Falls48.3 Helena69.7 Missoula69.3

NC

Asheville49.9 Burlington27.9 Charlotte34.9 Durham29.2 Fayetteville15.5 Goldsboro18.5 Greensboro29 Greenville26.8 Hickory19.7 Jacksonville25.3 Pinehurst25.3 Raleigh38.6 Rocky Mount21.3 Wilmington47.9 Winston28.5

ND

Bismarck39.8 Fargo41.5 Grand Forks33 Minot42.2

NE

Grand Island35.3 Lincoln52.3 Omaha47.1

NH

NJ

Atlantic City56.5 Trenton44 Vineland26.9

NM

Albuquerque26.1 Farmington15.7 Las Cruces21.3 Santa Fe73.7

NV

Carson City56.9 Las Vegas20.5 Reno40.7

NY

Albany50.8 Binghamton36.5 Buffalo53.7 Elmira48 Glens Falls55.8 Ithaca54.1 Kingston88.8 Kiryas Joel79.5 New York64.6 Rochester55.9 Syracuse51.3 Utica36.9 Watertown61

OH

Akron30.5 Canton31 Cincinnati31.2 Cleveland33 Columbus27.9 Dayton23.1 Lima21.8 Mansfield21.6 Sandusky30.7 Springfield17.1 Toledo21.3 Youngstown22.8

OK

Enid21 Lawton14.2 Oklahoma City21.7 Tulsa19.7

OR

Albany45.6 Bend67.1 Corvallis39.9 Eugene47.5 Grants Pass43.3 Medford55.3 Portland61.5 Salem51.3

PA

Allentown36.2 Altoona49.9 Chambersburg32.3 Erie31 Gettysburg41.2 Harrisburg37.6 Johnstown30.6 Lancaster65 Lebanon36.7 Philadelphia49.6 Pittsburgh45.2 Reading35.8 Scranton33.4 State College48.2 Williamsport38.1 York34.7

RI

SC

Charleston43 Columbia20.9 Florence10.5 Greenville26.9 Hilton Head Island47.7 Myrtle Beach32.7 Spartanburg17 Sumter9.6

SD

Rapid City57.1 Sioux Falls50.9

TN

Chattanooga23.6 Clarksville19.4 Cleveland17 Jackson24.7 Johnson City27.7 Kingsport23.6 Knoxville25.8 Memphis13.9 Morristown21 Nashville29.5

UT

Logan41.2 Ogden34.3 Provo33.1 Salt Lake City40.8 St. George47.9

VA

Blacksburg30.9 Charlottesville50.6 Harrisonburg44.3 Lynchburg40.8 Richmond42.9 Roanoke39.5 Staunton47.1 Virginia Beach41.8 Winchester45.5

VT

WA

Bellingham82.8 Bremerton71.7 Kennewick44.9 Longview41.6 Mount Vernon82.9 Olympia54.2 Seattle72 Spokane57.1 Walla Walla47.1 Wenatchee68.1 Yakima42.5

WI

Appleton33.7 Eau Claire29.2 Fond du Lac32.7 Green Bay28.9 Janesville28 Kenosha38.2 La Crosse42.3 Madison42.2 Milwaukee33.5 Oshkosh33.2 Racine36.6 Sheboygan27.2 Wausau33.9

WV

Beckley32.3 Charleston26.6 Huntington21.7 Morgantown40.9 Parkersburg22.7 Weirton35.2 Wheeling28

WY

Casper73.8 Cheyenne45.6

Residential Remodelers market - FAQ

How many residential remodelers are there in the US?

Across the 386 U.S. metros we track, there are 117,556 residential remodelers, or about 40.7 per 100,000 residents on average. Counts are Census County Business Patterns establishments, not individual practitioners.

Which U.S. city is the least saturated for residential remodelers?

Texarkana, TX has the fewest residential remodelers per capita among the metros we rank: 6.2 per 100,000 residents.

Which U.S. city is the most saturated for residential remodelers?

Barnstable Town, MA has the most residential remodelers per capita among the metros we rank: 187.7 per 100,000 residents.

How does the residential remodelers market ranking work?

We rank 386 metros from lowest to highest residential remodelers per 100,000 residents using U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns establishment counts and Census Population Estimates. Lower rank means less saturated.