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Home repair companies in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #263 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 53
- 3 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 60
- −1.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $113.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,595 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.1
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 111,294
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 53 home repair companies in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 6%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 12.1 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,595 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area spend about $113.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $2.1M per company, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 60 businesses with payroll in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, down 1.6% from 2019. That is one for every 727 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area is 41 (lower middle), #263 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Michigan City-La Porte metro area compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Michigan City-La Porte metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.1 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 727 | 699 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.6% | +7.7% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,595 | $2,669 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $71,055 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 60−1.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 493
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 533 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 47The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area, 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 the Michigan City-La Porte metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 111,294−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 43,633
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 187
- Median household income
- $71,055+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,682
- Median home value
- $195,500
- Jobs located here
- 39,820
- Daytime population
- 107,276Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Michigan City-La Porte metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 65 | 1,118 | 12.3 | $2.3M | +2.7% | #75 of 387 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 57 | 711 | 12.7 | $2.2M | +2.9% | #135 of 387 |
| 1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 56 | 1,230 | 14.6 | $2M | +5.4% | #148 of 387 |
| 2South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 54 | 139 | 10.8 | $2.4M | +0.1% | #160 of 387 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 54 | 4,799 | 13.2 | $2.3M | 0.0% | #162 of 387 |
| 3Columbus, IN | 48 | 50 | 15.0 | $1.9M | +4.3% | #212 of 387 |
| 4Bloomington, IN | 47 | 81 | 11.9 | $2.1M | +2.0% | #218 of 387 |
| 5Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 41 | 53 | 12.1 | $2.1M | −0.9% | #263 of 387 |
| 6Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 40 | 120 | 13.2 | $1.9M | +2.1% | #278 of 387 |
| 7Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 38 | 93 | 12.9 | $2M | +0.9% | #288 of 387 |
Other business types in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area
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 the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area?
The Michigan City-La Porte metro area has 53 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 1.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $113.2M a year, or $2,595 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,633 households in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Michigan City-La Porte metro area has 12.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.1M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Michigan City-La Porte metro area would have about 47, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 727 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Michigan City-La Porte metro area at 111,294 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,633 households. Median household income in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area is $71,055, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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. The Michigan City-La Porte metro area scores 41 for home repair companies (lower middle), #263 of 387 scored metro areas.
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