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Home repair companies in Bremer County, IA
How Bremer County, IA 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,388 of 2,057 scored counties
#20 of 67 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 17
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,789 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.5
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,296
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 home repair companies in Bremer County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 17.5 per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,789 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Bremer County spend about $27.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $1.6M per company, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Bremer County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 747 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Bremer County.
Population estimates put the population change in Bremer County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Bremer County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,388 of 2,057 scored counties and #20 of 67 scored counties in Iowa.
How Bremer County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Bremer County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.5 | 14.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 747 | 572 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,789 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $86,784 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 87
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 170 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Bremer 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 Bremer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,296+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 9,716
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 436 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 58
- Median household income
- $86,784+23.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,261
- Median home value
- $219,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,443
- Daytime population
- 21,993Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Bremer County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 87 | 37 | 8.7 | $3.8M | +17.8% | #10 of 2,057 |
| 2Benton County, IA | 65 | 9 | 8.8 | $3.2M | +1.8% | #356 of 2,057 |
| 3Mahaska County, IA | 61 | 5 | 5.7 | $4.4M | −1.2% | #513 of 2,057 |
| 4Story County, IA | 61 | 39 | 10.0 | $2.7M | +2.7% | #531 of 2,057 |
| 5Johnson County, IA | 61 | 75 | 11.8 | $2.4M | +4.6% | #545 of 2,057 |
| 6Guthrie County, IA | 55 | 5 | 10.9 | $2.5M | +1.6% | #781 of 2,057 |
| 7Polk County, IA | 53 | 320 | 15.6 | $1.9M | +4.8% | #911 of 2,057 |
| 8Pottawattamie County, IA | 52 | 40 | 10.6 | $2.5M | −0.7% | #932 of 2,057 |
| 9Boone County, IA | 50 | 12 | 11.0 | $2.5M | +0.4% | #1,016 of 2,057 |
| 10Black Hawk County, IA | 50 | 63 | 11.5 | $2.2M | +0.4% | #1,037 of 2,057 |
| 20Bremer County, IA | 43 | 17 | 17.5 | $1.6M | +1.1% | #1,388 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Bremer 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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Bremer County, IA?
Bremer County has 17 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Bremer County, IA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $27.1M a year, or $2,789 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,716 households in Bremer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bremer County, IA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Bremer County has 17.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.6M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Bremer County would have about 11, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 747 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Bremer County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Bremer County at 25,296 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,716 households. Median household income in Bremer County is $86,784, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.3%, 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. Bremer County scores 43 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,388 of 2,057 scored counties.
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