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Home repair companies in Buena Vista County, IA
The home repair companies in Buena Vista County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,968 of 2,057 scored counties
#55 of 67 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,677 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.2
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,449
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Buena Vista County scores 22 (low) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,968 of 2,057 scored counties and #55 of 67 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Buena Vista County spend about $20.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,677 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Buena Vista County has 13 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 17.2 for every 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Buena Vista County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 444 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates show Buena Vista County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Buena Vista 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 | Buena Vista County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 444 | 572 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,677 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $71,719 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 111
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,449−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,546
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 575 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $71,719+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,361
- Median home value
- $159,500
- Jobs located here
- 11,467
- Daytime population
- 22,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 55Buena Vista County, IA | 22 | 13 | 17.2 | $1.6M | −1.7% | #1,968 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 home repair companies in Buena Vista County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Buena Vista County, IA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $20.2M a year, or $2,677 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,546 households in Buena Vista County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buena Vista County, IA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Buena Vista County has 17.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.6M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Buena Vista County would have about 8, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 444 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Buena Vista County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Buena Vista County at 20,449 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,546 households. The median household income in Buena Vista County is $71,719 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Buena Vista County scores 22 for home repair companies (low), #1,968 of 2,057 scored counties.
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