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Home repair companies in Dickinson County, IA

How Dickinson 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,872 of 2,057 scored counties
#45 of 67 scored counties in Iowa

Listings
17
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
25
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$25.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,832 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.2
55% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,077
+1.7% 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

Dickinson County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,872 of 2,057 scored counties and #45 of 67 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 home repair companies in Dickinson County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.2, 55% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Dickinson County comes to about $25.1M a year: $2,832 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 39% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Dickinson County was 25 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 354 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $200K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Dickinson County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dickinson County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Dickinson 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.

Home repair trades in Dickinson County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureDickinson CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.214.012.4
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment354572587
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+7.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,832$2,714$3,018
Median household income$75,432$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score2930

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25 → 250.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
153
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.2M
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
10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$200K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
18,077+1.7% since 2020
Households
8,845
Median age
48.9
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
381 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$75,432+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,164
Median home value
$270,700
Jobs located here
10,412
Daytime population
20,071Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Iowa

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

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dallas County, IA87378.7$3.8M+17.8%#10 of 2,057
2Benton County, IA6598.8$3.2M+1.8%#356 of 2,057
3Mahaska County, IA6155.7$4.4M−1.2%#513 of 2,057
4Story County, IA613910.0$2.7M+2.7%#531 of 2,057
5Johnson County, IA617511.8$2.4M+4.6%#545 of 2,057
6Guthrie County, IA55510.9$2.5M+1.6%#781 of 2,057
7Polk County, IA5332015.6$1.9M+4.8%#911 of 2,057
8Pottawattamie County, IA524010.6$2.5M−0.7%#932 of 2,057
9Boone County, IA501211.0$2.5M+0.4%#1,016 of 2,057
10Black Hawk County, IA506311.5$2.2M+0.4%#1,037 of 2,057
45Dickinson County, IA291719.2$1.5M+1.7%#1,872 of 2,057

Other business types in Dickinson County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Dickinson County, IA?

There are 17 home repair companies on map listings in Dickinson County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

How much do households in Dickinson County, IA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $25.1M a year, or $2,832 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,845 households in Dickinson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Dickinson County, IA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Dickinson County has 19.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.5M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Dickinson County would have about 10, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 354 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Dickinson County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Dickinson County at 18,077 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,845 households. Median household income in Dickinson County is $75,432, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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. Dickinson County scores 29 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,872 of 2,057 scored counties.

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