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Home repair companies in the Fort Dodge, IA area
The home repair companies in the Fort Dodge, IA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #508 of 526 scored small-town markets
#15 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Iowa
- Listings
- 25
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 33
- +3.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $38.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,476 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,838
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, the Fort Dodge area has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #508 of 526 scored small-town markets and #15 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 home repair companies in the Fort Dodge area. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 16.3 per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,476 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Fort Dodge area spend about $38.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $1.5M per company, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Fort Dodge area was 33 in 2023, up 3.1% from 2019. That is one for every 466 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Fort Dodge area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Fort Dodge area 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 | Fort Dodge area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 14.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 466 | 572 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.1% | +7.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,476 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $68,975 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 33+3.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 374
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $25.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 251 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 the Fort Dodge 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 Fort Dodge area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,838−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 15,375
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 716 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $68,975+45.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,997
- Median home value
- $153,800
- Jobs located here
- 17,395
- Daytime population
- 38,670Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oskaloosa, IA | 65 | 5 | 5.7 | $4.4M | −1.2% | #91 of 526 |
| 2Pella, IA | 56 | 20 | 15.0 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #192 of 526 |
| 3Le Mars, IA | 49 | 12 | 11.6 | $2.4M | 0.0% | #282 of 526 |
| 4Burlington, IA-IL | 45 | 20 | 10.1 | $2.4M | −2.5% | #324 of 526 |
| 5Clinton, IA | 40 | 25 | 12.8 | $2M | −0.9% | #374 of 526 |
| 6Ottumwa, IA | 38 | 20 | 14.3 | $1.7M | −0.3% | #401 of 526 |
| 7Spirit Lake, IA | 36 | 17 | 19.2 | $1.5M | +1.7% | #426 of 526 |
| 8Carroll, IA | 35 | 11 | 12.5 | $2.1M | −2.0% | #431 of 526 |
| 9Muscatine, IA | 35 | 27 | 15.6 | $1.6M | −3.0% | #432 of 526 |
| 10Spencer, IA | 32 | 11 | 15.1 | $1.7M | −0.8% | #454 of 526 |
| 15Fort Dodge, IA | 24 | 25 | 16.3 | $1.5M | −0.4% | #508 of 526 |
Other business types in the Fort Dodge area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Fort Dodge, IA area?
The Fort Dodge area has 25 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 3.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Fort Dodge, IA area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $38.1M a year, or $2,476 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,375 households in the Fort Dodge area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fort Dodge, IA area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Fort Dodge area has 16.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.5M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Fort Dodge area would have about 16, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 466 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Fort Dodge, IA area growing?
Population estimates put the Fort Dodge area at 36,838 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,375 households. Median household income in the Fort Dodge area is $68,975, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 45.3%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Fort Dodge area scores 24 for home repair companies (low), #508 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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