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Home repair companies in Howard County, IA
How Howard County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,561 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.3
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,415
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Howard County comes to about $9.7M a year: $2,561 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each company on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 5 home repair companies on map listings in Howard County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 13.3 per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Howard County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 472 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Howard County declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Howard 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 | Howard County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.3 | 14.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 472 | 572 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,561 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $67,446 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,415−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 3,773
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 473 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $67,446
- Average household income
- $87,621
- Median home value
- $147,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,105
- Daytime population
- 9,049Residents 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 |
| Howard County, IA | Not scored | 5 | 13.3 | $1.9M | −0.8% |
Other business types in Howard County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Howard County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 home repair companies in Howard County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Howard County, IA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $9.7M a year, or $2,561 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,773 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, IA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Howard County has 13.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.9M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Howard County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 472 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Howard County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 9,415 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,773 households. The median household income in Howard County is $67,446 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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