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Home repair companies in the Ottumwa, IA area
The home repair companies in the Ottumwa, IA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #401 of 526 scored small-town markets
#6 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Iowa
- Listings
- 20
- 2 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,459 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.3
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,210
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, the Ottumwa area has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #401 of 526 scored small-town markets and #6 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $2,459 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in the Ottumwa area spend about $34.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $1.7M per company, 29% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Ottumwa area has 20 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.3, 15% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Ottumwa area in 2023. That is one for every 778 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ottumwa area declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Ottumwa 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 | Ottumwa area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.3 | 14.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 778 | 572 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,459 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $64,766 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18
- Employees, 2023
- 391
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 202 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Ottumwa 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 Ottumwa area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,210−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,997
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 432 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 82
- Median household income
- $64,766+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,469
- Median home value
- $125,100
- Jobs located here
- 15,175
- Daytime population
- 34,077Residents 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 |
Other business types in the Ottumwa area
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 the Ottumwa, IA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 home repair companies in the Ottumwa area. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Ottumwa, IA area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $34.4M a year, or $2,459 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,997 households in the Ottumwa area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ottumwa, IA area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Ottumwa area has 14.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.7M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Ottumwa area would have about 14, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 778 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ottumwa, IA area growing?
Population estimates put the Ottumwa area at 35,210 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,997 households. The median household income in the Ottumwa area is $64,766 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.1% 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. 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 Ottumwa area scores 38 for home repair companies (lower middle), #401 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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