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Home repair companies in the Pella, IA area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the Pella, IA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #192 of 526 scored small-town markets
#2 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
$36.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,742 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.0
21% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,192
+2.3% 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

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Pella area comes to about $36.5M a year: $2,742 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 20 home repair companies, that is $1.8M per company, 25% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

There are 20 home repair companies on map listings in the Pella area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 10%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 15.0 per 10,000 households, 21% 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 Pella area in 2023. That is one for every 740 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Pella area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Pella area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #192 of 526 scored small-town markets and #2 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Iowa.

How the Pella 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.

Home repair trades in Pella, IA area compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasurePella areaIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.014.012.4
Spending per listing$1.8M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment740572587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,742$2,714$3,018
Median household income$78,680$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score5630

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18
Employees, 2023
219
Annual payroll, 2023
$15.5M
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
15The 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 Pella 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 Pella area

Population, 2025 estimate
34,192+2.3% since 2020
Households
13,316
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
555 sq. mi.
People per square mile
61
Median household income
$78,680+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,547
Median home value
$233,000
Jobs located here
19,073
Daytime population
36,093Residents 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 small-town markets in Iowa for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Iowa, with the Pella area marked.

Top small-town markets in Iowa

Small-town markets in Iowa ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oskaloosa, IA6555.7$4.4M−1.2%#91 of 526
2Pella, IA562015.0$1.8M+2.3%#192 of 526
3Le Mars, IA491211.6$2.4M0.0%#282 of 526
4Burlington, IA-IL452010.1$2.4M−2.5%#324 of 526
5Clinton, IA402512.8$2M−0.9%#374 of 526
6Ottumwa, IA382014.3$1.7M−0.3%#401 of 526
7Spirit Lake, IA361719.2$1.5M+1.7%#426 of 526
8Carroll, IA351112.5$2.1M−2.0%#431 of 526
9Muscatine, IA352715.6$1.6M−3.0%#432 of 526
10Spencer, IA321115.1$1.7M−0.8%#454 of 526

Other business types in the Pella area

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in the Pella, IA area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 20 home repair companies in the Pella 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 Pella, IA area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $36.5M a year, or $2,742 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,316 households in the Pella area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Pella, IA area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

The Pella area has 15.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.8M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Pella area would have about 15, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 740 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is the Pella, IA area growing?

Population estimates put the Pella area at 34,192 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,316 households. The median household income in the Pella area is $78,680 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.9% 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 Pella area scores 56 for home repair companies (upper middle), #192 of 526 scored small-town markets.

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