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Home repair companies in Allegan County, MI

How Allegan County, MI 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,706 of 2,057 scored counties
#59 of 70 scored counties in Michigan

Listings
77
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
103
+28.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$127.9M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,810 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
32% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.9
36% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
123,188
+2.1% 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

The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Allegan County is 35 (lower middle), #1,706 of 2,057 scored counties and #59 of 70 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Allegan County spend about $127.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,810 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 77 home repair companies, that is $1.7M per company, 32% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Allegan County has 77 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 16.9 per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 103 businesses with payroll in Allegan County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 28.8% from 2019. That is one for every 442 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $2.8M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Allegan County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Allegan County grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Allegan County compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Allegan County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureAllegan CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.910.612.4
Spending per listing$1.7M$2.5M$2.4M
Households per official establishment442795587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+28.8%+10.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,810$2,711$3,018
Median household income$83,283$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score3555

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
80 → 103+28.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
948
Annual payroll, 2023
$60.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
770 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
53The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
10
Amount
$2.8M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
123,188+2.1% since 2020
Households
45,522
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
87%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
825 sq. mi.
People per square mile
147
Median household income
$83,283+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,889
Median home value
$267,100
Jobs located here
42,851
Daytime population
107,584Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Michigan

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

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washtenaw County, MI741459.6$3.2M−0.4%#125 of 2,057
2Cass County, MI73157.1$3.8M+0.2%#136 of 2,057
3Monroe County, MI71538.4$3.3M+0.7%#184 of 2,057
4Oakland County, MI6959311.2$2.9M+1.2%#241 of 2,057
5Ingham County, MI671059.0$2.9M+1.7%#300 of 2,057
6Montcalm County, MI66229.0$2.8M+4.1%#333 of 2,057
7Wayne County, MI644866.9$3.6M−1.1%#388 of 2,057
8Osceola County, MI6477.5$3.2M+2.7%#393 of 2,057
9Leelanau County, MI631010.4$3M+3.0%#446 of 2,057
10Antrim County, MI6298.1$3.3M+5.3%#479 of 2,057
59Allegan County, MI357716.9$1.7M+2.1%#1,706 of 2,057

Other business types in Allegan County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Allegan County, MI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 77 home repair companies in Allegan County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 103 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 28.8% from 2019.

How much do households in Allegan County, MI spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $127.9M a year, or $2,810 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 77 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,522 households in Allegan County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Allegan County, MI compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Allegan County has 16.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.7M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Allegan County would have about 53, against 77 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 442 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 28.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Allegan County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Allegan County at 123,188 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,522 households. The median household income in Allegan County is $83,283 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. 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. Allegan County scores 35 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,706 of 2,057 scored counties.

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