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Home repair companies in Lake County, MI

How Lake County, MI compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.3M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,180 a household
Spending per listing
$5.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
13,182
+9.1% 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

At $2,180 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in Lake County spend about $11.3M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $5.7M of household spending for each company on map listings.

Lake County has 2 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Lake County in 2023. That is one for every 1,730 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Lake County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lake County grew 9.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 home repair companies on map listings, Lake County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lake 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 Lake County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureLake CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.910.612.4
Spending per listing$5.7M$2.5M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,730795587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.1%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,180$2,711$3,018
Median household income$50,805$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored55

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$427K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
13,182+9.1% since 2020
Households
5,190
Median age
49.6
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
568 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$50,805+36.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$61,678
Median home value
$133,900
Jobs located here
1,541
Daytime population
10,629Residents 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 Lake 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
Lake County, MINot scored23.9$5.7M+9.1%

Other business types in Lake County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 home repair companies in Lake County. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

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

About $11.3M a year, or $2,180 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $5.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,190 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lake County has 2 home repair companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Lake County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,730 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Lake County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Lake County at 13,182 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,190 households. The median household income in Lake County is $50,805 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.1% 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. 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. Lake County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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