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Home repair companies in Ottawa County, MI
The home repair companies in Ottawa County, MI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,088 of 2,057 scored counties
#41 of 70 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 170
- 3 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 216
- +22.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $329.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,961 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.3
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 308,459
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Ottawa County comes to about $329.6M a year: $2,961 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 170 home repair companies, that is $1.9M per company, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Ottawa County has 170 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (2%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 15.3 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 216 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ottawa County in 2023, up 22.0% from 2019. That is one for every 515 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ottawa County.
Population estimates put the population change in Ottawa County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Ottawa County is 49 (lower middle), #1,088 of 2,057 scored counties and #41 of 70 scored counties in Michigan.
How Ottawa 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.
| Measure | Ottawa County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.3 | 10.6 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 515 | 795 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.0% | +10.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,961 | $2,711 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $90,502 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 177 → 216+22.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,014
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $130M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1703 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 136The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 308,459+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 111,322
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 564 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 535
- Median household income
- $90,502+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,389
- Median home value
- $323,400
- Jobs located here
- 122,407
- Daytime population
- 286,672Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washtenaw County, MI | 74 | 145 | 9.6 | $3.2M | −0.4% | #125 of 2,057 |
| 2Cass County, MI | 73 | 15 | 7.1 | $3.8M | +0.2% | #136 of 2,057 |
| 3Monroe County, MI | 71 | 53 | 8.4 | $3.3M | +0.7% | #184 of 2,057 |
| 4Oakland County, MI | 69 | 593 | 11.2 | $2.9M | +1.2% | #241 of 2,057 |
| 5Ingham County, MI | 67 | 105 | 9.0 | $2.9M | +1.7% | #300 of 2,057 |
| 6Montcalm County, MI | 66 | 22 | 9.0 | $2.8M | +4.1% | #333 of 2,057 |
| 7Wayne County, MI | 64 | 486 | 6.9 | $3.6M | −1.1% | #388 of 2,057 |
| 8Osceola County, MI | 64 | 7 | 7.5 | $3.2M | +2.7% | #393 of 2,057 |
| 9Leelanau County, MI | 63 | 10 | 10.4 | $3M | +3.0% | #446 of 2,057 |
| 10Antrim County, MI | 62 | 9 | 8.1 | $3.3M | +5.3% | #479 of 2,057 |
| 41Ottawa County, MI | 49 | 170 | 15.3 | $1.9M | +3.9% | #1,088 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Ottawa County
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
- Home repair trades49
- HVAC and plumbing56
- Electricians48
- Roofing and gutters50
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control43
- Landscaping and lawn care44
- House cleaning50
- Pest control68
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Ottawa County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 170 home repair companies in Ottawa County. 3 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 216 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 22.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Ottawa County, MI spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $329.6M a year, or $2,961 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 170 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 111,322 households in Ottawa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ottawa County, MI compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Ottawa County has 15.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 23% 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, Ottawa County would have about 136, against 170 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 515 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Ottawa County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Ottawa County at 308,459 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 111,322 households. The median household income in Ottawa County is $90,502 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. Ottawa County scores 49 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,088 of 2,057 scored counties.
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