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Home repair companies in Van Buren County, MI

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Van Buren County, MI, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #628 of 2,057 scored counties
#20 of 70 scored counties in Michigan

Listings
31
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
25
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$77.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,531 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.1
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
76,071
+0.7% 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

Households in Van Buren County spend about $77.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,531 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 31 home repair companies, that is $2.5M per company, 3% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

There are 31 home repair companies on map listings in Van Buren County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 10.1 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 25 businesses with payroll in Van Buren County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,225 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $38K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Van Buren County.

Population estimates put the population change in Van Buren County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Van Buren County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #628 of 2,057 scored counties and #20 of 70 scored counties in Michigan.

How Van Buren 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 Van Buren County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureVan Buren CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.110.612.4
Spending per listing$2.5M$2.5M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,225795587
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+10.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,531$2,711$3,018
Median household income$68,114$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score5955

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25 → 250.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
121
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
310 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$38K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
76,071+0.7% since 2020
Households
30,622
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
608 sq. mi.
People per square mile
125
Median household income
$68,114+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,909
Median home value
$206,500
Jobs located here
19,397
Daytime population
64,659Residents 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 Van Buren 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
20Van Buren County, MI593110.1$2.5M+0.7%#628 of 2,057

Other business types in Van Buren County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Van Buren County, MI?

As of September 2026, map listings count 31 home repair companies in Van Buren County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

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

About $77.5M a year, or $2,531 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,622 households in Van Buren County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Van Buren County has 10.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.5M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Van Buren County would have about 32, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,225 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Van Buren County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Van Buren County at 76,071 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,622 households. The median household income in Van Buren County is $68,114 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Van Buren County scores 59 for home repair companies (upper middle), #628 of 2,057 scored counties.

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