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Home repair companies in the Brainerd, MN area
How the Brainerd, MN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #429 of 526 scored small-town markets
#14 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 93
- 2 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 96
- +2.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $112.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,659 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.0
- 77% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 100,562
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, the Brainerd area has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #429 of 526 scored small-town markets and #14 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 93 home repair companies in the Brainerd area. Chain locations make up 2% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 22.0 for every 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in the Brainerd area spend about $112.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,659 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per company, 50% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 96 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Brainerd area in 2023, up 2.2% from 2019. That is one for every 440 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $343K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Brainerd area. Population estimates show the Brainerd area grew 4.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Brainerd area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Brainerd area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.0 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 440 | 595 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.2% | +3.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,659 | $2,990 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $71,384 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 96+2.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 639
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $43.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 932 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $343K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Brainerd 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 Brainerd area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 100,562+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 42,276
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,020 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $71,384+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,780
- Median home value
- $301,000
- Jobs located here
- 39,612
- Daytime population
- 95,720Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with the Brainerd area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Worthington, MN | 62 | 6 | 7.8 | $3.3M | +0.6% | #119 of 526 |
| 2Owatonna, MN | 59 | 21 | 13.9 | $2M | +0.2% | #158 of 526 |
| 3Winona, MN | 52 | 23 | 11.4 | $2.3M | +1.8% | #243 of 526 |
| 4Austin, MN | 48 | 24 | 15.3 | $1.7M | +2.3% | #297 of 526 |
| 5Faribault-Northfield, MN | 47 | 37 | 15.7 | $1.8M | +4.2% | #304 of 526 |
| 6Alexandria, MN | 46 | 25 | 14.3 | $1.9M | +2.6% | #315 of 526 |
| 7Bemidji, MN | 44 | 22 | 12.1 | $2.1M | +1.8% | #334 of 526 |
| 8Fairmont, MN | 43 | 10 | 11.3 | $2.2M | −2.8% | #344 of 526 |
| 9Red Wing, MN | 42 | 31 | 15.7 | $1.8M | +1.3% | #359 of 526 |
| 10Willmar, MN | 41 | 26 | 14.8 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #366 of 526 |
| 14Brainerd, MN | 36 | 93 | 22.0 | $1.2M | +4.3% | #429 of 526 |
Other business types in the Brainerd area
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 trades36
- HVAC and plumbing39
- Electricians40
- Roofing and gutters52
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control30
- Landscaping and lawn care29
- House cleaning47
- Pest control76
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Brainerd, MN area?
There are 93 home repair companies on map listings in the Brainerd area as of September 2026. 2 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 96 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 2.2% from 2019.
How much do households in the Brainerd, MN area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $112.4M a year, or $2,659 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 93 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 42,276 households in the Brainerd area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brainerd, MN area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Brainerd area has 22.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.2M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Brainerd area would have about 46, against 93 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 440 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Brainerd, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Brainerd area at 100,562 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 42,276 households. Median household income in the Brainerd area is $71,384, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.4%, 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 Brainerd area scores 36 for home repair companies (lower middle), #429 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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