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Home repair companies in Houston County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Houston County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,312 of 2,057 scored counties
#25 of 64 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,764 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,400
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Houston County comes to about $22.5M a year: $2,764 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 7% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Houston County has 10 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 12.3 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Houston County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 626 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $5.9M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Houston County.
Population estimates put the population change in Houston County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home repair companies, Houston County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #1,312 of 2,057 scored counties and #25 of 64 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Houston County 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 | Houston County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 626 | 595 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,764 | $2,990 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $79,825 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 108
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $5.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Houston 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 Houston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,400−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,134
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 552 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $79,825+32.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,996
- Median home value
- $239,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,470
- Daytime population
- 15,004Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Houston County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dakota County, MN | 78 | 189 | 10.8 | $3M | +3.9% | #72 of 2,057 |
| 2Hennepin County, MN | 73 | 575 | 10.7 | $3M | +0.2% | #145 of 2,057 |
| 3Ramsey County, MN | 70 | 199 | 9.0 | $3.2M | −1.8% | #212 of 2,057 |
| 4Washington County, MN | 70 | 152 | 14.4 | $2.4M | +6.9% | #220 of 2,057 |
| 5Carver County, MN | 68 | 50 | 12.1 | $3M | +6.6% | #272 of 2,057 |
| 6Todd County, MN | 66 | 8 | 7.8 | $3.3M | +3.0% | #324 of 2,057 |
| 7Carlton County, MN | 63 | 14 | 9.9 | $2.7M | +1.4% | #450 of 2,057 |
| 8Scott County, MN | 63 | 78 | 14.2 | $2.5M | +5.1% | #456 of 2,057 |
| 9Pine County, MN | 61 | 12 | 9.7 | $2.6M | +5.5% | #536 of 2,057 |
| 10Olmsted County, MN | 61 | 98 | 14.6 | $2.1M | +2.3% | #553 of 2,057 |
| 25Houston County, MN | 44 | 10 | 12.3 | $2.2M | −2.3% | #1,312 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Houston 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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Houston County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 home repair companies in Houston County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Houston County, MN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $22.5M a year, or $2,764 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,134 households in Houston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Houston County, MN compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Houston County has 12.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.2M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Houston County would have about 9, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 626 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Houston County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Houston County at 18,400 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,134 households. The median household income in Houston County is $79,825 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.2% 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. Houston County scores 44 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,312 of 2,057 scored counties.
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