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Home repair companies in Lake County, MN
The home repair companies in Lake County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,575 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 31% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,746
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Lake County comes to about $12.7M a year: $2,575 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 home repair companies, that is $3.2M per company, 31% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 4 home repair companies on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. That is 8.1 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Lake County in 2023. That is one for every 549 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Lake County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 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 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 | Lake County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 549 | 595 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,575 | $2,990 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $75,541 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
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
- 10,746−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,942
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,109 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $75,541+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,384
- Median home value
- $241,300
- Jobs located here
- 3,658
- Daytime population
- 9,997Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Lake County, MN | Not scored | 4 | 8.1 | $3.2M | −1.6% |
Other business types in Lake 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 Lake County, MN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 home repair companies in Lake County. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Lake County, MN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $12.7M a year, or $2,575 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,942 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, MN compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Lake County has 8.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.2M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Lake County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 549 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 10,746 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,942 households. The median household income in Lake County is $75,541 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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 4.
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