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Home repair companies in the Rochester, MN metro area
How the Rochester, MN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #190 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 139
- 7 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 143
- −9.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $283.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,050 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.0
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 231,184
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 139 home repair companies in the Rochester metro area. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 15.0 for every 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in the Rochester metro area spend about $283.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,050 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 143 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Rochester metro area in 2023, down 9.0% from 2019. That is one for every 650 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Rochester metro area.
Population estimates show the Rochester metro area grew 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Rochester metro area scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #190 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota.
How the Rochester metro 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 | Rochester metro area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.0 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 650 | 595 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.0% | +3.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,050 | $2,990 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $91,882 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 143−9.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,938
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $165.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1397 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 117The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Rochester metro 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 Rochester metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 231,184+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 92,880
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,477 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $91,882+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,471
- Median home value
- $306,500
- Jobs located here
- 129,873
- Daytime population
- 235,233Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Minnesota for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Rochester metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 68 | 1,846 | 12.5 | $2.5M | +2.6% | #52 of 387 |
| 2Rochester, MN | 51 | 139 | 15.0 | $2M | +2.0% | #190 of 387 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 46 | 178 | 14.5 | $2M | +9.5% | #223 of 387 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 39 | 171 | 15.5 | $1.8M | +7.7% | #282 of 387 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 37 | 50 | 11.5 | $2.3M | +0.8% | #295 of 387 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 33 | 102 | 14.2 | $1.9M | +0.4% | #332 of 387 |
| 3St. Cloud, MN | 31 | 118 | 15.1 | $1.8M | +3.0% | #345 of 387 |
| 4Duluth, MN-WI | 29 | 180 | 15.0 | $1.7M | +0.2% | #359 of 387 |
| 5Mankato, MN | 24 | 70 | 17.2 | $1.6M | +1.2% | #376 of 387 |
Other business types in the Rochester metro 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 trades51
- HVAC and plumbing65
- Electricians42
- Roofing and gutters41
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control50
- Landscaping and lawn care43
- House cleaning65
- Pest control61
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Rochester, MN metro area?
The Rochester metro area has 139 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 143 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 9.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Rochester, MN metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $283.2M a year, or $3,050 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 139 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 92,880 households in the Rochester metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rochester, MN metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Rochester metro area has 15.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Rochester metro area would have about 117, against 139 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 650 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Rochester, MN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Rochester metro area at 231,184 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 92,880 households. Median household income in the Rochester metro area is $91,882, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. The Rochester metro area scores 51 for home repair companies (upper middle), #190 of 387 scored metro areas.
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