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Home repair companies in St. Louis County, MN

How St. Louis County, MN compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,803 of 2,057 scored counties
#44 of 64 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
143
7 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
140
+9.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$226.9M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,605 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
35% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.4
32% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
200,518
+0.2% 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

The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in St. Louis County is 32 (lower middle), #1,803 of 2,057 scored counties and #44 of 64 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 143 home repair companies in St. Louis County. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.4, 32% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in St. Louis County comes to about $226.9M a year: $2,605 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per company, 35% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 140 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in St. Louis County in 2023, up 9.4% from 2019. That is one for every 622 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in St. Louis County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Louis County grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How St. Louis 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.

Home repair trades in St. Louis County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Louis CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.413.312.4
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment622595587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.4%+3.8%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,605$2,990$3,018
Median household income$70,069$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score3250

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
128 → 140+9.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,717
Annual payroll, 2023
$168.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1437 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
93The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in St. Louis 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 St. Louis County

Population, 2025 estimate
200,518+0.2% since 2020
Households
87,115
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
6,248 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$70,069+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,368
Median home value
$221,400
Jobs located here
98,963
Daytime population
212,532Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with St. Louis County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dakota County, MN7818910.8$3M+3.9%#72 of 2,057
2Hennepin County, MN7357510.7$3M+0.2%#145 of 2,057
3Ramsey County, MN701999.0$3.2M−1.8%#212 of 2,057
4Washington County, MN7015214.4$2.4M+6.9%#220 of 2,057
5Carver County, MN685012.1$3M+6.6%#272 of 2,057
6Todd County, MN6687.8$3.3M+3.0%#324 of 2,057
7Carlton County, MN63149.9$2.7M+1.4%#450 of 2,057
8Scott County, MN637814.2$2.5M+5.1%#456 of 2,057
9Pine County, MN61129.7$2.6M+5.5%#536 of 2,057
10Olmsted County, MN619814.6$2.1M+2.3%#553 of 2,057
44St. Louis County, MN3214316.4$1.6M+0.2%#1,803 of 2,057

Other business types in St. Louis County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in St. Louis County, MN?

There are 143 home repair companies on map listings in St. Louis County as of September 2026. 7 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 140 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 9.4% from 2019.

How much do households in St. Louis County, MN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $226.9M a year, or $2,605 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 143 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 87,115 households in St. Louis County and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Louis County, MN compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

St. Louis County has 16.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.6M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, St. Louis County would have about 93, against 143 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 622 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is St. Louis County, MN growing?

Population estimates put St. Louis County at 200,518 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 87,115 households. Median household income in St. Louis County is $70,069, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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. St. Louis County scores 32 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,803 of 2,057 scored counties.

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