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Home repair companies in Stearns County, MN
The home repair companies in Stearns County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,238 of 2,057 scored counties
#19 of 64 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 83
- 3 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 121
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $167.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,727 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.5
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 164,110
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Stearns County comes to about $167.5M a year: $2,727 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per company, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 83 home repair companies on map listings in Stearns County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 13.5 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 121 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Stearns County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 507 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $4.9M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Stearns County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Stearns County grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Stearns County scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,238 of 2,057 scored counties and #19 of 64 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Stearns 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 | Stearns County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.5 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 507 | 595 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +3.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,727 | $2,990 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $77,066 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 121 → 1210.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,278
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $110.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 833 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 69The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $4.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Stearns 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 Stearns County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 164,110+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 61,403
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,343 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 120
- Median household income
- $77,066+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,367
- Median home value
- $273,400
- Jobs located here
- 83,579
- Daytime population
- 169,051Residents 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 |
| 19Stearns County, MN | 46 | 83 | 13.5 | $2M | +3.6% | #1,238 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Stearns County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Stearns County, MN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 83 home repair companies in Stearns County. 3 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 121 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Stearns County, MN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $167.5M a year, or $2,727 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 83 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 61,403 households in Stearns County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Stearns County, MN compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Stearns County has 13.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Stearns County would have about 69, against 83 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 507 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Stearns County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Stearns County at 164,110 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 61,403 households. The median household income in Stearns County is $77,066 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Stearns County scores 46 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,238 of 2,057 scored counties.
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