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Home repair companies in Waseca County, MN
How Waseca 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 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,929 of 2,057 scored counties
#54 of 64 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,626 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.0
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,688
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Waseca County is 25 (lower middle), #1,929 of 2,057 scored counties and #54 of 64 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Waseca County comes to about $19.6M a year: $2,626 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Waseca County has 12 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 16.0 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Waseca County in 2023. That is one for every 498 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $30K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Waseca County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Waseca County declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Waseca 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 | Waseca County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.0 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 498 | 595 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,626 | $2,990 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $76,261 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 78
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $30K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Waseca 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 Waseca County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,688−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,477
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 423 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $76,261+34.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,562
- Median home value
- $220,800
- Jobs located here
- 5,375
- Daytime population
- 15,240Residents 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 Waseca 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 |
| 54Waseca County, MN | 25 | 12 | 16.0 | $1.6M | −1.5% | #1,929 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Waseca 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 Waseca County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 home repair companies in Waseca County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Waseca County, MN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $19.6M a year, or $2,626 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,477 households in Waseca County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Waseca County, MN compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Waseca County has 16.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.6M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Waseca County would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 498 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Waseca County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Waseca County at 18,688 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,477 households. The median household income in Waseca County is $76,261 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.4% 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. Waseca County scores 25 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,929 of 2,057 scored counties.
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