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Home repair companies in Watonwan County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Watonwan County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,838 of 2,057 scored counties
#47 of 64 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,619 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.2
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,459
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Watonwan County scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,838 of 2,057 scored counties and #47 of 64 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Watonwan County comes to about $11.1M a year: $2,619 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 24% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Watonwan County has 6 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 14.2 for every 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Watonwan County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 325 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Watonwan County grew 2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Watonwan 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 | Watonwan County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.2 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 325 | 595 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,619 | $2,990 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $71,699 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 66
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 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 Watonwan 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 Watonwan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,459+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,227
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 435 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $71,699+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,447
- Median home value
- $162,400
- Jobs located here
- 4,626
- Daytime population
- 10,380Residents 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 |
| 47Watonwan County, MN | 30 | 6 | 14.2 | $1.8M | +2.0% | #1,838 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Watonwan 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 Watonwan County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 home repair companies in Watonwan County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Watonwan County, MN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $11.1M a year, or $2,619 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,227 households in Watonwan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Watonwan County, MN compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Watonwan County has 14.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.8M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Watonwan County would have about 5, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 325 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Watonwan County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Watonwan County at 11,459 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,227 households. The median household income in Watonwan County is $71,699 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.6% 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. Watonwan County scores 30 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,838 of 2,057 scored counties.
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