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Home repair companies in Butler County, MO
How Butler County, MO 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,566 of 2,057 scored counties
#43 of 72 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 18
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $37.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,235 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,904
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Butler County is 38 (lower middle), #1,566 of 2,057 scored counties and #43 of 72 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 home repair companies in Butler County. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 10.8 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,235 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Butler County spend about $37.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 18 home repair companies, that is $2.1M per company, 15% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Butler County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 830 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates show Butler County declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Butler County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Butler County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 830 | 678 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +9.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,235 | $2,667 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $49,089 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 200.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 144
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 181 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Butler 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 Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,904−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 16,594
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 695 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $49,089+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,066
- Median home value
- $145,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,059
- Daytime population
- 43,334Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Platte County, MO | 75 | 55 | 12.5 | $2.5M | +6.7% | #110 of 2,057 |
| 2Washington County, MO | 68 | 5 | 5.6 | $4.1M | +1.6% | #257 of 2,057 |
| 3Texas County, MO | 67 | 7 | 7.4 | $2.9M | +6.9% | #298 of 2,057 |
| 4Pulaski County, MO | 65 | 13 | 7.7 | $3.2M | +0.8% | #355 of 2,057 |
| 5Lincoln County, MO | 63 | 27 | 11.8 | $2.3M | +11.4% | #463 of 2,057 |
| 6Barry County, MO | 62 | 8 | 6.0 | $4.1M | +4.8% | #473 of 2,057 |
| 7St. Charles County, MO | 61 | 259 | 16.1 | $2M | +4.9% | #554 of 2,057 |
| 8Perry County, MO | 60 | 7 | 9.3 | $2.7M | +0.6% | #575 of 2,057 |
| 9Clay County, MO | 59 | 134 | 13.1 | $2.2M | +4.3% | #633 of 2,057 |
| 10St. Louis County, MO | 58 | 517 | 12.5 | $2.4M | −1.2% | #668 of 2,057 |
| 43Butler County, MO | 38 | 18 | 10.8 | $2.1M | −0.4% | #1,566 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Butler County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many home repair companies are in Butler County, MO?
There are 18 home repair companies on map listings in Butler County as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Butler County, MO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $37.1M a year, or $2,235 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,594 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, MO compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Butler County has 10.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.1M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Butler County would have about 15, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 830 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 Butler County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. Median household income in Butler County is $49,089, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.0%, 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. Butler County scores 38 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,566 of 2,057 scored counties.
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