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Home repair companies in Cole County, MO
How Cole 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,906 of 2,057 scored counties
#65 of 72 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 58
- 3 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 80
- +17.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $84.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,711 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.7
- 51% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 77,908
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Cole County scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,906 of 2,057 scored counties and #65 of 72 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $2,711 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Cole County spend about $84.3M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 58 home repair companies on map listings in Cole County as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 5%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 18.7 per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 80 businesses with payroll in Cole County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 17.7% from 2019. That is one for every 389 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Cole County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Cole 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 | Cole County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.7 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 389 | 678 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +17.7% | +9.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,711 | $2,667 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $74,876 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 68 → 80+17.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,446
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $105.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 583 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Cole 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 Cole County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 77,908+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 31,086
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 197
- Median household income
- $74,876+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,025
- Median home value
- $229,600
- Jobs located here
- 56,757
- Daytime population
- 96,838Residents 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 |
| 65Cole County, MO | 27 | 58 | 18.7 | $1.5M | +1.7% | #1,906 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Cole 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
- Home repair trades27
- HVAC and plumbing30
- Electricians41
- Roofing and gutters27
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control23
- Landscaping and lawn care27
- House cleaning26
- Pest control28
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Cole County, MO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 58 home repair companies in Cole County. 3 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 80 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 17.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Cole County, MO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $84.3M a year, or $2,711 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,086 households in Cole County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cole County, MO compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Cole County has 18.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.5M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Cole County would have about 35, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 389 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Cole County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Cole County at 77,908 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,086 households. The median household income in Cole County is $74,876 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.7% 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. Cole County scores 27 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,906 of 2,057 scored counties.
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