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Home repair companies in DeKalb County, MO
The home repair companies in DeKalb County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,540 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 30% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,795
- −15.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 home repair companies in DeKalb County. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.0, 35% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in DeKalb County spend about $9.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,540 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 home repair companies, that is $3.2M per company, 30% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in DeKalb County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 1,244 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of DeKalb County declined 15.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 home repair companies on map listings, DeKalb County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How DeKalb 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 | DeKalb County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,244 | 678 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −15.6% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,540 | $2,667 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $69,826 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $822K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 DeKalb 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 DeKalb County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,795−15.6% since 2020
- Households
- 3,732
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 421 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $69,826+24.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,578
- Median home value
- $169,200
- Jobs located here
- 2,800
- Daytime population
- 9,220Residents 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 |
| DeKalb County, MO | Not scored | 3 | 8.0 | $3.2M | −15.6% |
Other business types in DeKalb 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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Child care
Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in DeKalb County, MO?
There are 3 home repair companies on map listings in DeKalb County as of September 2026. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in DeKalb County, MO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $9.5M a year, or $2,540 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,732 households in DeKalb County and national spending patterns by income.
How does DeKalb County, MO compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
DeKalb County has 8.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.2M, 30% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, DeKalb County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,244 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is DeKalb County, MO growing?
Population estimates put DeKalb County at 9,795 people in 2025, down 15.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,732 households. Median household income in DeKalb County is $69,826, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.9%, 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. DeKalb County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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