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Home repair companies in McDonald County, MO

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in McDonald County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,288 of 2,057 scored counties
#36 of 72 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
10
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,303 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.7
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,992
+3.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 home repair companies in McDonald County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 11.7 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in McDonald County comes to about $19.7M a year: $2,303 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in McDonald County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 856 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $360K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in McDonald County.

Population estimates put the population change in McDonald County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, McDonald County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,288 of 2,057 scored counties and #36 of 72 scored counties in Missouri.

How McDonald 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.

Home repair trades in McDonald County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureMcDonald CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.712.912.4
Spending per listing$2M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment856678587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,303$2,667$3,018
Median household income$52,375$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score4539

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 10
Employees, 2023
89
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
100 chain locations
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
$360K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in McDonald 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 McDonald County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,992+3.1% since 2020
Households
8,558
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
539 sq. mi.
People per square mile
44
Median household income
$52,375+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,959
Median home value
$154,700
Jobs located here
7,407
Daytime population
21,137Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Missouri

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The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Missouri, with McDonald County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Platte County, MO755512.5$2.5M+6.7%#110 of 2,057
2Washington County, MO6855.6$4.1M+1.6%#257 of 2,057
3Texas County, MO6777.4$2.9M+6.9%#298 of 2,057
4Pulaski County, MO65137.7$3.2M+0.8%#355 of 2,057
5Lincoln County, MO632711.8$2.3M+11.4%#463 of 2,057
6Barry County, MO6286.0$4.1M+4.8%#473 of 2,057
7St. Charles County, MO6125916.1$2M+4.9%#554 of 2,057
8Perry County, MO6079.3$2.7M+0.6%#575 of 2,057
9Clay County, MO5913413.1$2.2M+4.3%#633 of 2,057
10St. Louis County, MO5851712.5$2.4M−1.2%#668 of 2,057
36McDonald County, MO451011.7$2M+3.1%#1,288 of 2,057

Other business types in McDonald County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home repair companies are in McDonald County, MO?

McDonald County has 10 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in McDonald County, MO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $19.7M a year, or $2,303 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,558 households in McDonald County and national spending patterns by income.

How does McDonald County, MO compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

McDonald County has 11.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, McDonald County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 856 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is McDonald County, MO growing?

Population estimates put McDonald County at 23,992 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,558 households. Median household income in McDonald County is $52,375, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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. McDonald County scores 45 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,288 of 2,057 scored counties.

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