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Home repair companies in the Poplar Bluff, MO area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the Poplar Bluff, MO area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #373 of 526 scored small-town markets
#9 of 16 scored small-town markets based 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
At $2,235 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in the Poplar Bluff area spend about $37.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $2.1M per company, 15% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Poplar Bluff area has 18 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 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.
Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Poplar Bluff area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 830 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Poplar Bluff area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Poplar Bluff area is 40 (lower middle), #373 of 526 scored small-town markets and #9 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.
How the Poplar Bluff area 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 | Poplar Bluff area | 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 | 40 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 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 the Poplar Bluff area, 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 the Poplar Bluff area
- 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
- 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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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Poplar Bluff area marked.
Top small-town markets in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fort Leonard Wood, MO | 71 | 13 | 7.7 | $3.2M | +0.8% | #47 of 526 |
| 2Hannibal, MO | 64 | 13 | 8.5 | $2.8M | +0.4% | #103 of 526 |
| 3Warrensburg, MO | 58 | 23 | 10.9 | $2.3M | +4.9% | #165 of 526 |
| 4Mexico, MO | 52 | 9 | 9.8 | $2.4M | −1.0% | #241 of 526 |
| 5Sikeston, MO | 46 | 18 | 9.1 | $2.6M | −0.3% | #308 of 526 |
| 6Kirksville, MO | 44 | 12 | 11.5 | $2.1M | +1.9% | #339 of 526 |
| 7Rolla, MO | 41 | 26 | 15.0 | $1.6M | +1.6% | #369 of 526 |
| 8Kennett, MO | 40 | 12 | 10.7 | $2.1M | −4.8% | #372 of 526 |
| 9Poplar Bluff, MO | 40 | 18 | 10.8 | $2.1M | −0.4% | #373 of 526 |
| 10Lebanon, MO | 40 | 20 | 13.7 | $1.7M | +2.5% | #384 of 526 |
Other business types in the Poplar Bluff area
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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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Poplar Bluff, MO area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 home repair companies in the Poplar Bluff area. 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 the Poplar Bluff, MO area 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 the Poplar Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Poplar Bluff, MO area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Poplar Bluff area 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 U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Poplar Bluff area 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 the Poplar Bluff, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Poplar Bluff area at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. The median household income in the Poplar Bluff area is $49,089 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Poplar Bluff area scores 40 for home repair companies (lower middle), #373 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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