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Home repair companies in Adams County, NE
How Adams County, NE 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 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,004 of 2,057 scored counties
#21 of 25 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 25
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- −3.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $33.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,575 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.1
- 54% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,071
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Adams County scores 20 (low) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #2,004 of 2,057 scored counties and #21 of 25 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $2,575 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Adams County spend about $33.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Adams County has 25 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.1, 54% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Adams County was 29 in 2023, down 3.3% from 2019. That is one for every 451 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Adams County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Adams County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Adams County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.1 | 15.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.7M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 451 | 450 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.3% | +4.0% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,575 | $2,751 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $68,365 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30 → 29−3.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 293
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 250 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Adams 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 Adams County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,071−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,076
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 563 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $68,365+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,971
- Median home value
- $193,100
- Jobs located here
- 15,478
- Daytime population
- 31,533Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 55 | 107 | 14.4 | $2.2M | +9.0% | #799 of 2,057 |
| 2Saunders County, NE | 53 | 11 | 12.4 | $2.3M | +6.0% | #892 of 2,057 |
| 3Saline County, NE | 52 | 5 | 9.7 | $2.8M | +1.9% | #924 of 2,057 |
| 4Washington County, NE | 49 | 10 | 11.9 | $2.5M | +1.8% | #1,063 of 2,057 |
| 5Douglas County, NE | 44 | 397 | 16.7 | $1.7M | +3.6% | #1,336 of 2,057 |
| 6Dawson County, NE | 43 | 12 | 13.1 | $2M | +1.5% | #1,372 of 2,057 |
| 7Platte County, NE | 42 | 17 | 12.4 | $2.1M | +3.9% | #1,405 of 2,057 |
| 8Lancaster County, NE | 42 | 194 | 14.5 | $1.9M | +3.4% | #1,412 of 2,057 |
| 9Cass County, NE | 41 | 20 | 18.5 | $1.6M | +3.9% | #1,467 of 2,057 |
| 10Seward County, NE | 38 | 11 | 16.2 | $1.7M | +2.3% | #1,580 of 2,057 |
| 21Adams County, NE | 20 | 25 | 19.1 | $1.3M | −0.3% | #2,004 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Adams 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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Adams County, NE?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 home repair companies in Adams County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 3.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Adams County, NE spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $33.7M a year, or $2,575 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,076 households in Adams County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Adams County, NE compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Adams County has 19.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 54% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.3M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Adams County would have about 14, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 451 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Adams County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Adams County at 31,071 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,076 households. The median household income in Adams County is $68,365 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.9% 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. Adams County scores 20 for home repair companies (low), #2,004 of 2,057 scored counties.
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