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Home repair companies in the Columbus, NE area
How the Columbus, NE area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #215 of 526 scored small-town markets
#1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 20
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 37
- −7.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $45.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,635 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.5
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,583
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Columbus area spend about $45.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,635 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 6% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Columbus area has 20 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 11.5 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 37 businesses with payroll in the Columbus area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, down 7.5% from 2019. That is one for every 469 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $650K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Columbus area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Columbus area grew 3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Columbus area is 54 (upper middle), #215 of 526 scored small-town markets and #1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska.
How the Columbus area 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 | Columbus area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.5 | 15.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $1.7M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 469 | 450 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.5% | +4.0% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,635 | $2,751 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $75,378 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 37−7.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 314
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 200 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $650K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Columbus 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 Columbus area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,583+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 17,365
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,087 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $75,378
- Average household income
- $93,046
- Median home value
- $210,600
- Jobs located here
- 25,969
- Daytime population
- 46,840Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, NE | 54 | 20 | 11.5 | $2.3M | +3.8% | #215 of 526 |
| 2Lexington, NE | 51 | 12 | 12.0 | $2.2M | +1.1% | #263 of 526 |
| 3Fremont, NE | 34 | 29 | 19.1 | $1.4M | +2.6% | #442 of 526 |
| 4Norfolk, NE | 32 | 30 | 15.3 | $1.7M | +1.1% | #455 of 526 |
| 5Beatrice, NE | 30 | 14 | 15.0 | $1.7M | +0.2% | #471 of 526 |
| 6Hastings, NE | 29 | 27 | 15.8 | $1.6M | −0.2% | #477 of 526 |
| 7Kearney, NE | 29 | 69 | 30.3 | $887K | +1.9% | #482 of 526 |
| 8Scottsbluff, NE | 25 | 26 | 16.9 | $1.4M | −1.2% | #501 of 526 |
| 9North Platte, NE | 24 | 21 | 13.8 | $1.8M | −3.6% | #507 of 526 |
Other business types in the Columbus area
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 the Columbus, NE area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 home repair companies in the Columbus area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 7.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Columbus, NE area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $45.8M a year, or $2,635 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,365 households in the Columbus area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Columbus, NE area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Columbus area has 11.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.3M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Columbus area would have about 19, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 469 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Columbus, NE area growing?
Population estimates put the Columbus area at 46,583 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,365 households. The median household income in the Columbus area is $75,378 a year, 7% 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 Columbus area scores 54 for home repair companies (upper middle), #215 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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