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Home repair companies in Custer County, NE
The home repair companies in Custer County, NE, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,045 of 2,057 scored counties
#25 of 25 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,569 a household
- Spending per listing
- $964K
- 60% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.7
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,500
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, Custer County has a Groundwork market score of 14 (low): #2,045 of 2,057 scored counties and #25 of 25 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $2,569 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Custer County spend about $11.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $964K of household spending for each company on map listings, 60% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Custer County has 12 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 26.7 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Custer County was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 225 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $220K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Custer County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Custer County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Custer 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 | Custer County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.7 | 15.9 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $964K | $1.7M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 225 | 450 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.0% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,569 | $2,751 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $67,906 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $220K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Custer 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 Custer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,5000.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,502
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 2,576 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $67,906+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,495
- Median home value
- $157,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,714
- Daytime population
- 9,965Residents 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 |
| 25Custer County, NE | 14 | 12 | 26.7 | $964K | 0.0% | #2,045 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Custer County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many home repair companies are in Custer County, NE?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 home repair companies in Custer County. None of them are chain locations. 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.
How much do households in Custer County, NE spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $11.6M a year, or $2,569 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $964K per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,502 households in Custer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Custer County, NE compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Custer County has 26.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $964K, 60% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Custer County would have about 5, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 225 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Custer County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Custer County at 10,500 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,502 households. The median household income in Custer County is $67,906 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.1% 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. Custer County scores 14 for home repair companies (low), #2,045 of 2,057 scored counties.
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