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Home repair companies in Brown County, SD
How Brown County, SD 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 15 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,039 of 2,057 scored counties
#16 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 33
- 2 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 49
- +14.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $42.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,621 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.3
- 64% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,561
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, Brown County has a Groundwork market score of 15 (low): #2,039 of 2,057 scored counties and #16 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 33 home repair companies in Brown County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 6%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 20.3 for every 10,000 households, 64% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Brown County spend about $42.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,621 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 33 home repair companies, that is $1.3M per company, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Brown County in 2023, up 14.0% from 2019. That is one for every 332 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates show Brown County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Brown County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Brown County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.3 | 15.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 332 | 432 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.0% | +10.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,621 | $2,698 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $70,898 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 15 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 43 → 49+14.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 270
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 332 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Brown 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 Brown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,561−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 16,285
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,713 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $70,898+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,772
- Median home value
- $221,100
- Jobs located here
- 19,972
- Daytime population
- 38,336Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 66 | 31 | 11.1 | $2.8M | +17.5% | #330 of 2,057 |
| 2Union County, SD | 59 | 12 | 16.4 | $1.8M | +3.3% | #639 of 2,057 |
| 3Minnehaha County, SD | 47 | 133 | 15.7 | $1.8M | +7.6% | #1,202 of 2,057 |
| 4Lake County, SD | 44 | 8 | 17.0 | $1.6M | −0.2% | #1,340 of 2,057 |
| 5Clay County, SD | 42 | 6 | 10.8 | $2.2M | +0.2% | #1,400 of 2,057 |
| 6Brookings County, SD | 40 | 19 | 13.8 | $1.9M | +9.6% | #1,501 of 2,057 |
| 7Beadle County, SD | 38 | 9 | 11.9 | $2.1M | +2.4% | #1,565 of 2,057 |
| 8Butte County, SD | 37 | 6 | 13.9 | $1.9M | +5.5% | #1,616 of 2,057 |
| 9Pennington County, SD | 31 | 110 | 23.7 | $1.1M | +6.6% | #1,833 of 2,057 |
| 10Lawrence County, SD | 30 | 24 | 19.9 | $1.3M | +14.0% | #1,854 of 2,057 |
| 16Brown County, SD | 15 | 33 | 20.3 | $1.3M | −1.7% | #2,039 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Brown County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Brown County, SD?
Brown County has 33 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 14.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Brown County, SD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $42.7M a year, or $2,621 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,285 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brown County, SD compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Brown County has 20.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 64% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.3M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Brown County would have about 18, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 332 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Brown County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Brown County at 37,561 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,285 households. Median household income in Brown County is $70,898, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.8%, 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. Brown County scores 15 for home repair companies (low), #2,039 of 2,057 scored counties.
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