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Home repair companies in Davison County, SD

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Davison County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 18 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,021 of 2,057 scored counties
#14 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota

Listings
18
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
21
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$22.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,524 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
49% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.2
63% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,069
+0.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Davison County scores 18 (low) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #2,021 of 2,057 scored counties and #14 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 18 home repair companies in Davison County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.2, 63% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Davison County comes to about $22.5M a year: $2,524 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 home repair companies, that is $1.2M per company, 49% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in Davison County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 424 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $74K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Davison County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Davison County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Davison 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.

Home repair trades in Davison County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureDavison CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.215.212.4
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.8M$2.4M
Households per official establishment424432587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,524$2,698$3,018
Median household income$66,208$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score1826

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 21
Employees, 2023
340
Annual payroll, 2023
$20.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
180 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$74K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Davison 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 Davison County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,069+0.6% since 2020
Households
8,899
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
436 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$66,208+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,188
Median home value
$205,800
Jobs located here
12,476
Daytime population
21,213Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for home repair companies, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Davison County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, SD663111.1$2.8M+17.5%#330 of 2,057
2Union County, SD591216.4$1.8M+3.3%#639 of 2,057
3Minnehaha County, SD4713315.7$1.8M+7.6%#1,202 of 2,057
4Lake County, SD44817.0$1.6M−0.2%#1,340 of 2,057
5Clay County, SD42610.8$2.2M+0.2%#1,400 of 2,057
6Brookings County, SD401913.8$1.9M+9.6%#1,501 of 2,057
7Beadle County, SD38911.9$2.1M+2.4%#1,565 of 2,057
8Butte County, SD37613.9$1.9M+5.5%#1,616 of 2,057
9Pennington County, SD3111023.7$1.1M+6.6%#1,833 of 2,057
10Lawrence County, SD302419.9$1.3M+14.0%#1,854 of 2,057
14Davison County, SD181820.2$1.2M+0.6%#2,021 of 2,057

Other business types in Davison County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Davison County, SD?

Davison County has 18 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Davison County, SD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $22.5M a year, or $2,524 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,899 households in Davison County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Davison County, SD compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Davison County has 20.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.2M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Davison County would have about 9, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 424 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Davison County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Davison County at 20,069 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,899 households. Median household income in Davison County is $66,208, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Davison County scores 18 for home repair companies (low), #2,021 of 2,057 scored counties.

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