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Home repair companies in Meade County, SD
How Meade 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,908 of 2,057 scored counties
#13 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 25
- 4 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- +40.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $32.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,742 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.9
- 69% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,711
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Meade County is 27 (lower middle), #1,908 of 2,057 scored counties and #13 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 home repair companies in Meade County. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 20.9 per 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Meade County spend about $32.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,742 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 46% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 35 businesses with payroll in Meade County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 40.0% from 2019. That is one for every 342 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $119K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Meade County. Population estimates show Meade County grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Meade 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 | Meade County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.9 | 15.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 342 | 432 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +40.0% | +10.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,742 | $2,698 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $74,790 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 35+40.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 169
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 254 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
- 2
- Amount
- $119K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Meade 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 Meade County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,711+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,968
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,471 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $74,790+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,155
- Median home value
- $310,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,923
- Daytime population
- 24,809Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for home repair companies, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Meade County marked.
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 |
| 13Meade County, SD | 27 | 25 | 20.9 | $1.3M | +2.7% | #1,908 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Meade County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Meade County, SD?
Meade County has 25 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 40.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Meade County, SD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $32.8M a year, or $2,742 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, 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 11,968 households in Meade County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meade County, SD compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Meade County has 20.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.3M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Meade County would have about 14, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 342 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 40.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Meade County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Meade County at 30,711 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,968 households. Median household income in Meade County is $74,790, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Meade County scores 27 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,908 of 2,057 scored counties.
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