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Home repair companies in Union County, SD
How Union 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #639 of 2,057 scored counties
#2 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,004 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,402
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 home repair companies in Union County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 16.4 for every 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $3,004 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Union County spend about $22M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $1.8M per company, 25% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Union County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 914 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $395K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Union County.
Population estimates show Union County grew 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Union County is 59 (upper middle), #639 of 2,057 scored counties and #2 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Union 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 | Union County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 15.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 914 | 432 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,004 | $2,698 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $89,636 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 59
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.1M
- 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
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $395K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,402+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 7,310
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 462 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $89,636+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,814
- Median home value
- $301,100
- Jobs located here
- 9,648
- Daytime population
- 19,509Residents 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 |
Other business types in Union County
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 Union County, SD?
Union County has 12 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 8 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Union County, SD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $22M a year, or $3,004 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,310 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, SD compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Union County has 16.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.8M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Union County would have about 9, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 914 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Union County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 17,402 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,310 households. Median household income in Union County is $89,636, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Union County scores 59 for home repair companies (upper middle), #639 of 2,057 scored counties.
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