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Home repair companies in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area
How the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #361 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 107
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 115
- +16.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $178.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,663 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.9
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 166,472
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Janesville-Beloit metro area scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #361 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $2,663 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Janesville-Beloit metro area spend about $178.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 107 home repair companies on map listings in the Janesville-Beloit metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 15.9 for every 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Janesville-Beloit metro area was 115 in 2023, up 16.2% from 2019. That is one for every 584 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $187K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Janesville-Beloit metro area. Population estimates show the Janesville-Beloit metro area grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Janesville-Beloit metro area compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Janesville-Beloit metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.9 | 12.8 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 584 | 635 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.2% | +5.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,663 | $2,759 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $75,673 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 115+16.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 865
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $62.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1070 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 74The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $187K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Janesville-Beloit metro area, 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 the Janesville-Beloit metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 166,472+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 67,201
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 718 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 229
- Median household income
- $75,673+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,984
- Median home value
- $231,600
- Jobs located here
- 69,632
- Daytime population
- 154,793Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Janesville-Beloit metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison, WI | 72 | 347 | 11.5 | $2.6M | +4.1% | #29 of 387 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 68 | 1,846 | 12.5 | $2.5M | +2.6% | #52 of 387 |
| 2Kenosha, WI | 67 | 72 | 10.4 | $2.7M | −0.4% | #59 of 387 |
| 3Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 62 | 692 | 10.5 | $2.7M | 0.0% | #98 of 387 |
| 4Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 56 | 93 | 11.6 | $2.4M | +0.4% | #143 of 387 |
| 5Green Bay, WI | 50 | 179 | 13.2 | $2.1M | +2.5% | #195 of 387 |
| 6Wausau, WI | 38 | 78 | 13.5 | $2M | +1.0% | #287 of 387 |
| 7Eau Claire, WI | 38 | 111 | 15.4 | $1.7M | +2.6% | #290 of 387 |
| 8La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 33 | 102 | 14.2 | $1.9M | +0.4% | #332 of 387 |
| 9Appleton, WI | 32 | 169 | 16.9 | $1.7M | +2.7% | #342 of 387 |
| 12Janesville-Beloit, WI | 29 | 107 | 15.9 | $1.7M | +1.7% | #361 of 387 |
Other business types in the Janesville-Beloit metro area
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
- Home repair trades29
- HVAC and plumbing51
- Electricians28
- Roofing and gutters19
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control32
- Landscaping and lawn care26
- House cleaning36
- Pest control61
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 107 home repair companies in the Janesville-Beloit metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 115 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 16.2% from 2019.
How much do households in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $178.9M a year, or $2,663 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 107 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 67,201 households in the Janesville-Beloit metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Janesville-Beloit metro area has 15.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.7M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Janesville-Beloit metro area would have about 74, against 107 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 584 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Janesville-Beloit metro area at 166,472 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,201 households. The median household income in the Janesville-Beloit metro area is $75,673 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.8% 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. The Janesville-Beloit metro area scores 29 for home repair companies (lower middle), #361 of 387 scored metro areas.
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