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Home repair companies in Portage County, WI
The home repair companies in Portage County, WI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #675 of 2,057 scored counties
#11 of 64 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 36
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- −7.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $80M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,695 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.1
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 71,943
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 36 home repair companies in Portage County. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 12.1 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Portage County spend about $80M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,695 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per company, 9% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 35 businesses with payroll in Portage County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, down 7.9% from 2019. That is one for every 848 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Portage County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Portage County is 58 (upper middle), #675 of 2,057 scored counties and #11 of 64 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Portage County 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 | Portage County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.1 | 12.8 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 848 | 635 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.9% | +5.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,695 | $2,759 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $76,070 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 35−7.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 284
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 361 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 Portage 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 Portage County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 71,943+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 29,679
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 801 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $76,070+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,142
- Median home value
- $243,100
- Jobs located here
- 33,759
- Daytime population
- 69,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Adams County, WI | 75 | 6 | 6.3 | $3.8M | +5.2% | #99 of 2,057 |
| 2Dane County, WI | 75 | 280 | 11.1 | $2.7M | +4.9% | #108 of 2,057 |
| 3Pierce County, WI | 72 | 16 | 10.1 | $2.9M | +3.1% | #164 of 2,057 |
| 4Calumet County, WI | 68 | 18 | 8.4 | $3.4M | +2.9% | #264 of 2,057 |
| 5Milwaukee County, WI | 66 | 261 | 6.7 | $3.8M | −1.5% | #320 of 2,057 |
| 6Kenosha County, WI | 65 | 72 | 10.4 | $2.7M | −0.4% | #367 of 2,057 |
| 7Ozaukee County, WI | 64 | 46 | 12.0 | $2.7M | +3.0% | #407 of 2,057 |
| 8Taylor County, WI | 63 | 5 | 6.2 | $4.1M | +0.9% | #427 of 2,057 |
| 9Vernon County, WI | 59 | 11 | 8.9 | $2.9M | +2.4% | #612 of 2,057 |
| 10Trempealeau County, WI | 58 | 12 | 9.6 | $2.8M | +1.1% | #655 of 2,057 |
| 11Portage County, WI | 58 | 36 | 12.1 | $2.2M | +2.2% | #675 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Portage 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 Portage County, WI?
Portage County has 36 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. 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, down 7.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Portage County, WI spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $80M a year, or $2,695 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 29,679 households in Portage County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Portage County, WI compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Portage County has 12.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.2M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Portage County would have about 33, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 848 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Portage County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Portage County at 71,943 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,679 households. Median household income in Portage County is $76,070, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Portage County scores 58 for home repair companies (upper middle), #675 of 2,057 scored counties.
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