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Home repair companies in Richland County, WI

How Richland County, WI 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,876 of 2,057 scored counties
#55 of 64 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,491 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.4
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
17,036
−1.4% 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

Richland County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,876 of 2,057 scored counties and #55 of 64 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 home repair companies in Richland County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 12.4 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 12.4.

At $2,491 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Richland County spend about $18.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $2M per company, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Richland County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 483 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Richland County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Richland 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.

Home repair trades in Richland County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureRichland CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.412.812.4
Spending per listing$2M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment483635587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,491$2,759$3,018
Median household income$66,420$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score2841

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 15
Employees, 2023
89
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
90 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Richland 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 Richland County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,036−1.4% since 2020
Households
7,250
Median age
46.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
586 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$66,420+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,420
Median home value
$197,500
Jobs located here
5,615
Daytime population
14,776Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Richland County marked.

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Adams County, WI7566.3$3.8M+5.2%#99 of 2,057
2Dane County, WI7528011.1$2.7M+4.9%#108 of 2,057
3Pierce County, WI721610.1$2.9M+3.1%#164 of 2,057
4Calumet County, WI68188.4$3.4M+2.9%#264 of 2,057
5Milwaukee County, WI662616.7$3.8M−1.5%#320 of 2,057
6Kenosha County, WI657210.4$2.7M−0.4%#367 of 2,057
7Ozaukee County, WI644612.0$2.7M+3.0%#407 of 2,057
8Taylor County, WI6356.2$4.1M+0.9%#427 of 2,057
9Vernon County, WI59118.9$2.9M+2.4%#612 of 2,057
10Trempealeau County, WI58129.6$2.8M+1.1%#655 of 2,057
55Richland County, WI28912.4$2M−1.4%#1,876 of 2,057

Other business types in Richland County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Richland County, WI?

There are 9 home repair companies on map listings in Richland County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Richland County, WI spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $18.1M a year, or $2,491 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,250 households in Richland County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Richland County, WI compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Richland County has 12.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Richland County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 483 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Richland County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Richland County at 17,036 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,250 households. Median household income in Richland County is $66,420, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.9%, 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. Richland County scores 28 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,876 of 2,057 scored counties.

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