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Home repair companies in Rock County, WI
How Rock 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,631 of 2,057 scored counties
#41 of 64 scored counties 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
Rock County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,631 of 2,057 scored counties and #41 of 64 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 107 home repair companies in Rock County. 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.
At $2,663 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Rock County 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 115 businesses with payroll in Rock County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, 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 Rock County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rock County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Rock 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 | Rock County | 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 | 37 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 99 → 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 Rock 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 Rock County
- 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 counties in Wisconsin for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Rock County marked.
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 |
| 41Rock County, WI | 37 | 107 | 15.9 | $1.7M | +1.7% | #1,631 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Rock 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
- Home repair trades37
- HVAC and plumbing57
- Electricians38
- Roofing and gutters23
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control34
- Landscaping and lawn care34
- House cleaning39
- Pest control61
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Rock County, WI?
Rock County has 107 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 115 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 16.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Rock County, WI 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 Rock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rock County, WI compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Rock County 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 national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Rock County 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 Rock County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Rock County at 166,472 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,201 households. Median household income in Rock County is $75,673, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.8%, 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. Rock County scores 37 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,631 of 2,057 scored counties.
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