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Home repair companies in Sawyer County, WI
How Sawyer 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,007 of 2,057 scored counties
#20 of 64 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- +9.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $21.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,479 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.9
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,846
- +4.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,479 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Sawyer County spend about $21.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 28% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 7 home repair companies on map listings in Sawyer County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 7.9 for every 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Sawyer County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 383 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Sawyer County.
Population estimates put the population change in Sawyer County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Sawyer County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,007 of 2,057 scored counties and #20 of 64 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Sawyer 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 | Sawyer County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.9 | 12.8 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 383 | 635 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.5% | +5.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,479 | $2,759 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $60,801 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 23+9.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 70
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 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
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Sawyer 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 Sawyer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,846+4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,810
- Median age
- 50.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,258 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $60,801+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,432
- Median home value
- $236,200
- Jobs located here
- 6,857
- Daytime population
- 18,074Residents 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 |
| 20Sawyer County, WI | 50 | 7 | 7.9 | $3.1M | +4.0% | #1,007 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Sawyer County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Sawyer County, WI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 home repair companies in Sawyer County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Sawyer County, WI spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $21.8M a year, or $2,479 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,810 households in Sawyer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sawyer County, WI compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Sawyer County has 7.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.1M, 28% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Sawyer County would have about 9, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 383 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Sawyer County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Sawyer County at 18,846 people in 2025, up 4.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,810 households. The median household income in Sawyer County is $60,801 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.4% 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. Sawyer County scores 50 for home repair companies (upper middle), #1,007 of 2,057 scored counties.
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