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Home repair companies in Wood County, WI

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Wood County, WI, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,936 of 2,057 scored counties
#57 of 64 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
59
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
56
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$82M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,542 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
43% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.3
48% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
74,060
−0.2% 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

For home repair companies, Wood County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #1,936 of 2,057 scored counties and #57 of 64 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 59 home repair companies in Wood County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.3, 48% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Wood County comes to about $82M a year: $2,542 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 59 home repair companies, that is $1.4M per company, 43% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 56 businesses with payroll in Wood County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 576 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wood County declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Wood 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 Wood County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureWood CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.312.812.4
Spending per listing$1.4M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment576635587
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+5.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,542$2,759$3,018
Median household income$67,989$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score2541

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
56 → 560.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
790
Annual payroll, 2023
$55.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
590 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
34The 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 Wood 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 Wood County

Population, 2025 estimate
74,060−0.2% since 2020
Households
32,253
Median age
43.8
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
793 sq. mi.
People per square mile
93
Median household income
$67,989+23.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,117
Median home value
$175,600
Jobs located here
37,937
Daytime population
75,209Residents 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 Wood 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
57Wood County, WI255918.3$1.4M−0.2%#1,936 of 2,057

Other business types in Wood County

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

Questions

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

Wood County has 59 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 56 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

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

About $82M a year, or $2,542 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,253 households in Wood County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wood County has 18.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.4M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Wood County would have about 34, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 576 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Wood County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Wood County at 74,060 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,253 households. Median household income in Wood County is $67,989, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.8%, 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. Wood County scores 25 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,936 of 2,057 scored counties.

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