FARIBAULT, COUNTY OF

What FARIBAULT, COUNTY OF does

Faribault County is a county government subdivision of the State of Minnesota, founded in 1856 and headquartered in Blue Earth, Minnesota. The county serves approximately 14,000 residents across 11 cities and townships, including Blue Earth, Wells, Winnebago, Elmore, Delavan, Bricelyn, Kiester, Frost, and Easton. It delivers mandatory municipal services including public safety coordination, road and bridge maintenance, property tax administration, property records management, elections administration, veteran services, emergency management, and economic development.

The county operates on a public-sector revenue model funded primarily through property taxes, supplemented by fees for services and facility rentals. The 2025 General Fund was $3,711,666, down from $4,664,753 in 2024, with the decline attributed to capital improvement projects; unassigned fund balance dropped from 27% to 0%. The county employs approximately 30 staff, including a County Engineer/Public Works Director, GIS Coordinator, Emergency Management Director, Veterans Services Officer, County Attorney, EDA Specialist, and several County Commissioners led by Board Chairman Bruce Anderson. The General Fund revenue is described as "subscription_recurring" in the source data, reflecting the recurring property tax base.

Faribault County engages in regional intergovernmental coordination with Martin County and Freeborn County on shared infrastructure issues (notably a 765kV transmission line response), and collaborates with the Region 9 Road Safety Transportation Planner to pursue U.S. DOT Road Safety Grants. Communication with residents is conducted through the Faribault County Register newspaper (owned by Ogden Newspapers of Minnesota, Inc.) and the official county website. The county is pursuing sale of part of the Sixth Street building to Prairie Lakes Transit and is conducting quiet title actions on tax-forfeited properties.

Name

FARIBAULT, COUNTY OF

Legal name

Faribault County

Website

https://faribaultcountyregister.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Faribault County is a Minnesota county government subdivision serving roughly 14,000 residents across 11 cities and townships, delivering public safety, infrastructure, property tax administration, veteran services, and emergency management primarily through property-tax-funded General Fund operations.

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Product category

County Government Services

NAICS

Business Service Centers (56143)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Services-Business Services, Nec (7389)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

Keywords

• County government services
• Public safety administration
• Infrastructure maintenance
• Property tax administration
• Economic development programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Blue Earth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Property Taxes: Primary revenue source for county operations including public safety, infrastructure, and general government services

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Faribault County is a county government entity that delivers essential municipal services to approximately 14,000 residents across 11 cities and townships. Core service areas include public safety and emergency management, county road and bridge maintenance, property assessment and tax collection, elections administration, veterans services, and economic development support through its local Economic Development Authority. The county also operates community facilities including the Blue Earth Community & Senior Center, available for rental.

Product overview

The Faribault County Register is a local newspaper website offering a single, unified digital publication platform. The product portfolio includes news coverage (local, Minnesota, national), sports reporting (local, Minnesota, national), obituaries, opinions/editorials, classifieds, and a print advertising directory. All content is aggregated under the main Faribault County Register brand, operated by Ogden Newspapers of Minnesota, Inc.

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Functional benefit

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Martin CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMartin County is collaborating with Faribault County on transmission line issues. Both counties, along with Freeborn County, are meeting with a lawyer from Red Wing who specializes in power line issues. The $400 lawyer fee is split equally by participating counties.
• Freeborn CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFreeborn County is joining Faribault and Martin counties in meetings with a Red Wing lawyer specializing in power line issues regarding transmission line concerns.
• Prairie Lakes TransitminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe county is discussing the sale of part of the Sixth Street building to Prairie Lakes Transit. A committee was appointed to work on the sale terms and property appraisal.
• Region 9 Road Safety Transportation PlannercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMark Plotz, Region 9 Road Safety Transportation Planner, is working with Faribault County along with Martin and Sibley counties on securing Road Safety Grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation, focusing on County State Aid Highways accident reduction.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Blue Earth County, Minnesota: Neighboring Minnesota county with overlapping service territory (note: distinct from the City of Blue Earth within Faribault County). Similar rural-county mandate with somewhat larger scale; useful for benchmarking Faribault's operational approach.
• Martin County, Minnesota: Direct regional collaborator of Faribault County on transmission-line legal strategy and infrastructure matters. A comparably sized rural Minnesota county government with the same service mandate and tax-base profile.
• Watonwan County, Minnesota: Adjacent rural Minnesota county in the same economic region as Faribault, providing essentially the same portfolio of county government services to a comparable population base.
• Freeborn County, Minnesota: Named alongside Faribault and Martin counties in joint transmission-line meetings. Neighboring rural Minnesota county government offering the same municipal service portfolio to a comparable population.
• Waseca County, Minnesota: Neighboring south-central Minnesota county with similar agricultural tax base, population size, and service delivery model.
• Sibley County, Minnesota: Listed as a partner county on the U.S. DOT Road Safety Grant pursuit coordinated through the Region 9 planner. A directly comparable small rural Minnesota county.
• Brown County, Minnesota: Neighboring south-central Minnesota county with similar rural governance profile and full county service mandate.
• Steele County, Minnesota: Adjacent rural Minnesota county government delivering the same municipal services (public safety, roads, property assessment, veterans, EDA) to a comparable population.
• Jackson County, Minnesota: Regional peer county in southern Minnesota with comparable agricultural economic base and rural service-delivery footprint.

Others

• Association of Minnesota Counties: State-level membership and advocacy organization for Minnesota's 87 counties; Faribault's commissioners and staff engage with it via conference participation. Acts as an ecosystem/enabling peer rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

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