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Home repair companies in Bureau County, IL
The home repair companies in Bureau County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #434 of 2,057 scored counties
#4 of 76 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,551 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 47% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,510
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 home repair companies in Bureau County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.1, 43% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Bureau County comes to about $35.8M a year: $2,551 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 47% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Bureau County in 2023. That is one for every 1,169 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Bureau County declined 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home repair companies, Bureau County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #434 of 2,057 scored counties and #4 of 76 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Bureau County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Bureau County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,169 | 647 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,551 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $69,257 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 59
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Bureau 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 Bureau County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,510−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 14,028
- Median age
- 44.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 869 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $69,257+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,255
- Median home value
- $126,900
- Jobs located here
- 10,627
- Daytime population
- 28,480Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Bureau County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Piatt County, IL | 71 | 6 | 8.7 | $3.4M | +0.6% | #181 of 2,057 |
| 2Ogle County, IL | 70 | 17 | 8.2 | $3.4M | −0.7% | #210 of 2,057 |
| 3Cook County, IL | 64 | 2,065 | 9.8 | $3M | −1.3% | #399 of 2,057 |
| 4Bureau County, IL | 63 | 10 | 7.1 | $3.6M | −2.1% | #434 of 2,057 |
| 5Boone County, IL | 62 | 21 | 10.8 | $2.7M | +0.4% | #496 of 2,057 |
| 6Rock Island County, IL | 57 | 58 | 9.4 | $2.7M | −1.7% | #696 of 2,057 |
| 7St. Clair County, IL | 57 | 105 | 10.4 | $2.6M | −2.5% | #697 of 2,057 |
| 8Monroe County, IL | 57 | 17 | 12.3 | $2.6M | −0.3% | #698 of 2,057 |
| 9Franklin County, IL | 55 | 11 | 6.8 | $3.4M | −2.1% | #769 of 2,057 |
| 10Kendall County, IL | 55 | 77 | 17.0 | $1.9M | +9.9% | #810 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Bureau 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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Bureau County, IL?
Bureau County has 10 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 12 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Bureau County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $35.8M a year, or $2,551 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,028 households in Bureau County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bureau County, IL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Bureau County has 7.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.6M, 47% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Bureau County would have about 15, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,169 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Bureau County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Bureau County at 32,510 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,028 households. Median household income in Bureau County is $69,257, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.6%, 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. Bureau County scores 63 for home repair companies (upper middle), #434 of 2,057 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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