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Home repair companies in Clark County, IL
How Clark County, IL 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,364 of 2,057 scored counties
#32 of 76 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,561 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.2
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,114
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Clark County comes to about $16.8M a year: $2,561 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Clark County has 8 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 12.2 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Clark County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 819 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clark County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Clark County is 43 (lower middle), #1,364 of 2,057 scored counties and #32 of 76 scored counties in Illinois.
How Clark 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 | Clark County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.2 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 819 | 647 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,561 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $72,927 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Clark 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 Clark County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,114−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 6,555
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 501 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $72,927+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,731
- Median home value
- $132,400
- Jobs located here
- 4,292
- Daytime population
- 13,525Residents 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 Clark 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 |
| 32Clark County, IL | 43 | 8 | 12.2 | $2.1M | −2.2% | #1,364 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Clark 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 Clark County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 home repair companies in Clark County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Clark County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $16.8M a year, or $2,561 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,555 households in Clark County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clark County, IL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Clark County has 12.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.1M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Clark County would have about 7, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 819 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Clark County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Clark County at 15,114 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,555 households. The median household income in Clark County is $72,927 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.0% 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. Clark County scores 43 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,364 of 2,057 scored counties.
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