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Home repair companies in the Decatur, IL metro area
How the Decatur, IL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #205 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 44
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 51
- +4.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $109.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,518 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,300
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 44 home repair companies in the Decatur metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.1, 19% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in the Decatur metro area spend about $109.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,518 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 44 home repair companies, that is $2.5M per company, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 51 businesses with payroll in the Decatur metro area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 4.1% from 2019. That is one for every 852 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $232K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Decatur metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Decatur metro area declined 4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home repair companies, the Decatur metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #205 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Decatur metro area 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 | Decatur metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 852 | 647 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.1% | +1.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,518 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $62,666 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 51+4.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 896
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $69.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 440 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $232K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Decatur metro area, 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 the Decatur metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,300−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 43,468
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 581 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 175
- Median household income
- $62,666+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,051
- Median home value
- $127,300
- Jobs located here
- 43,992
- Daytime population
- 103,405Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Decatur metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 56 | 1,452 | 12.5 | $2.3M | −0.2% | #146 of 387 |
| 1Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 54 | 4,799 | 13.2 | $2.3M | 0.0% | #162 of 387 |
| 2Springfield, IL | 50 | 108 | 12.0 | $2.3M | −1.2% | #192 of 387 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 50 | 190 | 11.8 | $2.3M | −0.9% | #193 of 387 |
| 3Decatur, IL | 48 | 44 | 10.1 | $2.5M | −4.3% | #205 of 387 |
| 4Champaign-Urbana, IL | 46 | 124 | 12.6 | $2M | +1.5% | #222 of 387 |
| 5Bloomington, IL | 45 | 105 | 15.0 | $1.9M | +0.1% | #231 of 387 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 43 | 47 | 12.3 | $2M | +1.7% | #237 of 387 |
| 6Peoria, IL | 35 | 218 | 14.2 | $1.9M | −1.3% | #317 of 387 |
| 7Kankakee, IL | 34 | 62 | 15.1 | $1.8M | −1.7% | #325 of 387 |
Other business types in the Decatur metro area
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
- Home repair trades48
- HVAC and plumbing47
- Electricians34
- Roofing and gutters47
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control20
- Landscaping and lawn care19
- House cleaning38
- Pest control20
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Decatur, IL metro area?
The Decatur metro area has 44 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 51 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 4.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Decatur, IL metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $109.4M a year, or $2,518 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,468 households in the Decatur metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Decatur, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Decatur metro area has 10.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.5M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Decatur metro area would have about 45, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 852 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Decatur, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Decatur metro area at 99,300 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,468 households. Median household income in the Decatur metro area is $62,666, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. The Decatur metro area scores 48 for home repair companies (lower middle), #205 of 387 scored metro areas.
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