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Home repair companies in Franklin County, IL

How Franklin 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #769 of 2,057 scored counties
#9 of 76 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
11
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$37.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,316 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
40% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.8
45% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,916
−2.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 home repair companies in Franklin County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 6.8 for every 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in Franklin County spend about $37.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,316 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 home repair companies, that is $3.4M per company, 40% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Franklin County in 2023. That is one for every 949 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Franklin County.

Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home repair companies, Franklin County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #769 of 2,057 scored counties and #9 of 76 scored counties in Illinois.

How Franklin 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.

Home repair trades in Franklin County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.813.012.4
Spending per listing$3.4M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment949647587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.3%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,316$2,919$3,018
Median household income$56,740$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score5547

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 17
Employees, 2023
84
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
110 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
1
Amount
$25K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
36,916−2.1% since 2020
Households
16,137
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
409 sq. mi.
People per square mile
91
Median household income
$56,740+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,759
Median home value
$89,000
Jobs located here
8,765
Daytime population
30,865Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Franklin County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Piatt County, IL7168.7$3.4M+0.6%#181 of 2,057
2Ogle County, IL70178.2$3.4M−0.7%#210 of 2,057
3Cook County, IL642,0659.8$3M−1.3%#399 of 2,057
4Bureau County, IL63107.1$3.6M−2.1%#434 of 2,057
5Boone County, IL622110.8$2.7M+0.4%#496 of 2,057
6Rock Island County, IL57589.4$2.7M−1.7%#696 of 2,057
7St. Clair County, IL5710510.4$2.6M−2.5%#697 of 2,057
8Monroe County, IL571712.3$2.6M−0.3%#698 of 2,057
9Franklin County, IL55116.8$3.4M−2.1%#769 of 2,057
10Kendall County, IL557717.0$1.9M+9.9%#810 of 2,057

Other business types in Franklin County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Franklin County, IL?

Franklin County has 11 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 17 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Franklin County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $37.4M a year, or $2,316 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,137 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin County, IL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Franklin County has 6.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.4M, 40% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Franklin County would have about 15, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 949 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 36,916 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,137 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $56,740, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.7%, 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. Franklin County scores 55 for home repair companies (upper middle), #769 of 2,057 scored counties.

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