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Home repair companies in the Freeport, IL area
The home repair companies in the Freeport, IL area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #517 of 526 scored small-town markets
#20 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 34
- 3 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- −11.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $47.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,470 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.6
- 42% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,220
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Freeport area is 21 (low), #517 of 526 scored small-town markets and #20 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Freeport area comes to about $47.8M a year: $2,470 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 34 home repair companies, that is $1.4M per company, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Freeport area has 34 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 17.6 for every 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Freeport area in 2023, down 11.1% from 2019. That is one for every 605 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Freeport area. Population estimates put the population change in the Freeport area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Freeport 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 | Freeport area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.6 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 605 | 647 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −11.1% | +1.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,470 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $64,043 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32−11.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,842
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $194.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 343 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Freeport 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 Freeport area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,220−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 19,358
- Median age
- 45.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 564 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 78
- Median household income
- $64,043+31.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,920
- Median home value
- $134,900
- Jobs located here
- 17,326
- Daytime population
- 40,359Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets 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 Freeport area marked.
Top small-town markets in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rochelle, IL | 76 | 17 | 8.2 | $3.4M | −0.7% | #24 of 526 |
| 2Ottawa, IL | 58 | 67 | 10.8 | $2.4M | −1.6% | #164 of 526 |
| 3Dixon, IL | 57 | 13 | 9.7 | $2.7M | −3.4% | #174 of 526 |
| 4Canton, IL | 53 | 13 | 9.4 | $2.6M | −2.0% | #226 of 526 |
| 5Centralia, IL | 49 | 13 | 8.4 | $2.9M | −3.4% | #280 of 526 |
| Burlington, IA-IL | 45 | 20 | 10.1 | $2.4M | −2.5% | #324 of 526 |
| 6Macomb, IL | 44 | 12 | 10.1 | $2.3M | −4.5% | #333 of 526 |
| 7Mount Vernon, IL | 44 | 17 | 11.5 | $2.1M | −2.3% | #335 of 526 |
| 8Sterling, IL | 41 | 32 | 13.8 | $1.8M | −2.6% | #367 of 526 |
| 9Carbondale, IL | 39 | 25 | 10.9 | $2.1M | −1.5% | #389 of 526 |
| 20Freeport, IL | 21 | 34 | 17.6 | $1.4M | −3.0% | #517 of 526 |
Other business types in the Freeport area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Freeport, IL area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 home repair companies in the Freeport area. 3 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 11.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Freeport, IL area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $47.8M a year, or $2,470 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,358 households in the Freeport area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Freeport, IL area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Freeport area has 17.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.4M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Freeport area would have about 20, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 605 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Freeport, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Freeport area at 43,220 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,358 households. The median household income in the Freeport area is $64,043 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.2% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Freeport area scores 21 for home repair companies (low), #517 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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