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Home repair companies in the Galesburg, IL area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the Galesburg, IL area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #398 of 526 scored small-town markets
#10 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 24
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- +4.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $49M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,335 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.4
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,767
- −4.1% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, the Galesburg area has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #398 of 526 scored small-town markets and #10 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 home repair companies in the Galesburg area. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 11.4 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,335 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in the Galesburg area spend about $49M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in the Galesburg area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 953 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $5M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Galesburg area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Galesburg area declined 4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Galesburg 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 | Galesburg area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.4 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 953 | 647 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.8% | +1.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,335 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $57,030 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22+4.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 250
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 240 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
- 2
- Amount
- $5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Galesburg 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 Galesburg area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,767−4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 20,972
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 716 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $57,030+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,560
- Median home value
- $111,900
- Jobs located here
- 15,910
- Daytime population
- 44,318Residents 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 Galesburg 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 |
| 10Galesburg, IL | 38 | 24 | 11.4 | $2M | −4.1% | #398 of 526 |
Other business types in the Galesburg 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 Galesburg, IL area?
The Galesburg area has 24 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 22 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the Galesburg, IL area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $49M a year, or $2,335 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,972 households in the Galesburg area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Galesburg, IL area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Galesburg area has 11.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Galesburg area would have about 20, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 953 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Galesburg, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Galesburg area at 47,767 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,972 households. Median household income in the Galesburg area is $57,030, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.2%, 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 Galesburg area scores 38 for home repair companies (lower middle), #398 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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