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Home repair companies in Hardin County, IL
How Hardin County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,222 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 3,588
- −1.8% since 2020
See the home repair companies around any address in Hardin County
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What this means
Households in Hardin County spend about $3.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,222 per household, 26% below the U.S. average.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no home repair companies in Hardin County. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Hardin County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Hardin County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Hardin County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Hardin 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 | Hardin County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 647 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,222 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $54,271 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Hardin 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 Hardin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,588−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 1,545
- Median age
- 52.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 177 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $54,271
- Average household income
- $64,029
- Median home value
- $103,800
- Jobs located here
- 703
- Daytime population
- 3,107Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Hardin County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the home repair companies on map listings by name and distance.
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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 Hardin 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 |
| Hardin County, IL | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −1.8% |
Other business types in Hardin County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Hardin County, IL?
There are no home repair companies on map listings in Hardin County as of September 2026. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. No official count is published for plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Hardin County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hardin County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $3.4M a year, or $2,222 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,545 households in Hardin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardin County, IL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Hardin County has no home repair companies on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Hardin County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Hardin County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Hardin County at 3,588 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,545 households. The median household income in Hardin County is $54,271 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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