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Home repair companies in Jo Daviess County, IL
The home repair companies in Jo Daviess County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,934 of 2,057 scored counties
#65 of 76 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 19
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- −9.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $28.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,713 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.3
- 48% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,594
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, Jo Daviess County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #1,934 of 2,057 scored counties and #65 of 76 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Jo Daviess County spend about $28.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,713 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 39% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Jo Daviess County has 19 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 18.3 for every 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Jo Daviess County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, down 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 520 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Jo Daviess County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Jo Daviess 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 | Jo Daviess County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.3 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 520 | 647 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.1% | +1.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,713 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $73,993 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22 → 20−9.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 110
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 190 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Jo Daviess 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 Jo Daviess County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,594−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 10,391
- Median age
- 50.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 601 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $73,993+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,031
- Median home value
- $209,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,006
- Daytime population
- 19,150Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 65Jo Daviess County, IL | 25 | 19 | 18.3 | $1.5M | −2.2% | #1,934 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Jo Daviess County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Jo Daviess County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 home repair companies in Jo Daviess County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 9.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Jo Daviess County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $28.2M a year, or $2,713 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,391 households in Jo Daviess County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jo Daviess County, IL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Jo Daviess County has 18.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.5M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Jo Daviess County would have about 12, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 520 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Jo Daviess County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Jo Daviess County at 21,594 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,391 households. The median household income in Jo Daviess County is $73,993 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. 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. Jo Daviess County scores 25 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,934 of 2,057 scored counties.
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