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Home repair companies in Knox County, IL
The home repair companies in Knox County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,650 of 2,057 scored counties
#44 of 76 scored counties 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
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Knox County is 36 (lower middle), #1,650 of 2,057 scored counties and #44 of 76 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 home repair companies in Knox County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 11.4 per 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 Knox County spend about $49M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 24 home repair companies, that is $2M per company, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Knox County was 22 in 2023, 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 Knox County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Knox County declined 4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Knox 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 | Knox County | 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 | 36 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 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 Knox 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 Knox County
- 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 counties in Illinois for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Knox 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 |
| 44Knox County, IL | 36 | 24 | 11.4 | $2M | −4.1% | #1,650 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Knox County
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 Knox County, IL?
Knox County 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 Knox County, IL 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 Knox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knox County, IL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Knox County 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, Knox County 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 Knox County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Knox County 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 Knox County 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. 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. Knox County scores 36 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,650 of 2,057 scored counties.
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