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Home repair companies in McDonough County, IL
How McDonough County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,399 of 2,057 scored counties
#33 of 76 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,318 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,916
- −4.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 home repair companies in McDonough County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 10.1 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,318 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in McDonough County spend about $27.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $2.3M per company, 6% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in McDonough County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 1,078 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates show McDonough County declined 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in McDonough County is 42 (lower middle), #1,399 of 2,057 scored counties and #33 of 76 scored counties in Illinois.
How McDonough 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 | McDonough County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,078 | 647 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,318 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $52,795 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 65
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 McDonough 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 McDonough County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,916−4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 11,856
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 589 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $52,795+18.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,521
- Median home value
- $107,500
- Jobs located here
- 9,784
- Daytime population
- 25,631Residents 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 |
| 33McDonough County, IL | 42 | 12 | 10.1 | $2.3M | −4.5% | #1,399 of 2,057 |
Other business types in McDonough 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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Questions
How many home repair companies are in McDonough County, IL?
There are 12 home repair companies on map listings in McDonough County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in McDonough County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $27.5M a year, or $2,318 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,856 households in McDonough County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McDonough County, IL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
McDonough County has 10.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.3M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, McDonough County would have about 11, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,078 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is McDonough County, IL growing?
Population estimates put McDonough County at 25,916 people in 2025, down 4.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,856 households. Median household income in McDonough County is $52,795, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.7%, 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. McDonough County scores 42 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,399 of 2,057 scored counties.
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