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Home repair companies in St. Clair County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in St. Clair County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #697 of 2,057 scored counties
#7 of 76 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
105
6 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
114
−4.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$273.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,712 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
7% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.4
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
250,708
−2.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 105 home repair companies in St. Clair County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 6%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 10.4 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in St. Clair County spend about $273.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,712 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 7% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 114 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in St. Clair County in 2023, down 4.2% from 2019. That is one for every 885 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $319K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in St. Clair County.

Population estimates show St. Clair County declined 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home repair companies, St. Clair County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #697 of 2,057 scored counties and #7 of 76 scored counties in Illinois.

How St. Clair 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.

Home repair trades in St. Clair County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Clair CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.413.012.4
Spending per listing$2.6M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment885647587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−4.2%+1.3%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,712$2,919$3,018
Median household income$73,854$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score5747

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
119 → 114−4.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,262
Annual payroll, 2023
$90.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1056 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
113The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$319K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in St. Clair 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 St. Clair County

Population, 2025 estimate
250,708−2.5% since 2020
Households
100,846
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
658 sq. mi.
People per square mile
386
Median household income
$73,854+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,153
Median home value
$180,300
Jobs located here
90,959
Daytime population
229,240Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Illinois, with St. Clair County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Piatt County, IL7168.7$3.4M+0.6%#181 of 2,057
2Ogle County, IL70178.2$3.4M−0.7%#210 of 2,057
3Cook County, IL642,0659.8$3M−1.3%#399 of 2,057
4Bureau County, IL63107.1$3.6M−2.1%#434 of 2,057
5Boone County, IL622110.8$2.7M+0.4%#496 of 2,057
6Rock Island County, IL57589.4$2.7M−1.7%#696 of 2,057
7St. Clair County, IL5710510.4$2.6M−2.5%#697 of 2,057
8Monroe County, IL571712.3$2.6M−0.3%#698 of 2,057
9Franklin County, IL55116.8$3.4M−2.1%#769 of 2,057
10Kendall County, IL557717.0$1.9M+9.9%#810 of 2,057

Other business types in St. Clair County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home repair companies are in St. Clair County, IL?

There are 105 home repair companies on map listings in St. Clair County as of September 2026. 6 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 114 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 4.2% from 2019.

How much do households in St. Clair County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $273.4M a year, or $2,712 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 105 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 100,846 households in St. Clair County and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Clair County, IL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

St. Clair County has 10.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.6M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, St. Clair County would have about 113, against 105 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 885 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is St. Clair County, IL growing?

Population estimates put St. Clair County at 250,708 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 100,846 households. Median household income in St. Clair County is $73,854, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. St. Clair County scores 57 for home repair companies (upper middle), #697 of 2,057 scored counties.

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