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HVAC and plumbing companies in Cook County, IL
How Cook County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #335 of 1,707 scored counties
#1 of 59 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 1,095
- 26 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 1,377
- +2.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $6.2B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,946 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.7M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,194,625
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Cook County comes to about $6.2B a year: $2,946 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 1,095 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $5.7M per company, 19% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Cook County has 1,095 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 26 of them (2%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 1,377 businesses with payroll in Cook County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 2.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,525 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 66 SBA-backed loans worth $23M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Cook County.
Population estimates show Cook County declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Cook County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #335 of 1,707 scored counties and #1 of 59 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Cook 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 HVAC and plumbing 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 | Cook County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.7M | $4.2M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,525 | 1,237 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.4% | −0.3% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,946 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $83,498 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 1,345 → 1,377+2.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 15,401
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,09526 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,301The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 66
- Amount
- $23M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Cook 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 Cook County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,194,625−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,100,230
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.4
- Land area
- 945 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5,484
- Median household income
- $83,498+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,729
- Median home value
- $324,500
- Jobs located here
- 2,683,238
- Daytime population
- 5,468,881Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cook County, IL | 65 | 1,095 | 5.2 | $5.7M | −1.3% | #335 of 1,707 |
| 2Rock Island County, IL | 63 | 21 | 3.4 | $7.4M | −1.7% | #384 of 1,707 |
| 3Ogle County, IL | 63 | 11 | 5.3 | $5.2M | −0.7% | #395 of 1,707 |
| 4Henry County, IL | 62 | 8 | 3.9 | $6.8M | −2.2% | #409 of 1,707 |
| 5Franklin County, IL | 59 | 5 | 3.1 | $7.5M | −2.1% | #511 of 1,707 |
| 6St. Clair County, IL | 59 | 53 | 5.3 | $5.2M | −2.5% | #530 of 1,707 |
| 7Monroe County, IL | 57 | 10 | 7.2 | $4.4M | −0.3% | #613 of 1,707 |
| 8Sangamon County, IL | 56 | 46 | 5.4 | $5M | −1.0% | #635 of 1,707 |
| 9Champaign County, IL | 52 | 54 | 6.3 | $4.1M | +1.8% | #791 of 1,707 |
| 10Kendall County, IL | 52 | 48 | 10.6 | $3.1M | +9.9% | #802 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Cook County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades64
- HVAC and plumbing65
- Electricians66
- Roofing and gutters62
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control64
- Landscaping and lawn care68
- House cleaning50
- Pest control66
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Cook County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,095 HVAC and plumbing companies in Cook County. 26 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 1,377 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 2.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Cook County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $6.2B a year, or $2,946 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,095 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.7M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which HVAC and plumbing companies share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,100,230 households in Cook County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cook County, IL compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Cook County has 5.2 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.7M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Cook County would have about 1,301, against 1,095 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,525 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Cook County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Cook County at 5,194,625 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,100,230 households. Median household income in Cook County is $83,498, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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. Cook County scores 65 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #335 of 1,707 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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