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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Decatur, IL metro area
How the Decatur, IL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #211 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 22
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- −3.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $109.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,518 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,300
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Decatur metro area comes to about $109.4M a year: $2,518 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 22 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $5M per company, 5% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
There are 22 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Decatur metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 5.1 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 27 businesses with payroll in the Decatur metro area classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, down 3.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,610 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $232K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Decatur metro area.
Population estimates show the Decatur metro area declined 4.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Decatur metro area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #211 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Decatur metro area 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 | Decatur metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $4.2M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,610 | 1,237 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.6% | −0.3% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,518 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $62,666 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27−3.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 344
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $26.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 220 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $232K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Decatur metro area, 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 the Decatur metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,300−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 43,468
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 581 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 175
- Median household income
- $62,666+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,051
- Median home value
- $127,300
- Jobs located here
- 43,992
- Daytime population
- 103,405Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Decatur metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 61 | 76 | 4.7 | $5.7M | −0.9% | #106 of 387 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 55 | 715 | 6.2 | $4.6M | −0.2% | #155 of 387 |
| 1Springfield, IL | 53 | 49 | 5.4 | $5M | −1.2% | #172 of 387 |
| 2Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 48 | 2,612 | 7.2 | $4.3M | 0.0% | #209 of 387 |
| 3Decatur, IL | 47 | 22 | 5.1 | $5M | −4.3% | #211 of 387 |
| 4Rockford, IL | 45 | 77 | 5.7 | $4.6M | −0.3% | #235 of 387 |
| 5Champaign-Urbana, IL | 41 | 67 | 6.8 | $3.8M | +1.5% | #267 of 387 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 40 | 23 | 6.0 | $4.2M | +1.7% | #271 of 387 |
| 6Bloomington, IL | 39 | 60 | 8.5 | $3.3M | +0.1% | #286 of 387 |
| 7Kankakee, IL | 31 | 33 | 8.0 | $3.3M | −1.7% | #342 of 387 |
Other business types in the Decatur metro area
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 trades48
- HVAC and plumbing47
- Electricians34
- Roofing and gutters47
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control20
- Landscaping and lawn care19
- House cleaning38
- Pest control20
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Decatur, IL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Decatur metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 3.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Decatur, IL metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $109.4M a year, or $2,518 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5M 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 43,468 households in the Decatur metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Decatur, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Decatur metro area has 5.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Decatur metro area would have about 23, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,610 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Decatur, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Decatur metro area at 99,300 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,468 households. Median household income in the Decatur metro area is $62,666, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. The Decatur metro area scores 47 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #211 of 387 scored metro areas.
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