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HVAC and plumbing companies in LaSalle County, IL
The HVAC and plumbing companies in LaSalle County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #859 of 1,707 scored counties
#11 of 59 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 28
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- −3.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $119.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,638 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 107,773
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,638 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in LaSalle County spend about $119.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $4.3M per company, 10% below 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 28 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in LaSalle County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.2, 2% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 27 businesses with payroll in LaSalle County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, down 3.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,680 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $349K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in LaSalle County.
Population estimates put the population change in LaSalle County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For HVAC and plumbing companies, LaSalle County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #859 of 1,707 scored counties and #11 of 59 scored counties in Illinois.
How LaSalle 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 | LaSalle County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $4.2M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,680 | 1,237 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.6% | −0.3% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,638 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $73,045 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28 → 27−3.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 240
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 282 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $349K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in LaSalle 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 LaSalle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 107,773−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 45,373
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,135 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $73,045+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,009
- Median home value
- $161,900
- Jobs located here
- 39,709
- Daytime population
- 97,993Residents 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 |
| 11LaSalle County, IL | 50 | 28 | 6.2 | $4.3M | −1.5% | #859 of 1,707 |
Other business types in LaSalle County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in LaSalle County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 28 HVAC and plumbing companies in LaSalle County. 2 of them (7%) 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 LaSalle County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $119.7M a year, or $2,638 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 45,373 households in LaSalle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does LaSalle County, IL compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
LaSalle County has 6.2 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.3M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, LaSalle County would have about 25, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,680 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 LaSalle County, IL growing?
Population estimates put LaSalle County at 107,773 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 45,373 households. Median household income in LaSalle County is $73,045, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.6%, 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. LaSalle County scores 50 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #859 of 1,707 scored counties.
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