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HVAC and plumbing companies in Putnam County, IL
The HVAC and plumbing companies in Putnam County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,746 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 5,619
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 HVAC and plumbing companies in Putnam County. That is 8.1 per 10,000 households.
Households in Putnam County spend about $6.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,746 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $3.4M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which HVAC and plumbing companies share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Putnam County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 616 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Putnam County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Putnam 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 | Putnam County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $4.2M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 616 | 1,237 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.3% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,746 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $75,590 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 83
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Putnam 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 Putnam County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,619−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 2,465
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 160 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $75,590
- Average household income
- $92,619
- Median home value
- $172,700
- Jobs located here
- 1,965
- Daytime population
- 4,899Residents 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 |
| Putnam County, IL | Not scored | 2 | 8.1 | $3.4M | −0.1% |
Other business types in Putnam County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Putnam County, IL?
There are 2 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Putnam County as of September 2026. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Putnam County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $6.8M a year, or $2,746 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,465 households in Putnam County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Putnam County, IL compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Putnam County has 2 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Putnam County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 616 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Putnam County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Putnam County at 5,619 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,465 households. The median household income in Putnam County is $75,590 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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