Where your competition is in Illinois
The largest concentrations of drywall companies in our Illinois data are in Chicago, Decatur, Peoria, Aurora, Bloomington, Rockford, Des Plaines and Plainfield. Competition for the map pack is heaviest there, and so is the reward: the same review count that dominates a small town is invisible in Chicago.
The map pack in Illinois
Google shows three businesses in the map pack for a search like "drywall company near me" in Chicago. In Illinois the shops that hold those spots usually sit near the 90th percentile, 29 reviews, not the median. 0% of Illinois drywall companies have passed 100 reviews; the other 100.0% are competing for whatever is left below the fold.
The website gap in Illinois
Website presence in Illinois: 43.5% of drywall companies link one, 56.5% do not. The national figure is 49.4% without. Google and the AI answer engines both use the site to confirm what you do and where, so a missing site costs more than the leads it would have produced on its own.
How Illinois compares
Of the 49 states in our data, Illinois ranks 15th for the number of drywall companies, 11th for median review count, and 22nd for the share with no website. The review bar is higher than in most of the country, so plan on a steady review habit rather than a one-time push.
| State | Listed | Median reviews | No site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 138 | 3 | 56.5% |
| Indiana | 129 | 3 | 64.3% |
| Iowa | 110 | 2 | 64.5% |
| Kansas | 64 | 3 | 59.4% |
| Michigan | 202 | 3 | 58.9% |
| Minnesota | 184 | 3 | 40.2% |
| Missouri | 122 | 2 | 52.5% |
| Nebraska | 59 | 2 | 55.9% |
| North Dakota | 49 | 2 | 63.3% |
What to do first in Illinois
- Put up a real website if you are in the 56.5% without one. Service pages, city pages for Chicago, Decatur, Peoria, tap-to-call on every screen.
- Set a review velocity. One review per job day, asked at the door, moves a 3-review shop past the Illinois 75th percentile (10) within a year. The guides have the scripts.
- Finish the Google profile: primary category, every service you offer, real job photos, and hours that match reality. It is free and it is where Illinois customers decide.
- Follow up every lead within five minutes. Speed to lead beats ad spend in a trade where the customer is collecting three quotes. The calculator shows what slow replies cost.
- Then, and only then, spend on ads. Pointed at a profile with 3 reviews and no website, ads pay for your competitor's education. Pointed at a finished profile, they work.
The full national picture, with percentiles, ratings and hours, is in the benchmark report. The method is on the about page.