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Join the painting network in Illinois

Painting.co routes homeowner job briefs to independent painting companies by ZIP code and service. We're building the Illinois network now. There are no operators or job numbers to show yet, and we'll be straight with you about that.

  • Painting work only
  • One matching operator per brief
  • No payment to send this form

Homeowners: painting guides for Illinois →

Join the network

An interest form, not a contract: no payment, no commitment.

Services you want jobs for

By submitting, you agree that Painting.co may contact you by phone or email about joining the network. We'll explain how job requests and fees work before you receive any jobs. See our Privacy Policy.

Operator pages in Illinois

Work somewhere else in Illinois? Use the form anyway and list your cities or ZIP codes.

Illinois rules to know

  • In Illinois, the EPA administers the lead renovation (RRP) rules directly: paid work that disturbs paint in a home built before 1978 has to be done by a certified firm using lead-safe practices.

How the marketplace works for operators

  1. Homeowners request jobs. They describe the work on Painting.co by ZIP and service.
  2. We turn it into a job brief. The request is structured the way an estimator would want it, not just a name and a phone number.
  3. The brief goes to a matching operator. It's routed to an operator in the network who covers that ZIP and does that service, not blasted to a list of companies.
  4. You quote and do the work directly. The job, and payment for it, are between you and the customer.

What's in a job brief

  • ZIP code and matched town
  • Service type and timing
  • Property type: house, condo or townhome, rental, commercial
  • How much is being painted (rooms, whole interior, whole exterior, cabinets, deck or fence)
  • Home age (before or after 1978, for lead-safe rules)
  • Current condition and main surface
  • Stories, for exterior work
  • Colors and who supplies paint
  • What's included: walls, ceilings, trim, repairs, wallpaper, power washing
  • A short description in the homeowner's words
  • Photos, when provided
  • Contact details and consent to be contacted

Pricing and fees

Operators, not homeowners, pay to receive job requests. We haven't published pricing yet. We'll go over fees with you before you receive any job, and sending the interest form costs nothing.