Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Illinois

What Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Illinois does

The Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Illinois (HBRAI) is a non-profit state-level trade association serving as the Illinois federation affiliate of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). HBRAI educates and advocates for the residential construction industry — home builders, remodelers, and aging-in-place contractors — by monitoring over 5,000 legislative bills per year in the Illinois General Assembly, operating the HomePAC political action committee, and providing state-law resources to members and consumers. The organization is headquartered at P.O. Box 588 in Rochester, Illinois, with a staff of approximately 5 employees, and operates Monday-Friday 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Its core enrollment mechanism is a 3-in-1 membership model: joining any of HBRAI's 10 local Home Builders Association (HBA) chapters automatically confers membership at the state (HBRAI) and national (NAHB) tiers simultaneously.

HBRAI's product portfolio is membership-centric rather than technology-centric. Core offerings include the 3-in-1 membership program, NAHB-developed professional designations (BAR, PREP, CGB, CGR, GMB, GMR, CGP, CAPS, Master CGP), government relations and advocacy services, a resource library covering disaster preparedness, energy efficiency, and remodeling, an events calendar (golf outings, lobbying days, home shows, CAPS training, installation dinners), and a member savings program delivering discounts on insurance, vehicles, fuel, telecommunications, travel, financial services, and office products through NAHB's national benefits — claimed to deliver $1,000,000 in aggregate annual member savings. The organization does not operate a proprietary technology platform, mobile application, or public/partner API.

HBRAI's revenue model is recurring membership dues routed through the 10 local HBA chapter network, supplemented by event-related activity such as the Illinois Building Industry Lobby Day co-hosted with the Illinois Lumber and Material Dealers Association (ILMDA). Membership pricing is not publicly disclosed, and no revenue figure for HBRAI itself is published. Strategic partnerships include the core federation relationship with NAHB, channel distribution through 10 Illinois local HBAs (HBA of Greater Chicago, HBA East Central Illinois, Effingham Area HBA, Northern Illinois HBA, Springfield Area HBA, HBA of Metro East, SouthWest Suburban HBA, HBA of Quincy, Metro Decatur HBA, Quad Cities Builders & Remodelers), a minor partnership with ILMDA for advocacy events, and a distribution relationship with the Building Industry Association of Greater Chicago (BIAGC) for premium events including the Chicago Luxury Summit.

Name

Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Illinois

Legal name

Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Illinois

Website

https://hbrai.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Illinois (HBRAI) is a non-profit state-level trade association that educates and advocates for residential home builders and remodelers in Illinois via a federated 3-in-1 membership with NAHB and 10 local chapters.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rochester

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Primary revenue from membership dues through local HBA affiliations. The 3-in-1 membership model (Local HBA + HBRAI + NAHB) provides bundled value. Members also access savings programs including discounts on insurance, vehicles, fuel, telecommunications, travel, financial services, and office products.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

HBRAI is a state-level non-profit trade association providing a 3-in-1 bundled membership (local Home Builders Association + HBRAI + NAHB) for residential construction professionals in Illinois. Core services include legislative advocacy monitoring over 5,000 bills annually, access to nationally-recognized NAHB professional designations (CGB, CGR, CAPS, CGP), a resource library, networking events, and a member savings program that delivered $1,000,000 in member savings last year.

Product overview

HBRAI operates as a state-level trade association for the residential construction industry, not a single unified product but rather a membership organization offering multiple interconnected services. The core offering is a 3-in-1 membership program combining local, state, and national association membership. Supporting services include NAHB professional designation programs (BAR, PREP, CGP, CAPS, CGB, GMB, CGR, GMR, Master CGP) for career advancement, government relations advocacy with legislative monitoring and HomePAC, a resource library with consumer and industry educational materials, an events calendar with regional networking opportunities, and a member savings program with commercial discounts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HBRAI Membership Program
• NAHB Professional Designations
• Government Relations & Advocacy
• Member Savings Program

Quantifiable outcome

• $1,000,000 in member savings through NAHB member benefits program

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAHB is the national parent organization providing professional designations (CGB, CGR, GMB, GMR, CGP, CAPS), International Builders Show, member benefits programs, legal research staff, economists, and regulatory/technical experts. HBRAI automatically enrolls members in NAHB through the 3-in-1 membership model.
• Local Home Builders Associations in IllinoiscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor10 local HBAs serve as membership enrollment channels: HBA of Greater Chicago, HBA East Central Illinois, Effingham Area HBA, Northern Illinois HBA, Springfield Area HBA, Home Builders & Remodelers Association - Metro East, SouthWest Suburban HBA, HBA of Quincy, Metro Decatur HBA, and Quad Cities Builders & Remodelers.
• Illinois Lumber and Material Dealers Association (ILMDA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-host Illinois Building Industry Lobby Day with HBRAI, bringing together industry experts and state legislators for advocacy efforts.
• Building Industry Association of Greater Chicago (BIAGC)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBIAGC hosts events through HBRAI calendar including 10th Annual River North Design District Fall Gallery Walk, Chicago Luxury Summit, and various networking events. Partners include Brizo, Adler Law, JC Licht, BSH Home Appliances, Heritage Auctions, Ferguson, Kallista, and Studio 41.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Illinois REALTORS: State-level trade association representing real estate agents in Illinois — adjacent but parallel to HBRAI. Operates with the same state-level federation, advocacy, and member-services model targeting a different but interconnected slice of the housing industry.
• California Building Industry Association: State-level home builders trade association in California, structurally analogous to HBRAI. Operates the same federation pattern with local chapters, advocacy, professional development, and member benefits in a different regional market.
• Texas Association of Builders: State-level home builders trade association in Texas. Mirrors HBRAI's federated structure, legislative monitoring, and member services but at a much larger scale — useful benchmark for growth trajectory.
• Associated General Contractors of America: National trade association for general contractors across commercial and infrastructure construction. Same advocacy-and-education model as HBRAI but at national scale and serving a different construction vertical.
• National Association of the Remodeling Industry: National trade association serving professional remodelers, the same secondary member segment HBRAI serves. Comparable model — membership dues, professional designations, advocacy, and member savings — with a remodeler-focused rather than new-construction lens.
• Associated Builders and Contractors: National trade association for the commercial and merit-shop construction industry. Comparable as a membership-driven construction trade body delivering advocacy, training, and member benefits, though skewed toward commercial rather than residential work.
• Building Industry Association of Greater Chicago: Local/metro home builders association in Illinois that partners with HBRAI on events (e.g., Chicago Luxury Summit, design district walks). Direct peer in residential construction advocacy with overlapping membership and parallel programming.

Broad incumbents

• National Association of Home Builders: National federation that HBRAI is part of; provides the professional designations, IBS show, member benefits, and shared expert staff that HBRAI bundles. Comparable as the apex trade body in the same residential construction advocacy space, but operating at national rather than state scale.
• National Association of Realtors: National trade association for real estate professionals. Mirrors NAHB's federated structure (state and local chapters) and advocacy focus, but serves agents rather than builders. Useful comparison for how a federated real-estate trade body operates and grows member value.
• American Institute of Architects: National professional association for licensed architects. Comparable as a membership organization serving design-side housing professionals with advocacy, continuing education, and member benefits — overlapping end market with HBRAI but different professional focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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