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Top markets for HVAC and plumbing companies
Every U.S. metro area, small-town market and county, ranked by the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies. The score weighs household spending per company, households per business, population growth and spending power.
- Listings in the U.S.
- 81,967
- 3,617 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 111,207
- +7.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $389.9B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- Spending per listing: $4.8M
A site report maps the HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings around the address by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
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What this means
There are 81,967 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the U.S. as of September 2026. Of those, 3,617 are chain locations, or 4%. That is 6.3 per 10,000 households.
Households in the U.S. spend about $389.9B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,018 per household. Spread across 81,967 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4.8M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the U.S. was 111,207 in 2023, up 7.6% from 2019. They employ 1,214,761 people, with $89.5B in annual payroll.
The Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area has the highest market score for HVAC and plumbing companies among 387 scored metro areas, at 93. In the 10 highest-scoring metro areas, the median spending per company is 50% above the U.S. figure, and the median rate of listings per household is 23% below the U.S. rate.
Top markets
These tables (CSV)Ranked by the Groundwork market score, which weighs household spending per competitor, households per business with payroll, population growth and spending power against every other market of the same kind. How the score works.
Top metro areas of 1 million people or more
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 86 | 749 | 4.7 | $7.5M | +3.3% |
| 6Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 84 | 1,303 | 5.5 | $7M | +3.3% |
| 12Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 78 | 628 | 6.3 | $5.4M | +14.0% |
| 17Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 76 | 519 | 6.3 | $5M | +8.7% |
| 19Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 75 | 829 | 5.6 | $5.7M | +2.6% |
| 20Columbus, OH | 75 | 513 | 5.9 | $4.9M | +4.7% |
| 21San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 74 | 905 | 5.2 | $7.3M | −2.4% |
| 25Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 74 | 274 | 5.9 | $5.9M | +3.0% |
| 29Richmond, VA | 73 | 292 | 5.5 | $5.7M | +5.5% |
| 35Rochester, NY | 72 | 217 | 4.9 | $6.3M | −0.7% |
| 36Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 72 | 245 | 4.9 | $6.2M | −0.8% |
| 39Urban Honolulu, HI | 71 | 126 | 3.7 | $8.9M | −2.3% |
| 47San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 70 | 402 | 5.9 | $7M | −0.6% |
| 51Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 69 | 547 | 5.4 | $5.8M | +1.0% |
| 55Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 69 | 1,540 | 6.7 | $4.8M | +5.9% |
Top 50 metro areas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 93 | 13 | 1.8 | $15.6M | +21.1% |
| 2Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 87 | 78 | 5.4 | $6.7M | +3.3% |
| 3Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 86 | 749 | 4.7 | $7.5M | +3.3% |
| 4Corvallis, OR | 85 | 15 | 3.9 | $7.3M | +4.4% |
| 5Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 85 | 134 | 5.4 | $5.8M | +4.2% |
| 6Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 84 | 1,303 | 5.5 | $7M | +3.3% |
| 7Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 84 | 122 | 4.9 | $6.5M | +7.5% |
| 8Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 82 | 169 | 4.4 | $7.5M | +1.9% |
| 9Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 80 | 26 | 4.2 | $7.9M | +10.4% |
| 10Madison, WI | 80 | 156 | 5.2 | $5.8M | +4.1% |
| 11Ann Arbor, MI | 78 | 64 | 4.3 | $7.2M | −0.4% |
| 12Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 78 | 628 | 6.3 | $5.4M | +14.0% |
| 13Ithaca, NY | 77 | 17 | 3.9 | $7.9M | −1.4% |
| 14Dalton, GA | 77 | 20 | 3.8 | $7M | +3.5% |
| 15Bellingham, WA | 77 | 40 | 4.3 | $6.8M | +3.9% |
| 16State College, PA | 76 | 25 | 4.2 | $7.2M | −0.4% |
| 17Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 76 | 519 | 6.3 | $5M | +8.7% |
| 18Warner Robins, GA | 76 | 43 | 5.8 | $5M | +8.2% |
| 19Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 75 | 829 | 5.6 | $5.7M | +2.6% |
| 20Columbus, OH | 75 | 513 | 5.9 | $4.9M | +4.7% |
| 21San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 74 | 905 | 5.2 | $7.3M | −2.4% |
| 22Springfield, MA | 74 | 76 | 4.1 | $7.2M | +0.2% |
| 23Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 74 | 53 | 4.9 | $6.5M | +2.7% |
| 24Vallejo, CA | 74 | 79 | 5.0 | $6.3M | +0.6% |
| 25Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 74 | 274 | 5.9 | $5.9M | +3.0% |
| 26Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 74 | 167 | 5.7 | $5.2M | +6.7% |
| 27Dover, DE | 73 | 33 | 4.6 | $6.1M | +6.8% |
| 28Kennewick-Richland, WA | 73 | 54 | 5.0 | $5.9M | +6.5% |
| 29Richmond, VA | 73 | 292 | 5.5 | $5.7M | +5.5% |
| 30Stockton-Lodi, CA | 73 | 130 | 5.3 | $5.7M | +5.5% |
| 31Charlottesville, VA | 73 | 53 | 5.9 | $5.6M | +3.1% |
| 32Chambersburg, PA | 73 | 36 | 5.7 | $5.4M | +3.0% |
| 33Yuba City, CA | 72 | 21 | 3.4 | $8.2M | +3.3% |
| 34Utica-Rome, NY | 72 | 50 | 4.1 | $7M | −2.0% |
| 35Rochester, NY | 72 | 217 | 4.9 | $6.3M | −0.7% |
| 36Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 72 | 245 | 4.9 | $6.2M | −0.8% |
| 37Boulder, CO | 72 | 75 | 5.5 | $6.1M | −0.7% |
| 38Reno, NV | 72 | 115 | 5.1 | $5.8M | +5.0% |
| 39Urban Honolulu, HI | 71 | 126 | 3.7 | $8.9M | −2.3% |
| 40Syracuse, NY | 71 | 116 | 4.3 | $7.1M | −1.3% |
| 41Monroe, MI | 71 | 28 | 4.4 | $6.2M | +0.7% |
| 42Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 71 | 62 | 5.4 | $6.1M | +2.0% |
| 43Huntsville, AL | 71 | 129 | 6.3 | $5M | +12.5% |
| 44Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 71 | 70 | 5.9 | $4.9M | +7.1% |
| 45Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 70 | 15 | 3.2 | $9M | −3.9% |
| 46Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 70 | 24 | 3.4 | $8M | −0.1% |
| 47San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 70 | 402 | 5.9 | $7M | −0.6% |
| 48Binghamton, NY | 70 | 46 | 4.5 | $6.4M | −1.3% |
| 49Worcester, MA | 70 | 194 | 5.8 | $6M | +3.7% |
| 50Hinesville, GA | 70 | 15 | 5.0 | $5.1M | +12.6% |
Top 25 small-town markets
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kingsland, GA | 93 | 8 | 3.7 | $7.6M | +9.5% |
| 2Hemlock Farms, PA | 93 | 11 | 4.5 | $7M | +7.2% |
| 3Enterprise, AL | 90 | 5 | 2.4 | $11.3M | +6.3% |
| 4Winchester, TN | 90 | 5 | 2.9 | $9.2M | +6.4% |
| 5Shelton, WA | 90 | 10 | 3.8 | $7.4M | +7.8% |
| 6Oneonta, NY | 87 | 10 | 4.3 | $6.8M | +3.8% |
| 7Moses Lake, WA | 84 | 12 | 3.4 | $7.8M | +6.3% |
| 8Putnam, CT | 82 | 19 | 4.8 | $6.9M | +3.0% |
| 9Oxford, MS | 82 | 10 | 4.2 | $6.5M | +5.3% |
| 10Elko, NV | 82 | 9 | 4.4 | $6.3M | +2.1% |
| 11Amsterdam, NY | 82 | 9 | 4.6 | $6.1M | +1.1% |
| 12Indiana, PA | 81 | 8 | 2.5 | $10.9M | −0.3% |
| 13Lewistown, PA | 81 | 6 | 3.2 | $8.3M | 0.0% |
| 14Corning, NY | 80 | 8 | 2.0 | $14M | −1.6% |
| 15Moscow, ID | 80 | 6 | 3.7 | $6.9M | +5.6% |
| 16Aberdeen, WA | 79 | 9 | 2.9 | $8.6M | +3.0% |
| 17Pottsville, PA | 79 | 23 | 4.0 | $7.2M | +1.5% |
| 18Williston, ND | 78 | 5 | 3.3 | $9M | +1.4% |
| 19Kendallville, IN | 77 | 5 | 2.8 | $9.4M | +1.0% |
| 20Lawrenceburg, TN | 77 | 6 | 3.5 | $6.9M | +6.2% |
| 21Jacksonville, TX | 77 | 8 | 4.4 | $6M | +5.4% |
| 22Calhoun, GA | 77 | 11 | 5.2 | $5.3M | +6.9% |
| 23Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 76 | 12 | 2.9 | $9.6M | −2.5% |
| 24Stevens Point-Plover, WI | 76 | 14 | 4.7 | $5.7M | +2.2% |
| 25Ashland, OH | 75 | 5 | 2.4 | $10.4M | +0.1% |
Top 25 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 95 | 8 | 4.6 | $7.2M | +22.6% |
| 2Sumter County, FL | 93 | 13 | 1.8 | $15.6M | +21.1% |
| 3Delaware County, OH | 93 | 42 | 5.1 | $7.2M | +12.5% |
| 4Albemarle County, VA | 91 | 18 | 3.9 | $8.8M | +5.1% |
| 5Dallas County, IA | 91 | 17 | 4.0 | $8.2M | +17.8% |
| 6Williamson County, TN | 91 | 50 | 5.4 | $7.4M | +9.0% |
| 7Loudon County, TN | 91 | 10 | 4.2 | $7.2M | +15.6% |
| 8Arlington County, VA | 90 | 19 | 1.7 | $23.7M | +2.1% |
| 9Pike County, PA | 90 | 11 | 4.5 | $7M | +7.2% |
| 10Fulton County, GA | 89 | 172 | 3.7 | $9.1M | +2.7% |
| 11King County, WA | 89 | 388 | 4.1 | $8.9M | +3.1% |
| 12Hudson County, NJ | 88 | 59 | 2.0 | $18M | +1.8% |
| 13James City County, VA | 88 | 12 | 3.8 | $9.2M | +6.2% |
| 14Camden County, GA | 88 | 8 | 3.7 | $7.6M | +9.5% |
| 15Bryan County, GA | 88 | 8 | 4.8 | $6.9M | +15.6% |
| 16Alexandria city, VA | 87 | 21 | 2.8 | $13.5M | +1.0% |
| 17Essex County, NJ | 87 | 113 | 3.5 | $9.6M | +4.2% |
| 18Travis County, TX | 87 | 297 | 5.1 | $6.8M | +7.2% |
| 19Durham County, NC | 87 | 68 | 4.8 | $6.5M | +7.7% |
| 20Lyon County, NV | 86 | 5 | 2.1 | $12.9M | +9.5% |
| 21Mecklenburg County, NC | 86 | 241 | 5.2 | $6.3M | +10.5% |
| 22St. Johns County, FL | 85 | 55 | 4.7 | $7.6M | +25.0% |
| 23Mason County, WA | 85 | 10 | 3.8 | $7.4M | +7.8% |
| 24Denver County, CO | 85 | 157 | 4.7 | $6.8M | +3.2% |
| 25Suffolk city, VA | 85 | 18 | 4.7 | $6.6M | +10.4% |
Scored: 387 metro areas, 476 small-town markets and 1,707 counties, each with at least 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings (counties: 10,000 people or more). Spending per listing is all household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance over the listings: demand for each competitor, not revenue. Each market has its own page, reached from its state below.
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HVAC and plumbing figures for all 387 metro areas, 538 small-town markets, 3,144 counties and 51 states: the Groundwork market score and rank, map listings and chains, household spending, businesses with payroll, employees and payroll, one-person businesses, SBA-backed loans, population, income and home value, each linked to its page. Sorted, filterable and ready to screen.
HVAC and plumbing by state
Every market in each state ranked, with the state’s highest-scoring metro area.
- AlabamaTop metro area: Huntsville metro area · 71
- AlaskaTop metro area: Anchorage metro area · 64
- ArizonaTop metro area: Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area · 53
- ArkansasTop metro area: Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area · 60
- CaliforniaTop metro area: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area · 74
- ColoradoTop metro area: Boulder metro area · 72
- ConnecticutTop metro area: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area · 74
- DelawareTop metro area: Dover metro area · 73
- District of ColumbiaTop metro area: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area · 84
- FloridaTop metro area: Wildwood-The Villages metro area · 93
- GeorgiaTop metro area: Dalton metro area · 77
- HawaiiTop metro area: Urban Honolulu metro area · 71
- IdahoTop metro area: Lewiston metro area · 52
- IllinoisTop metro area: Springfield metro area · 53
- IndianaTop metro area: Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area · 58
- IowaTop metro area: Des Moines-West Des Moines metro area · 74
- KansasTop metro area: Lawrence metro area · 54
- KentuckyTop metro area: Bowling Green metro area · 64
- LouisianaTop metro area: Baton Rouge metro area · 47
- MaineTop metro area: Bangor metro area · 62
- MarylandTop metro area: Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area · 71
- MassachusettsTop metro area: Amherst Town-Northampton metro area · 80
- MichiganTop metro area: Ann Arbor metro area · 78
- MinnesotaTop metro area: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area · 75
- MississippiTop metro area: Hattiesburg metro area · 55
- MissouriTop metro area: Kansas City metro area · 59
- MontanaTop metro area: Bozeman metro area · 47
- NebraskaTop metro area: Omaha metro area · 57
- NevadaTop metro area: Reno metro area · 72
- New HampshireTop metro area: Manchester-Nashua metro area · 50
- New JerseyTop metro area: Trenton-Princeton metro area · 87
- New MexicoTop metro area: Las Cruces metro area · 58
- New YorkTop metro area: Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area · 82
- North CarolinaTop metro area: Durham-Chapel Hill metro area · 84
- North DakotaTop metro area: Bismarck metro area · 46
- OhioTop metro area: Columbus metro area · 75
- OklahomaTop metro area: Tulsa metro area · 42
- OregonTop metro area: Corvallis metro area · 85
- PennsylvaniaTop metro area: Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area · 85
- Rhode IslandTop metro area: Providence-Warwick metro area · 62
- South CarolinaTop metro area: Charleston-North Charleston metro area · 64
- South DakotaTop metro area: Sioux Falls metro area · 57
- TennesseeTop metro area: Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area · 76
- TexasTop metro area: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area · 78
- UtahTop metro area: Ogden metro area · 47
- VermontTop metro area: Burlington-South Burlington metro area · 67
- VirginiaTop metro area: Richmond metro area · 73
- WashingtonTop metro area: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area · 86
- West VirginiaTop metro area: Morgantown metro area · 60
- WisconsinTop metro area: Madison metro area · 80
- WyomingTop metro area: Cheyenne metro area · 50
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- Home repair trades160,547 listings
- Electricians32,477 listings
- Roofing and gutters46,103 listings
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- Landscaping and lawn care62,384 listings
- House cleaning28,560 listings
- Pest control17,870 listings
Questions
Which metro areas have the highest market score for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The top 5 are Wildwood-The Villages, FL (93); Trenton-Princeton, NJ (87); Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (86); Corvallis, OR (85); and Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA (85). The score compares each of 387 scored metro areas with the others for HVAC and plumbing companies.
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the U.S.?
As of September 2026, map listings count 81,967 HVAC and plumbing companies in the U.S. 3,617 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 111,207 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 7.6% from 2019.
How much do U.S. households spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $389.9B a year, or $3,018 per household. Spread across the 81,967 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 129,209,336 households in the U.S. and national spending patterns by income.
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. Markets with fewer than 5 map listings of the type, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address anywhere in the U.S. It maps the HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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