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HVAC and plumbing companies in Blount County, AL

The HVAC and plumbing companies in Blount County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,299 of 1,707 scored counties
#30 of 35 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
14
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
31
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$58.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,631 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.3
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
60,156
+1.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For HVAC and plumbing companies, Blount County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,299 of 1,707 scored counties and #30 of 35 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $2,631 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Blount County spend about $58.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 14 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4.2M per company, 12% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

There are 14 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Blount County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.3, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 31 businesses with payroll in Blount County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 715 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Blount County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Blount County compares

The same measures for Alabama 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Blount County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureBlount CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.36.66.3
Spending per listing$4.2M$4.1M$4.8M
Households per official establishment7151,2131,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.0%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,631$2,699$3,018
Median household income$64,190$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score3738

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 31
Employees, 2023
99
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
140 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Blount 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 Blount County

Population, 2025 estimate
60,156+1.8% since 2020
Households
22,180
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
645 sq. mi.
People per square mile
92
Median household income
$64,190+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,889
Median home value
$175,200
Jobs located here
9,571
Daytime population
43,189Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Blount County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Autauga County, AL84104.4$6.7M+5.1%#33 of 1,707
2Coffee County, AL8352.4$11.3M+6.3%#37 of 1,707
3Madison County, AL78965.8$5.4M+11.0%#83 of 1,707
4DeKalb County, AL66103.8$6.2M+3.4%#293 of 1,707
5Lawrence County, AL6064.4$6M+2.3%#486 of 1,707
6Chilton County, AL60126.7$3.9M+5.9%#507 of 1,707
7Tuscaloosa County, AL59596.6$4.1M+3.8%#544 of 1,707
8Jackson County, AL5862.8$8.9M+3.3%#549 of 1,707
9Montgomery County, AL56475.1$5M−1.1%#636 of 1,707
10Limestone County, AL55338.1$3.8M+18.0%#688 of 1,707
30Blount County, AL37146.3$4.2M+1.8%#1,299 of 1,707

Other business types in Blount County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Blount County, AL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 14 HVAC and plumbing companies in Blount County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Blount County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $58.4M a year, or $2,631 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 22,180 households in Blount County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Blount County, AL compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

Blount County has 6.3 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.2M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Blount County would have about 12, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 715 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Blount County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Blount County at 60,156 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,180 households. Median household income in Blount County is $64,190, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.1%, before inflation.

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. Blount County scores 37 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,299 of 1,707 scored counties.

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