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HVAC and plumbing companies in Butler County, AL
How Butler County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,338 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,100
- −4.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 HVAC and plumbing companies in Butler County. That comes to 5.3 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
At $2,338 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Butler County spend about $17.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $4.4M per company, 7% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which HVAC and plumbing companies share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Butler County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 1,899 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Butler County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, Butler County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Butler 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.
| Measure | Butler County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $4.1M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,899 | 1,213 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,338 | $2,699 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $44,755 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $563K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Butler 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 Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,100−4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,597
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 777 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $44,755+10.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,109
- Median home value
- $99,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,659
- Daytime population
- 17,147Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Autauga County, AL | 84 | 10 | 4.4 | $6.7M | +5.1% | #33 of 1,707 |
| 2Coffee County, AL | 83 | 5 | 2.4 | $11.3M | +6.3% | #37 of 1,707 |
| 3Madison County, AL | 78 | 96 | 5.8 | $5.4M | +11.0% | #83 of 1,707 |
| 4DeKalb County, AL | 66 | 10 | 3.8 | $6.2M | +3.4% | #293 of 1,707 |
| 5Lawrence County, AL | 60 | 6 | 4.4 | $6M | +2.3% | #486 of 1,707 |
| 6Chilton County, AL | 60 | 12 | 6.7 | $3.9M | +5.9% | #507 of 1,707 |
| 7Tuscaloosa County, AL | 59 | 59 | 6.6 | $4.1M | +3.8% | #544 of 1,707 |
| 8Jackson County, AL | 58 | 6 | 2.8 | $8.9M | +3.3% | #549 of 1,707 |
| 9Montgomery County, AL | 56 | 47 | 5.1 | $5M | −1.1% | #636 of 1,707 |
| 10Limestone County, AL | 55 | 33 | 8.1 | $3.8M | +18.0% | #688 of 1,707 |
| Butler County, AL | Not scored | 4 | 5.3 | $4.4M | −4.8% |
Other business types in Butler County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Butler County, AL?
There are 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Butler County as of September 2026. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Butler County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $17.8M a year, or $2,338 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.4M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,597 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, AL compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Butler County has 5.3 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.4M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,899 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Butler County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 18,100 people in 2025, down 4.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,597 households. The median household income in Butler County is $44,755 a year, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Butler County has no market score for HVAC and plumbing companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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