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HVAC and plumbing companies in Elmore County, AL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Elmore County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #905 of 1,707 scored counties
#16 of 35 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 25
- 2 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 33
- +6.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $93.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,846 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,577
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 HVAC and plumbing companies in Elmore County. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.6, 21% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Elmore County comes to about $93.5M a year: $2,846 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 25 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $3.7M per company, 21% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Elmore County was 33 in 2023, up 6.5% from 2019. That is one for every 996 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Elmore County grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Elmore County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #905 of 1,707 scored counties and #16 of 35 scored counties in Alabama.
How Elmore 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 | Elmore County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $4.1M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 996 | 1,213 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.5% | +14.0% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,846 | $2,699 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $78,243 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31 → 33+6.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 258
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 252 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Elmore 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 Elmore County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,577+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 32,856
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 619 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $78,243+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,745
- Median home value
- $223,900
- Jobs located here
- 20,312
- Daytime population
- 74,014Residents 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 |
| 16Elmore County, AL | 49 | 25 | 7.6 | $3.7M | +4.2% | #905 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Elmore County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Elmore County, AL?
Elmore County has 25 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 6.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Elmore County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $93.5M a year, or $2,846 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 32,856 households in Elmore County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elmore County, AL compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Elmore County has 7.6 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.7M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Elmore County would have about 20, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 996 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Elmore County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Elmore County at 91,577 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,856 households. The median household income in Elmore County is $78,243 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Elmore County scores 49 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #905 of 1,707 scored counties.
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