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HVAC and plumbing companies in Franklin County, AL
How Franklin 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,385 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.5M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,449
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 HVAC and plumbing companies in Franklin County. That comes to 2.5 for every 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Franklin County comes to about $28.5M a year: $2,385 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $9.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, twice 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.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Franklin County in 2023. That is one for every 1,992 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, Franklin County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Franklin 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 | Franklin County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $9.5M | $4.1M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,992 | 1,213 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,385 | $2,699 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $53,338 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,449+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 11,954
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 634 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $53,338+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,636
- Median home value
- $136,000
- Jobs located here
- 10,404
- Daytime population
- 28,894Residents 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 |
| Franklin County, AL | Not scored | 3 | 2.5 | $9.5M | +1.1% |
Other business types in Franklin 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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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Franklin County, AL?
Franklin County has 3 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Franklin County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $28.5M a year, or $2,385 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $9.5M 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 11,954 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, AL compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Franklin County has 2.5 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $9.5M, twice the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Franklin County would have about 6, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,992 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 32,449 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,954 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $53,338 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% 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. Franklin County has no market score for HVAC and plumbing companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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