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HVAC and plumbing companies in Houston County, AL
How Houston 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 · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #970 of 1,707 scored counties
#19 of 35 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 33
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- −16.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $112.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,596 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 110,318
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Houston County comes to about $112.4M a year: $2,596 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 33 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $3.4M per company, 28% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Houston County has 33 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 7.6 per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Houston County in 2023, down 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,443 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Houston County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Houston County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #970 of 1,707 scored counties and #19 of 35 scored counties in Alabama.
How Houston 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 | Houston County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $4.1M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,443 | 1,213 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −16.7% | +14.0% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,596 | $2,699 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $58,626 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 30−16.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 396
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 331 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Houston 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 Houston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 110,318+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 43,302
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 580 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 187
- Median household income
- $58,626+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,747
- Median home value
- $183,300
- Jobs located here
- 51,974
- Daytime population
- 116,184Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Houston County marked.
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 |
| 19Houston County, AL | 47 | 33 | 7.6 | $3.4M | +2.8% | #970 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Houston County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades50
- HVAC and plumbing47
- Electricians67
- Roofing and gutters46
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control42
- Landscaping and lawn care52
- House cleaning63
- Pest control23
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Houston County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 HVAC and plumbing companies in Houston County. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 16.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Houston County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $112.4M a year, or $2,596 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 43,302 households in Houston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Houston County, AL compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Houston 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 $3.4M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Houston County would have about 24, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,443 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Houston County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Houston County at 110,318 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,302 households. Median household income in Houston County is $58,626, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.2%, 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. Houston County scores 47 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #970 of 1,707 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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