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HVAC and plumbing companies in Russell County, AL
How Russell 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #732 of 1,707 scored counties
#11 of 35 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $57M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,382 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.7M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,898
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Russell County comes to about $57M a year: $2,382 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $5.7M per company, 20% above 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 10 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Russell County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 4.2 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Russell County in 2023. That is one for every 1,496 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Russell County.
Population estimates show Russell County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Russell County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #732 of 1,707 scored counties and #11 of 35 scored counties in Alabama.
How Russell 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 | Russell County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.7M | $4.1M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,496 | 1,213 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,382 | $2,699 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $51,197 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 124
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 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
- 2
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Russell 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 Russell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,898−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 23,938
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 641 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $51,197+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,551
- Median home value
- $165,700
- Jobs located here
- 13,941
- Daytime population
- 51,647Residents 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 |
| 11Russell County, AL | 53 | 10 | 4.2 | $5.7M | −0.6% | #732 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Russell 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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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Russell County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 HVAC and plumbing companies in Russell County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Russell County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $57M a year, or $2,382 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.7M 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 23,938 households in Russell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Russell County, AL compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Russell County has 4.2 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.7M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Russell County would have about 12, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,496 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Russell County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Russell County at 58,898 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,938 households. Median household income in Russell County is $51,197, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.6%, 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. Russell County scores 53 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #732 of 1,707 scored counties.
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