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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area
How the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area compares with other small-town markets 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 #203 of 476 scored small-town markets
#5 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 22
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- −4.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $93.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,456 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,764
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Talladega-Sylacauga area. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.8 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Households in the Talladega-Sylacauga area spend about $93.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,456 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.2M per company, 11% 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.
Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Talladega-Sylacauga area in 2023, down 4.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,655 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Talladega-Sylacauga area from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in the Talladega-Sylacauga area is 53 (upper middle), #203 of 476 scored small-town markets and #5 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Alabama.
How the Talladega-Sylacauga area 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 | Talladega-Sylacauga area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $4.1M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,655 | 1,213 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.3% | +14.0% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,456 | $2,699 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $57,722 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23−4.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 102
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 221 chain location
- 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 the Talladega-Sylacauga area, 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 the Talladega-Sylacauga area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,7640.0% since 2020
- Households
- 38,062
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,388 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $57,722
- Average household income
- $72,187
- Median home value
- $144,400
- Jobs located here
- 28,443
- Daytime population
- 80,946Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Enterprise, AL | 90 | 5 | 2.4 | $11.3M | +6.3% | #3 of 476 |
| 2Fort Payne, AL | 69 | 10 | 3.8 | $6.2M | +3.4% | #59 of 476 |
| 3Scottsboro, AL | 61 | 6 | 2.8 | $8.9M | +3.3% | #121 of 476 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 59 | 21 | 5.2 | $4.8M | +3.0% | #151 of 476 |
| 4Albertville, AL | 55 | 29 | 8.0 | $3.3M | +6.0% | #184 of 476 |
| 5Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 53 | 22 | 5.8 | $4.2M | 0.0% | #203 of 476 |
| 6Eufaula, AL-GA | 49 | 5 | 4.9 | $4.6M | −1.2% | #248 of 476 |
| 7Selma, AL | 45 | 7 | 4.4 | $4.7M | −7.9% | #281 of 476 |
| 8Cullman, AL | 38 | 35 | 9.9 | $2.7M | +6.7% | #367 of 476 |
| 9Alexander City, AL | 35 | 13 | 7.6 | $3.3M | −0.8% | #385 of 476 |
Other business types in the Talladega-Sylacauga area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area?
There are 22 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Talladega-Sylacauga area as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 4.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $93.5M a year, or $2,456 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 38,062 households in the Talladega-Sylacauga area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Talladega-Sylacauga area has 5.8 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.2M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Talladega-Sylacauga area would have about 20, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,655 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Talladega-Sylacauga area at 91,764 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 38,062 households. The median household income in the Talladega-Sylacauga area is $57,722 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Talladega-Sylacauga area scores 53 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #203 of 476 scored small-town markets.
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