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HVAC and plumbing companies in Anchorage Municipality, AK

How Anchorage Municipality, AK 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #246 of 1,707 scored counties
#2 of 5 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
49
3 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
89
−12.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$352.3M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,244 a household
Spending per listing
$7.2M
51% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
287,155
−1.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $3,244 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $352.3M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $7.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 51% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

Anchorage Municipality has 49 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Official counts show 89 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Anchorage Municipality in 2023, down 12.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,220 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $4.5M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Anchorage Municipality.

Population estimates show Anchorage Municipality declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Anchorage Municipality scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #246 of 1,707 scored counties and #2 of 5 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Anchorage Municipality compares

The same measures for Alaska 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Anchorage Municipality, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureAnchorage MunicipalityAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.54.76.3
Spending per listing$7.2M$6.5M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,2201,0251,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−12.7%+3.5%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,244$3,064$3,018
Median household income$103,284$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score6858

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
102 → 89−12.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
861
Annual payroll, 2023
$77M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
493 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
74The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$4.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Anchorage Municipality, 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 Anchorage Municipality

Population, 2025 estimate
287,155−1.3% since 2020
Households
108,597
Median age
36.3
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,707 sq. mi.
People per square mile
169
Median household income
$103,284+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$132,200
Median home value
$395,900
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Anchorage Municipality marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK7083.3$8.7M+5.1%#198 of 1,707
2Anchorage Municipality, AK68494.5$7.2M−1.3%#246 of 1,707
3Juneau City and Borough, AK5753.8$8.4M−1.8%#593 of 1,707
4Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK51328.0$3.8M+10.4%#833 of 1,707
5Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK38277.4$4.1M−1.4%#1,272 of 1,707

Other business types in Anchorage Municipality

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 Anchorage Municipality, AK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 HVAC and plumbing companies in Anchorage Municipality. 3 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 89 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 12.7% from 2019.

How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $352.3M a year, or $3,244 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $7.2M 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 108,597 households in Anchorage Municipality and national spending patterns by income.

How does Anchorage Municipality, AK compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

Anchorage Municipality has 4.5 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $7.2M, 51% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 74, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,220 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Anchorage Municipality, AK growing?

Population estimates put Anchorage Municipality at 287,155 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 108,597 households. Median household income in Anchorage Municipality is $103,284, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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. Anchorage Municipality scores 68 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #246 of 1,707 scored counties.

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