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HVAC and plumbing companies in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,272 of 1,707 scored counties
#5 of 5 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 27
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 49
- +6.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $109.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,017 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.4
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,972
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 HVAC and plumbing companies in Fairbanks North Star Borough. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 7%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 7.4 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Households in Fairbanks North Star Borough spend about $109.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,017 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 27 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4.1M per company, 15% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 49 businesses with payroll in Fairbanks North Star Borough classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 6.5% from 2019. That is one for every 742 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $5.3M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Population estimates show Fairbanks North Star Borough declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For HVAC and plumbing companies, Fairbanks North Star Borough has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #1,272 of 1,707 scored counties and #5 of 5 scored counties in Alaska.
How Fairbanks North Star Borough 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.
| Measure | Fairbanks North Star Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.4 | 4.7 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $6.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 742 | 1,025 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.5% | +3.5% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,017 | $3,064 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $88,267 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 46 → 49+6.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 345
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $35.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 272 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $5.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Fairbanks North Star Borough, 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,972−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,359
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 7,335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,548
- Median home value
- $298,200
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 70 | 8 | 3.3 | $8.7M | +5.1% | #198 of 1,707 |
| 2Anchorage Municipality, AK | 68 | 49 | 4.5 | $7.2M | −1.3% | #246 of 1,707 |
| 3Juneau City and Borough, AK | 57 | 5 | 3.8 | $8.4M | −1.8% | #593 of 1,707 |
| 4Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 51 | 32 | 8.0 | $3.8M | +10.4% | #833 of 1,707 |
| 5Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 38 | 27 | 7.4 | $4.1M | −1.4% | #1,272 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Fairbanks North Star Borough
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 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK?
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 27 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 6.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $109.7M a year, or $3,017 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 36,359 households in Fairbanks North Star Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 7.4 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.1M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Fairbanks North Star Borough would have about 23, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 742 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Fairbanks North Star Borough at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. The median household income in Fairbanks North Star Borough is $88,267 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.6% 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. Fairbanks North Star Borough scores 38 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,272 of 1,707 scored counties.
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