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HVAC and plumbing companies in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK
How Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,961 a household
- Spending per listing
- $17M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 13,549
- −2.6% since 2020
See the HVAC and plumbing companies around any address in Ketchikan Gateway Borough
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Ketchikan Gateway Borough comes to about $17M a year: $2,961 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $17M of household spending for each company on map listings. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
There is 1 HVAC or plumbing company on map listings in Ketchikan Gateway Borough as of September 2026. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Ketchikan Gateway Borough was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 955 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Ketchikan Gateway Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 HVAC or plumbing company on map listings, Ketchikan Gateway Borough isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Ketchikan Gateway 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 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 4.7 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $17M | $6.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 955 | 1,025 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,961 | $3,064 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $92,885 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 50
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Ketchikan Gateway 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,549−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,732
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 4,857 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $92,885+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,287
- Median home value
- $393,300
- 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 |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | Not scored | 1 | 1.7 | $17M | −2.6% |
Other business types in Ketchikan Gateway Borough
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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 HVAC or plumbing company in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $17M a year, or $2,961 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 HVAC or plumbing company on map listings, it comes to $17M 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 5,732 households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 1 HVAC or plumbing company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Ketchikan Gateway Borough would have about 4, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 955 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Ketchikan Gateway Borough at 13,549 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,732 households. Median household income in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is $92,885, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Ketchikan Gateway Borough has no market score for HVAC and plumbing companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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