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HVAC and plumbing companies in Gila County, AZ
The HVAC and plumbing companies in Gila County, AZ, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,474 of 1,707 scored counties
#11 of 12 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 18
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- −8.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $58.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,473 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,801
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Gila County is 31 (lower middle), #1,474 of 1,707 scored counties and #11 of 12 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 HVAC and plumbing companies in Gila County. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 7.6 for every 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Gila County comes to about $58.5M a year: $2,473 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per company, 32% 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 21 businesses with payroll in Gila County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, down 8.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,126 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Gila County. Population estimates show Gila County grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Gila County compares
The same measures for Arizona 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 | Gila County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 7.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $4M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,126 | 1,113 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.7% | +19.5% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,473 | $2,855 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $61,986 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 21−8.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 76
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 181 chain location
- 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
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Gila 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 Gila County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,801+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 23,645
- Median age
- 49.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,758 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $61,986+42.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,972
- Median home value
- $269,400
- Jobs located here
- 13,608
- Daytime population
- 48,361Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 75 | 74 | 4.6 | $6.1M | +25.4% | #122 of 1,707 |
| 2Santa Cruz County, AZ | 59 | 8 | 4.7 | $5M | +4.8% | #533 of 1,707 |
| 3Maricopa County, AZ | 57 | 1,327 | 7.7 | $3.9M | +5.5% | #617 of 1,707 |
| 4Yuma County, AZ | 54 | 45 | 5.7 | $4.3M | +9.2% | #714 of 1,707 |
| 5Pima County, AZ | 53 | 288 | 6.6 | $4.1M | +2.8% | #755 of 1,707 |
| 6Coconino County, AZ | 42 | 37 | 6.7 | $4.1M | −0.6% | #1,132 of 1,707 |
| 7Graham County, AZ | 42 | 9 | 7.1 | $3.5M | +4.0% | #1,142 of 1,707 |
| 8Yavapai County, AZ | 38 | 95 | 8.5 | $3.1M | +6.5% | #1,287 of 1,707 |
| 9Navajo County, AZ | 36 | 25 | 6.2 | $3.7M | +3.0% | #1,332 of 1,707 |
| 10Cochise County, AZ | 31 | 37 | 7.3 | $3.3M | +0.6% | #1,471 of 1,707 |
| 11Gila County, AZ | 31 | 18 | 7.6 | $3.2M | +0.9% | #1,474 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Gila County
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Gila County, AZ?
There are 18 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Gila County as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 8.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Gila County, AZ spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $58.5M a year, or $2,473 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 23,645 households in Gila County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gila County, AZ compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Gila County has 7.6 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.2M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Gila County would have about 12, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,126 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Gila County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Gila County at 53,801 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,645 households. The median household income in Gila County is $61,986 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.4% 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. Gila County scores 31 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,474 of 1,707 scored counties.
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