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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Payson, AZ area
The HVAC and plumbing companies in the Payson, AZ area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #371 of 476 scored small-town markets
#4 of 4 scored small-town markets based 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 Payson area scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #371 of 476 scored small-town markets and #4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Arizona. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Payson area comes to about $58.5M a year: $2,473 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $3.2M per company, 32% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
The Payson area has 18 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 7.6 per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Payson area was 21 in 2023, 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 the Payson area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Payson area grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Payson area 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 | Payson area | 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 | 37 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 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 the Payson 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 Payson area
- 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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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arizona for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Payson area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nogales, AZ | 62 | 8 | 4.7 | $5M | +4.8% | #113 of 476 |
| 2Safford, AZ | 47 | 9 | 7.1 | $3.5M | +4.0% | #272 of 476 |
| 3Show Low, AZ | 39 | 25 | 6.2 | $3.7M | +3.0% | #345 of 476 |
| 4Payson, AZ | 37 | 18 | 7.6 | $3.2M | +0.9% | #371 of 476 |
Other business types in the Payson area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Payson, AZ area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Payson area. 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 the Payson, AZ area 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. 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 23,645 households in the Payson area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Payson, AZ area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Payson area 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 U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Payson area 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 the Payson, AZ area growing?
Population estimates put the Payson area at 53,801 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,645 households. Median household income in the Payson area is $61,986, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.4%, 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. 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 Payson area scores 37 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #371 of 476 scored small-town markets.
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