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HVAC and plumbing companies in Santa Cruz County, AZ
How Santa Cruz County, AZ 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #533 of 1,707 scored counties
#2 of 12 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $39.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,340 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,020
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 HVAC and plumbing companies in Santa Cruz County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 4.7 for every 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Santa Cruz County comes to about $39.7M a year: $2,340 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5M per company, 4% above 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 11 businesses with payroll in Santa Cruz County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 1,542 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Santa Cruz County grew 4.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Santa Cruz County scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #533 of 1,707 scored counties and #2 of 12 scored counties in Arizona.
How Santa Cruz 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 | Santa Cruz County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 7.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $4M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,542 | 1,113 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.5% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,340 | $2,855 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $55,217 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 53
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,020+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 16,966
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,236 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $55,217+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,913
- Median home value
- $233,000
- Jobs located here
- 12,313
- Daytime population
- 42,829Residents 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 |
Other business types in Santa Cruz County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Santa Cruz County, AZ?
Santa Cruz County has 8 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Santa Cruz County, AZ spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $39.7M a year, or $2,340 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5M 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 16,966 households in Santa Cruz County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Santa Cruz County, AZ compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Santa Cruz County has 4.7 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,542 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Santa Cruz County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Santa Cruz County at 50,020 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,966 households. The median household income in Santa Cruz County is $55,217 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.8% 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. Santa Cruz County scores 59 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #533 of 1,707 scored counties.
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