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HVAC and plumbing companies in Calaveras County, CA
The HVAC and plumbing companies in Calaveras County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #358 of 1,707 scored counties
#13 of 49 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $53.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,902 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.9M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,605
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 HVAC and plumbing companies in Calaveras County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 4.9 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Calaveras County comes to about $53.5M a year: $2,902 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $5.9M per company, 25% 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.
Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Calaveras County in 2023. That is one for every 1,024 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 Calaveras County.
Population estimates show Calaveras County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Calaveras County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #358 of 1,707 scored counties and #13 of 49 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Calaveras County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Calaveras County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.9M | $5.2M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,024 | 1,159 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.4% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,902 | $3,240 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $78,647 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 108
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Calaveras 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 Calaveras County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,605+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 18,437
- Median age
- 50.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,020 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $78,647+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,069
- Median home value
- $457,200
- Jobs located here
- 10,991
- Daytime population
- 32,740Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yolo County, CA | 81 | 34 | 4.4 | $6.9M | +3.1% | #52 of 1,707 |
| 2San Francisco County, CA | 78 | 99 | 2.7 | $14M | −5.6% | #73 of 1,707 |
| 3Amador County, CA | 76 | 6 | 3.7 | $7.7M | +3.2% | #96 of 1,707 |
| 4San Joaquin County, CA | 74 | 130 | 5.3 | $5.7M | +5.5% | #136 of 1,707 |
| 5Alameda County, CA | 73 | 317 | 5.3 | $7M | −2.6% | #149 of 1,707 |
| 6Solano County, CA | 73 | 79 | 5.0 | $6.3M | +0.6% | #151 of 1,707 |
| 7Santa Clara County, CA | 72 | 388 | 5.9 | $7M | −0.9% | #165 of 1,707 |
| 8Contra Costa County, CA | 72 | 233 | 5.6 | $6.5M | +0.3% | #166 of 1,707 |
| 9Merced County, CA | 69 | 34 | 4.0 | $6.5M | +5.1% | #227 of 1,707 |
| 10Madera County, CA | 66 | 20 | 4.4 | $6.3M | +7.4% | #291 of 1,707 |
| 13Calaveras County, CA | 64 | 9 | 4.9 | $5.9M | +2.8% | #358 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Calaveras County
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 Calaveras County, CA?
There are 9 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Calaveras County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Calaveras County, CA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $53.5M a year, or $2,902 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.9M 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 18,437 households in Calaveras County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Calaveras County, CA compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Calaveras County has 4.9 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.9M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Calaveras County would have about 11, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,024 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Calaveras County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Calaveras County at 46,605 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,437 households. The median household income in Calaveras County is $78,647 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.5% 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. Calaveras County scores 64 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #358 of 1,707 scored counties.
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