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HVAC and plumbing companies in Orange County, CA
The HVAC and plumbing companies in Orange County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #782 of 1,707 scored counties
#34 of 49 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 847
- 42 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 1,028
- +2.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3.8B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,492 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,149,507
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Orange County comes to about $3.8B a year: $3,492 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 6% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Orange County has 847 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 7.8 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Official counts show 1,028 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Orange County in 2023, up 2.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,053 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 64 SBA-backed loans worth $47.2M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Orange County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Orange County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Orange County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #782 of 1,707 scored counties and #34 of 49 scored counties in California.
How Orange 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 | Orange County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $5.2M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,053 | 1,159 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.6% | +10.4% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,492 | $3,240 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $116,289 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 1,002 → 1,028+2.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 15,367
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 84742 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 795The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 64
- Amount
- $47.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Orange 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 Orange County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,149,507−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,082,960
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 793 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,991
- Median household income
- $116,289+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $156,761
- Median home value
- $962,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,713,003
- Daytime population
- 3,381,147Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Orange County?
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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 |
| 34Orange County, CA | 52 | 847 | 7.8 | $4.5M | −1.1% | #782 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Orange County
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
- Home repair trades55
- HVAC and plumbing52
- Electricians56
- Roofing and gutters64
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control61
- Landscaping and lawn care73
- House cleaning50
- Pest control49
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Orange County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 847 HVAC and plumbing companies in Orange County. 42 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 1,028 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 2.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Orange County, CA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $3.8B a year, or $3,492 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 847 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 1,082,960 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orange County, CA compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Orange County has 7.8 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.5M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Orange County would have about 795, against 847 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,053 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Orange County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Orange County at 3,149,507 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,082,960 households. Median household income in Orange County is $116,289, 44% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. Orange County scores 52 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #782 of 1,707 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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