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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area

The HVAC and plumbing companies in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #85 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
542
21 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
807
+14.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.8B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,147 a household
Spending per listing
$5.1M
8% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.1
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,477,274
+3.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $3,147 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area spend about $2.8B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 8% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

The Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area has 542 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.1, 3% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area was 807 in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,093 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 49 SBA-backed loans worth $30M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area is 63 (upper middle), #85 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureSacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.16.26.3
Spending per listing$5.1M$5.2M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,0931,1591,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.3%+10.4%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.2%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,147$3,240$3,018
Median household income$97,188$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score6354

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
807+14.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
10,783
Annual payroll, 2023
$881.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
54221 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
583The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
49
Amount
$30M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro 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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
2,477,274+3.2% since 2020
Households
881,889
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
5,094 sq. mi.
People per square mile
476
Median household income
$97,188+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$127,123
Median home value
$589,500
Jobs located here
1,075,816
Daytime population
2,432,293Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in California, with the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA749055.2$7.3M−2.4%#21 of 387
2Vallejo, CA74795.0$6.3M+0.6%#24 of 387
3Stockton-Lodi, CA731305.3$5.7M+5.5%#30 of 387
4Yuba City, CA72213.4$8.2M+3.3%#33 of 387
5San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA704025.9$7M−0.6%#47 of 387
6Merced, CA67344.0$6.5M+5.1%#60 of 387
7Fresno, CA641915.2$5.3M+3.2%#74 of 387
8Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA635426.1$5.1M+3.2%#85 of 387
9Napa, CA61265.2$6.6M−3.3%#103 of 387
10Visalia, CA60735.1$5.3M+2.4%#111 of 387

Other business types in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 542 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area. 21 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 807 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $2.8B a year, or $3,147 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 542 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 881,889 households in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

The Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area has 6.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.1M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area would have about 583, against 542 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,093 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area at 2,477,274 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 881,889 households. Median household income in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area is $97,188, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.5%, 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. The Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom metro area scores 63 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #85 of 387 scored metro areas.

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