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HVAC and plumbing companies in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #127 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 727
- 22 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 1,072
- +10.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3.9B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,320 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.3M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,282,248
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 727 HVAC and plumbing companies in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area. 22 of them (3%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
At $3,320 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area spend about $3.9B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 727 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $5.3M per company, 12% 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 1,072 businesses with payroll in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 10.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,093 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 77 SBA-backed loans worth $45.9M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area.
Population estimates show the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #127 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.
How the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad 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.
| Measure | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.3M | $5.2M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,093 | 1,159 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.5% | +10.4% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,320 | $3,240 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $106,268 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 1,072+10.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 12,748
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 72722 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 817The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 77
- Amount
- $45.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad 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 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,282,248−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 1,171,278
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,211 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 781
- Median household income
- $106,268+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $141,250
- Median home value
- $854,700
- Jobs located here
- 1,516,991
- Daytime population
- 3,269,716Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 74 | 905 | 5.2 | $7.3M | −2.4% | #21 of 387 |
| 2Vallejo, CA | 74 | 79 | 5.0 | $6.3M | +0.6% | #24 of 387 |
| 3Stockton-Lodi, CA | 73 | 130 | 5.3 | $5.7M | +5.5% | #30 of 387 |
| 4Yuba City, CA | 72 | 21 | 3.4 | $8.2M | +3.3% | #33 of 387 |
| 5San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 70 | 402 | 5.9 | $7M | −0.6% | #47 of 387 |
| 6Merced, CA | 67 | 34 | 4.0 | $6.5M | +5.1% | #60 of 387 |
| 7Fresno, CA | 64 | 191 | 5.2 | $5.3M | +3.2% | #74 of 387 |
| 8Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 63 | 542 | 6.1 | $5.1M | +3.2% | #85 of 387 |
| 9Napa, CA | 61 | 26 | 5.2 | $6.6M | −3.3% | #103 of 387 |
| 10Visalia, CA | 60 | 73 | 5.1 | $5.3M | +2.4% | #111 of 387 |
| 12San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 58 | 727 | 6.2 | $5.3M | −0.6% | #127 of 387 |
Other business types in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area
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 trades61
- HVAC and plumbing58
- Electricians57
- Roofing and gutters66
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control56
- Landscaping and lawn care65
- House cleaning35
- Pest control49
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area?
The San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area has 727 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 22 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 1,072 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 10.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $3.9B a year, or $3,320 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 727 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.3M 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 1,171,278 households in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area has 6.2 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.3M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area would have about 817, against 727 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 10.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area at 3,282,248 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,171,278 households. The median household income in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area is $106,268 a year, 32% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.6% 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. The San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area scores 58 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #127 of 387 scored metro areas.
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