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HVAC and plumbing companies in Arapahoe County, CO

How Arapahoe County, CO 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #581 of 1,707 scored counties
#6 of 31 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
192
8 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
251
+19.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$832.6M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,237 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.5
19% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
673,820
+2.8% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 192 HVAC and plumbing companies in Arapahoe County. 8 of them (4%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 7.5 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Households in Arapahoe County spend about $832.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,237 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.3M per company, 9% below 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 251 businesses with payroll in Arapahoe County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 19.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,025 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $7M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Arapahoe County.

Population estimates show Arapahoe County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Arapahoe County is 58 (upper middle), #581 of 1,707 scored counties and #6 of 31 scored counties in Colorado.

How Arapahoe County compares

The same measures for Colorado 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 Arapahoe County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureArapahoe CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.57.26.3
Spending per listing$4.3M$4.4M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,0259061,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+19.0%+7.7%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,237$3,138$3,018
Median household income$101,087$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score5845

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
211 → 251+19.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,182
Annual payroll, 2023
$251.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1928 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
175The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
18
Amount
$7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Arapahoe 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 Arapahoe County

Population, 2025 estimate
673,820+2.8% since 2020
Households
257,232
Median age
38.7
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
798 sq. mi.
People per square mile
827
Median household income
$101,087+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$136,289
Median home value
$561,200
Jobs located here
352,398
Daytime population
677,507Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Arapahoe County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Denver County, CO851574.7$6.8M+3.2%#24 of 1,707
2Douglas County, CO82846.0$6.5M+10.9%#47 of 1,707
3Broomfield County, CO81226.9$5.2M+6.3%#57 of 1,707
4Boulder County, CO70755.5$6.1M−0.7%#204 of 1,707
5Montezuma County, CO5854.4$5.8M+3.0%#556 of 1,707
6Arapahoe County, CO581927.5$4.3M+2.8%#581 of 1,707
7Routt County, CO5576.2$5.4M+2.0%#673 of 1,707
8Park County, CO5466.7$4.7M+5.1%#707 of 1,707
9Chaffee County, CO5366.1$4.7M+6.9%#740 of 1,707
10El Paso County, CO532307.9$3.8M+3.2%#760 of 1,707

Other business types in Arapahoe County

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Arapahoe County, CO?

Arapahoe County has 192 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 251 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 19.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Arapahoe County, CO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $832.6M a year, or $3,237 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 192 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 257,232 households in Arapahoe County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Arapahoe County, CO compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

Arapahoe County has 7.5 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.3M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Arapahoe County would have about 175, against 192 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,025 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Arapahoe County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Arapahoe County at 673,820 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 257,232 households. The median household income in Arapahoe County is $101,087 a year, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.5% 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. Arapahoe County scores 58 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #581 of 1,707 scored counties.

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