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HVAC and plumbing companies in Boulder County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Boulder County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #204 of 1,707 scored counties
#4 of 31 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 75
- 3 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 95
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $460.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,359 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 328,560
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Boulder County comes to about $460.3M a year: $3,359 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 75 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $6.1M per company, 29% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Boulder County has 75 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (4%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 5.5 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 95 businesses with payroll in Boulder County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,442 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $450K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Boulder County.
Population estimates put the population change in Boulder County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For HVAC and plumbing companies, Boulder County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #204 of 1,707 scored counties and #4 of 31 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Boulder 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.
| Measure | Boulder County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 7.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $4.4M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,442 | 906 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +7.7% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,359 | $3,138 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $103,994 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 95 → 950.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,093
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $79.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 753 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 97The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $450K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Boulder 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 Boulder County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 328,560−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 137,008
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 726 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 453
- Median household income
- $103,994+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $148,846
- Median home value
- $756,300
- Jobs located here
- 190,563
- Daytime population
- 376,803Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denver County, CO | 85 | 157 | 4.7 | $6.8M | +3.2% | #24 of 1,707 |
| 2Douglas County, CO | 82 | 84 | 6.0 | $6.5M | +10.9% | #47 of 1,707 |
| 3Broomfield County, CO | 81 | 22 | 6.9 | $5.2M | +6.3% | #57 of 1,707 |
| 4Boulder County, CO | 70 | 75 | 5.5 | $6.1M | −0.7% | #204 of 1,707 |
| 5Montezuma County, CO | 58 | 5 | 4.4 | $5.8M | +3.0% | #556 of 1,707 |
| 6Arapahoe County, CO | 58 | 192 | 7.5 | $4.3M | +2.8% | #581 of 1,707 |
| 7Routt County, CO | 55 | 7 | 6.2 | $5.4M | +2.0% | #673 of 1,707 |
| 8Park County, CO | 54 | 6 | 6.7 | $4.7M | +5.1% | #707 of 1,707 |
| 9Chaffee County, CO | 53 | 6 | 6.1 | $4.7M | +6.9% | #740 of 1,707 |
| 10El Paso County, CO | 53 | 230 | 7.9 | $3.8M | +3.2% | #760 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Boulder 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 trades66
- HVAC and plumbing70
- Electricians63
- Roofing and gutters69
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control48
- Landscaping and lawn care49
- House cleaning44
- Pest control69
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Boulder County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 75 HVAC and plumbing companies in Boulder County. 3 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 95 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Boulder County, CO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $460.3M a year, or $3,359 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 75 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 137,008 households in Boulder County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Boulder County, CO compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Boulder County has 5.5 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $6.1M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Boulder County would have about 97, against 75 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,442 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Boulder County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Boulder County at 328,560 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 137,008 households. Median household income in Boulder County is $103,994, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Boulder County scores 70 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #204 of 1,707 scored counties.
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