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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Boulder, CO metro area
How the Boulder, CO metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #37 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 7 scored metro areas based 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
For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Boulder metro area has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #37 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for HVAC and plumbing companies.
As of September 2026, map listings count 75 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Boulder metro area. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.5, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Boulder metro area comes to about $460.3M a year: $3,359 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $6.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 29% 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 95 businesses with payroll in the Boulder metro area 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 the Boulder metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Boulder metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Boulder metro area 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 metro area | 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 | 72 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 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 the Boulder 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 Boulder metro area
- 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 metro areas in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boulder, CO | 72 | 75 | 5.5 | $6.1M | −0.7% | #37 of 387 |
| 2Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 62 | 830 | 6.8 | $4.9M | +4.1% | #95 of 387 |
| 3Colorado Springs, CO | 46 | 240 | 7.9 | $3.8M | +3.1% | #230 of 387 |
| 4Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 42 | 128 | 8.3 | $3.7M | +4.8% | #258 of 387 |
| 5Greeley, CO | 42 | 111 | 8.9 | $3.4M | +14.2% | #263 of 387 |
| 6Pueblo, CO | 34 | 43 | 6.3 | $4M | +0.6% | #320 of 387 |
| 7Grand Junction, CO | 23 | 65 | 9.9 | $2.7M | +4.4% | #374 of 387 |
Other business types in the Boulder 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 trades69
- HVAC and plumbing72
- Electricians59
- Roofing and gutters68
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control50
- Landscaping and lawn care45
- House cleaning42
- Pest control73
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Boulder, CO metro area?
The Boulder metro area has 75 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 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 the Boulder, CO metro area 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. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 137,008 households in the Boulder metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Boulder, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Boulder metro area 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 national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Boulder metro area 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 the Boulder, CO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Boulder metro area at 328,560 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 137,008 households. The median household income in the Boulder metro area is $103,994 a year, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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 Boulder metro area scores 72 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #37 of 387 scored metro areas.
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