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HVAC and plumbing companies in Elbert County, CO

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Elbert County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #973 of 1,707 scored counties
#14 of 31 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
11
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
23
−14.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$36.2M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,620 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
31% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.0
75% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,534
+16.5% 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

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Elbert County comes to about $36.2M a year: $3,620 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. Spread across 11 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $3.3M per company, 31% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

Elbert County has 11 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.0, 75% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Elbert County was 23 in 2023, down 14.8% from 2019. That is one for every 435 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Elbert County.

Population estimates put the population change in Elbert County from 2020 to 2025 at +16.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Elbert County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #973 of 1,707 scored counties and #14 of 31 scored counties in Colorado.

How Elbert 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 Elbert County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureElbert CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.07.26.3
Spending per listing$3.3M$4.4M$4.8M
Households per official establishment4359061,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−14.8%+7.7%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.5%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,620$3,138$3,018
Median household income$132,685$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score4745

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
27 → 23−14.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
85
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$1.2M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
30,534+16.5% since 2020
Households
10,004
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
95%
Vehicles per household
2.8
Land area
1,851 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$132,685+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$161,186
Median home value
$709,800
Jobs located here
4,921
Daytime population
17,161Residents 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 Elbert 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
14Elbert County, CO471111.0$3.3M+16.5%#973 of 1,707

Other business types in Elbert County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 HVAC and plumbing companies in Elbert County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 14.8% from 2019.

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

About $36.2M a year, or $3,620 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 10,004 households in Elbert County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Elbert County has 11.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.3M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Elbert County would have about 8, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 435 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Elbert County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Elbert County at 30,534 people in 2025, up 16.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,004 households. Median household income in Elbert County is $132,685, 64% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. Elbert County scores 47 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #973 of 1,707 scored counties.

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