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HVAC and plumbing companies in Fremont County, CO

How Fremont 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,444 of 1,707 scored counties
#24 of 31 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
29
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$44.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,484 a household
Spending per listing
$4.1M
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.1
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
50,039
+2.4% 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

The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Fremont County is 32 (lower middle), #1,444 of 1,707 scored counties and #24 of 31 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 HVAC and plumbing companies in Fremont County. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 6.1 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

At $2,484 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Fremont County spend about $44.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 15% 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.

Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Fremont County in 2023. That is one for every 620 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Population estimates show Fremont County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Fremont 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 Fremont County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureFremont CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.17.26.3
Spending per listing$4.1M$4.4M$4.8M
Households per official establishment6209061,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.7%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,484$3,138$3,018
Median household income$62,664$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score3245

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 29
Employees, 2023
159
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
50,039+2.4% since 2020
Households
17,976
Median age
46.1
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,534 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$62,664+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,400
Median home value
$324,000
Jobs located here
11,334
Daytime population
42,665Residents 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 Fremont 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
24Fremont County, CO32116.1$4.1M+2.4%#1,444 of 1,707

Other business types in Fremont County

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

Questions

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

There are 11 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Fremont County as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

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

About $44.7M a year, or $2,484 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 17,976 households in Fremont County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fremont County has 6.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.1M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Fremont County would have about 9, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 620 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Fremont County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Fremont County at 50,039 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,976 households. The median household income in Fremont County is $62,664 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.8% 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. Fremont County scores 32 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,444 of 1,707 scored counties.

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