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HVAC and plumbing companies in La Plata County, CO
The HVAC and plumbing companies in La Plata County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,403 of 1,707 scored counties
#23 of 31 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 22
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 45
- +18.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $71.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,930 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,898
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For HVAC and plumbing companies, La Plata County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,403 of 1,707 scored counties and #23 of 31 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 HVAC and plumbing companies in La Plata County. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 9.0 per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in La Plata County comes to about $71.4M a year: $2,930 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 22 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $3.2M per company, 32% 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 45 businesses with payroll in La Plata County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 18.4% from 2019. That is one for every 542 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $4.4M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in La Plata County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of La Plata County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How La Plata 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 | La Plata County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 7.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $4.4M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 542 | 906 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.4% | +7.7% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,930 | $3,138 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $86,056 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 45+18.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 253
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 221 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $4.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in La Plata 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 La Plata County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,898+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,378
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,690 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $86,056+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,780
- Median home value
- $591,500
- Jobs located here
- 25,833
- Daytime population
- 57,893Residents 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 |
| 23La Plata County, CO | 34 | 22 | 9.0 | $3.2M | +2.2% | #1,403 of 1,707 |
Other business types in La Plata County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in La Plata County, CO?
La Plata County has 22 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 18.4% from 2019.
How much do households in La Plata County, CO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $71.4M a year, or $2,930 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 24,378 households in La Plata County and national spending patterns by income.
How does La Plata County, CO compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
La Plata County has 9.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.2M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, La Plata County would have about 15, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 542 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is La Plata County, CO growing?
Population estimates put La Plata County at 56,898 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,378 households. The median household income in La Plata County is $86,056 a year, 7% 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. La Plata County scores 34 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,403 of 1,707 scored counties.
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