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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #287 of 387 scored metro areas
#15 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 121
- 7 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 139
- +9.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $370.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,092 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 60% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 315,098
- +9.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area comes to about $370.4M a year: $3,092 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Spread across 121 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $3.1M per company, 36% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area has 121 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 10.1 per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area was 139 in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 862 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $796K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #287 of 387 scored metro areas and #15 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 7.8 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $3.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 862 | 936 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.5% | +13.3% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,092 | $2,932 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $81,993 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 139+9.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,085
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $58.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1217 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 78The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $796K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 315,098+9.4% since 2020
- Households
- 119,773
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,968 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 152
- Median household income
- $81,993+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,705
- Median home value
- $364,100
- Jobs located here
- 125,751
- Daytime population
- 308,702Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 93 | 13 | 1.8 | $15.6M | +21.1% | #1 of 387 |
| 2Jacksonville, FL | 62 | 432 | 6.5 | $4.6M | +10.7% | #100 of 387 |
| 3Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 60 | 664 | 6.5 | $4.6M | +10.3% | #115 of 387 |
| 4Gainesville, FL | 58 | 79 | 5.5 | $4.9M | +5.4% | #130 of 387 |
| 5Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 54 | 141 | 7.0 | $4.1M | +6.5% | #171 of 387 |
| 6Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 53 | 195 | 6.7 | $4M | +19.8% | #178 of 387 |
| 7Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 51 | 195 | 6.6 | $4.2M | +11.2% | #192 of 387 |
| 8Naples-Marco Island, FL | 47 | 148 | 8.9 | $3.7M | +10.6% | #221 of 387 |
| 9Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 46 | 1,720 | 7.4 | $4.1M | +4.2% | #227 of 387 |
| 10Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 42 | 1,121 | 8.4 | $3.5M | +7.3% | #260 of 387 |
| 15Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 39 | 121 | 10.1 | $3.1M | +9.4% | #287 of 387 |
Other business types in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin 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 trades46
- HVAC and plumbing39
- Electricians69
- Roofing and gutters50
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control41
- Landscaping and lawn care56
- House cleaning38
- Pest control53
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 121 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area. 7 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 139 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $370.4M a year, or $3,092 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 121 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 119,773 households in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area has 10.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.1M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area would have about 78, against 121 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 862 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area at 315,098 people in 2025, up 9.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 119,773 households. Median household income in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area is $81,993, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area scores 39 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #287 of 387 scored metro areas.
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