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HVAC and plumbing companies in Okeechobee County, FL
How Okeechobee County, FL 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,237 of 1,707 scored counties
#44 of 53 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,524 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,608
- +7.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 HVAC and plumbing companies in Okeechobee County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Households in Okeechobee County spend about $38.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,524 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.8M per company, 20% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Okeechobee County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 720 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Okeechobee County grew 7.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Okeechobee County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #1,237 of 1,707 scored counties and #44 of 53 scored counties in Florida.
How Okeechobee County 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 | Okeechobee County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 7.8 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $3.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 720 | 936 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.3% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,524 | $2,932 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $57,984 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 84
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,608+7.4% since 2020
- Households
- 15,113
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 769 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $57,984+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,029
- Median home value
- $193,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,546
- Daytime population
- 37,214Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 93 | 13 | 1.8 | $15.6M | +21.1% | #2 of 1,707 |
| 2St. Johns County, FL | 85 | 55 | 4.7 | $7.6M | +25.0% | #22 of 1,707 |
| 3Nassau County, FL | 78 | 21 | 5.3 | $5.9M | +17.4% | #80 of 1,707 |
| 4Osceola County, FL | 75 | 62 | 4.3 | $6.4M | +23.2% | #119 of 1,707 |
| 5Flagler County, FL | 75 | 30 | 5.7 | $5.2M | +21.0% | #126 of 1,707 |
| 6Hernando County, FL | 69 | 41 | 5.0 | $5.4M | +13.3% | #236 of 1,707 |
| 7Clay County, FL | 69 | 52 | 6.2 | $4.9M | +9.4% | #242 of 1,707 |
| 8Santa Rosa County, FL | 68 | 47 | 6.5 | $4.8M | +11.7% | #256 of 1,707 |
| 9Alachua County, FL | 66 | 63 | 5.4 | $5.1M | +3.7% | #308 of 1,707 |
| 10Lake County, FL | 65 | 93 | 5.7 | $5M | +18.1% | #344 of 1,707 |
| 44Okeechobee County, FL | 39 | 10 | 6.6 | $3.8M | +7.4% | #1,237 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Okeechobee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Okeechobee County, FL?
There are 10 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Okeechobee County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Okeechobee County, FL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $38.1M a year, or $2,524 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 15,113 households in Okeechobee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Okeechobee County, FL compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Okeechobee County has 6.6 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.8M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Okeechobee County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 720 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Okeechobee County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Okeechobee County at 42,608 people in 2025, up 7.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,113 households. The median household income in Okeechobee County is $57,984 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% 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. Okeechobee County scores 39 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,237 of 1,707 scored counties.
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