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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area

How the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 93 out of 100: Very high

Ranked #1 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
13
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
28
+27.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$202.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,883 a household
Spending per listing
$15.6M
3.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.8
71% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
157,772
+21.1% 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 the Wildwood-The Villages metro area is 93 (very high), #1 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for HVAC and plumbing companies.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.8, 71% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area comes to about $202.7M a year: $2,883 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $15.6M per company, 3.3 times 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 28 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area in 2023, up 27.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,511 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +21.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Wildwood-The Villages 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureWildwood-The Villages metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.87.86.3
Spending per listing$15.6M$3.8M$4.8M
Households per official establishment2,5119361,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+27.3%+13.3%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+21.1%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,883$2,932$3,018
Median household income$76,508$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score9337

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
28+27.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
664
Annual payroll, 2023
$43.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
130 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
43The 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 the Wildwood-The Villages 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 Wildwood-The Villages metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
157,772+21.1% since 2020
Households
70,318
Median age
62.4
Homes lived in by their owners
88%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
557 sq. mi.
People per square mile
257
Median household income
$76,508
Average household income
$98,339
Median home value
$385,400
Jobs located here
37,385
Daytime population
146,480Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Wildwood-The Villages metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL93131.8$15.6M+21.1%#1 of 387
2Jacksonville, FL624326.5$4.6M+10.7%#100 of 387
3Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL606646.5$4.6M+10.3%#115 of 387
4Gainesville, FL58795.5$4.9M+5.4%#130 of 387
5Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL541417.0$4.1M+6.5%#171 of 387
6Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL531956.7$4M+19.8%#178 of 387
7Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL511956.6$4.2M+11.2%#192 of 387
8Naples-Marco Island, FL471488.9$3.7M+10.6%#221 of 387
9Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL461,7207.4$4.1M+4.2%#227 of 387
10Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL421,1218.4$3.5M+7.3%#260 of 387

Other business types in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area?

There are 13 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 27.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $202.7M a year, or $2,883 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $15.6M 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 70,318 households in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

The Wildwood-The Villages metro area has 1.8 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $15.6M, 3.3 times the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Wildwood-The Villages metro area would have about 43, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,511 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 27.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Wildwood-The Villages metro area at 157,772 people in 2025, up 21.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,318 households. The median household income in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area is $76,508 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Wildwood-The Villages metro area scores 93 for HVAC and plumbing companies (very high), #1 of 387 scored metro areas.

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