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HVAC and plumbing companies in Starke County, IN
How Starke County, IN 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,389 of 1,707 scored counties
#50 of 66 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,362 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,425
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
For HVAC and plumbing companies, Starke County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,389 of 1,707 scored counties and #50 of 66 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 HVAC and plumbing companies in Starke County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
At $2,362 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Starke County spend about $21.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 5 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4.2M per company, 11% 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 9 businesses with payroll in Starke County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 998 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Starke County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Starke County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Starke County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $4M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 998 | 1,353 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,362 | $2,669 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $63,960 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Starke 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 Starke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,425+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 8,983
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 309 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 76
- Median household income
- $63,960+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,205
- Median home value
- $157,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,099
- Daytime population
- 17,225Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hamilton County, IN | 84 | 95 | 6.9 | $5.1M | +10.9% | #36 of 1,707 |
| 2Hendricks County, IN | 76 | 40 | 6.0 | $5.2M | +10.2% | #102 of 1,707 |
| 3Whitley County, IN | 73 | 5 | 3.6 | $7.6M | +2.1% | #142 of 1,707 |
| 4Noble County, IN | 70 | 5 | 2.8 | $9.4M | +1.0% | #196 of 1,707 |
| 5Hancock County, IN | 69 | 18 | 5.4 | $5.6M | +13.5% | #233 of 1,707 |
| 6Warrick County, IN | 68 | 17 | 6.8 | $4.4M | +4.4% | #260 of 1,707 |
| 7DeKalb County, IN | 66 | 7 | 4.1 | $6.4M | +2.9% | #288 of 1,707 |
| 8Boone County, IN | 66 | 25 | 8.7 | $3.9M | +13.5% | #316 of 1,707 |
| 9Clark County, IN | 65 | 25 | 4.9 | $5.5M | +7.5% | #341 of 1,707 |
| 10Monroe County, IN | 62 | 30 | 5.1 | $5.1M | +1.9% | #427 of 1,707 |
| 50Starke County, IN | 34 | 5 | 5.6 | $4.2M | +0.1% | #1,389 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Starke County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Starke County, IN?
Starke County has 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Starke County, IN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $21.2M a year, or $2,362 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 8,983 households in Starke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Starke County, IN compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Starke County has 5.6 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.2M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 998 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Starke County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Starke County at 23,425 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,983 households. The median household income in Starke County is $63,960 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Starke County scores 34 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,389 of 1,707 scored counties.
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