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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Burlington, IA-IL area
How the Burlington, IA-IL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #322 of 476 scored small-town markets
#5 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Iowa
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $48.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,439 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,061
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Burlington area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.0, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Households in the Burlington area spend about $48.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,439 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4M per company, 15% 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 the Burlington area was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 1,420 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Burlington area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Burlington area has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #322 of 476 scored small-town markets and #5 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Iowa.
How the Burlington area compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Burlington area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $4.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,420 | 1,187 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.6% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,439 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $62,811 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 286
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Burlington 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 Burlington area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,061−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 19,882
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 795 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $62,811+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,624
- Median home value
- $131,000
- Jobs located here
- 20,875
- Daytime population
- 44,288Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Iowa for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Iowa, with the Burlington area marked.
Top small-town markets in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spirit Lake, IA | 61 | 5 | 5.7 | $5M | +1.7% | #126 of 476 |
| 2Pella, IA | 56 | 11 | 8.3 | $3.3M | +2.3% | #174 of 476 |
| 3Muscatine, IA | 47 | 9 | 5.2 | $4.9M | −3.0% | #263 of 476 |
| 4Spencer, IA | 42 | 5 | 6.9 | $3.7M | −0.8% | #312 of 476 |
| 5Burlington, IA-IL | 41 | 12 | 6.0 | $4M | −2.5% | #322 of 476 |
| 6Marshalltown, IA | 39 | 17 | 11.0 | $2.3M | −0.5% | #354 of 476 |
| 7Mason City, IA | 38 | 21 | 9.2 | $2.8M | −1.5% | #366 of 476 |
| 8Fort Dodge, IA | 36 | 10 | 6.5 | $3.8M | −0.4% | #376 of 476 |
| 9Carroll, IA | 35 | 6 | 6.8 | $3.9M | −2.0% | #382 of 476 |
| 10Clinton, IA | 33 | 15 | 7.7 | $3.3M | −0.9% | #398 of 476 |
Other business types in the Burlington area
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 the Burlington, IA-IL area?
The Burlington area has 12 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Burlington, IA-IL area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $48.5M a year, or $2,439 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 19,882 households in the Burlington area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Burlington, IA-IL area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Burlington area has 6.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Burlington area would have about 10, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,420 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is the Burlington, IA-IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Burlington area at 44,061 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,882 households. The median household income in the Burlington area is $62,811 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Burlington area scores 41 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #322 of 476 scored small-town markets.
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