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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area

How the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #106 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa

Listings
76
9 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
94
+8.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$432M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,672 a household
Spending per listing
$5.7M
19% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.7
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
380,452
−0.9% 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

Households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area spend about $432M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,672 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 76 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $5.7M per company, 19% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area has 76 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 12%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 4.7 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area was 94 in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,720 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area is 61 (upper middle), #106 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa.

How the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureDavenport-Moline-Rock Island metro areaIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.76.16.3
Spending per listing$5.7M$4.5M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,7201,1871,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.2%+3.6%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,672$2,714$3,018
Median household income$72,738$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score6138

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
94+8.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,778
Annual payroll, 2023
$133.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
769 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
91The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$100K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
380,452−0.9% since 2020
Households
161,702
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,270 sq. mi.
People per square mile
168
Median household income
$72,738+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,004
Median home value
$174,100
Jobs located here
174,294
Daytime population
383,694Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Iowa

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Iowa for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Iowa (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Iowa

Metro areas in Iowa ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA741675.7$5.2M+6.7%#26 of 387
2Iowa City, IA62435.9$4.7M+4.1%#99 of 387
3Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA61314.5$5.9M+0.5%#105 of 387
4Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL61764.7$5.7M−0.9%#106 of 387
Omaha, NE-IA572336.0$4.9M+4.2%#137 of 387
5Cedar Rapids, IA55655.7$4.9M+1.0%#152 of 387
6Ames, IA51255.0$5.4M+2.2%#185 of 387
7Dubuque, IA31297.1$3.9M+0.1%#340 of 387
8Sioux City, IA-NE-SD25447.9$3.3M+1.0%#369 of 387

Other business types in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area

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Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 76 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area. 9 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 94 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019.

How much do households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $432M a year, or $2,672 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.7M 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 161,702 households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area has 4.7 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.7M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area would have about 91, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,720 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area at 380,452 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 161,702 households. Median household income in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area is $72,738, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.3%, 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area scores 61 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #106 of 387 scored metro areas.

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