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HVAC and plumbing companies in Grundy County, IA
How Grundy County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,805 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,361
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Grundy County comes to about $14.4M a year: $2,805 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $3.6M per company, 25% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
There are 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Grundy County as of September 2026. That is 7.8 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Grundy County in 2023. That is one for every 640 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Grundy County grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, Grundy County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Grundy County 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 | Grundy County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $4.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 640 | 1,187 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.6% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,805 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $87,205 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Grundy 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 Grundy County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,361+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 5,117
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 502 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $87,205+28.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,039
- Median home value
- $198,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,124
- Daytime population
- 10,903Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 91 | 17 | 4.0 | $8.2M | +17.8% | #5 of 1,707 |
| 2Polk County, IA | 73 | 115 | 5.6 | $5.2M | +4.8% | #158 of 1,707 |
| 3Johnson County, IA | 69 | 36 | 5.7 | $4.9M | +4.6% | #241 of 1,707 |
| 4Black Hawk County, IA | 66 | 21 | 3.8 | $6.7M | +0.4% | #287 of 1,707 |
| 5Linn County, IA | 61 | 54 | 5.6 | $5M | +0.7% | #463 of 1,707 |
| 6Bremer County, IA | 58 | 6 | 6.2 | $4.5M | +1.1% | #573 of 1,707 |
| 7Scott County, IA | 58 | 46 | 6.3 | $4.4M | +0.4% | #578 of 1,707 |
| 8Warren County, IA | 58 | 15 | 7.3 | $4.1M | +9.0% | #587 of 1,707 |
| 9Story County, IA | 54 | 21 | 5.4 | $5M | +2.7% | #701 of 1,707 |
| 10Dickinson County, IA | 53 | 5 | 5.7 | $5M | +1.7% | #737 of 1,707 |
| Grundy County, IA | Not scored | 4 | 7.8 | $3.6M | +0.2% |
Other business types in Grundy County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Grundy County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 HVAC and plumbing companies in Grundy County. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Grundy County, IA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $14.4M a year, or $2,805 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 5,117 households in Grundy County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grundy County, IA compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Grundy County has 7.8 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.6M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Grundy County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 640 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Grundy County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Grundy County at 12,361 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,117 households. Median household income in Grundy County is $87,205, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.2%, 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. Grundy County has no market score for HVAC and plumbing companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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