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HVAC and plumbing companies in Marshall County, IA

How Marshall 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 · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,413 of 1,707 scored counties
#22 of 42 scored counties in Iowa

Listings
17
1 chain location (6%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$39.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,565 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
51% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.0
75% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,890
−0.5% 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

For HVAC and plumbing companies, Marshall County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,413 of 1,707 scored counties and #22 of 42 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Marshall County comes to about $39.7M a year: $2,565 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.3M per company, 51% 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 17 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Marshall County as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 11.0 for every 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Marshall County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 1,722 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Marshall County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Marshall 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Marshall County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureMarshall CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.06.16.3
Spending per listing$2.3M$4.5M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,7221,1871,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.6%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,565$2,714$3,018
Median household income$73,315$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score3438

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 9
Employees, 2023
105
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
171 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Marshall 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 Marshall County

Population, 2025 estimate
39,890−0.5% since 2020
Households
15,496
Median age
39.9
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
573 sq. mi.
People per square mile
70
Median household income
$73,315+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,510
Median home value
$145,500
Jobs located here
15,779
Daytime population
36,753Residents 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 counties in Iowa for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Marshall County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dallas County, IA91174.0$8.2M+17.8%#5 of 1,707
2Polk County, IA731155.6$5.2M+4.8%#158 of 1,707
3Johnson County, IA69365.7$4.9M+4.6%#241 of 1,707
4Black Hawk County, IA66213.8$6.7M+0.4%#287 of 1,707
5Linn County, IA61545.6$5M+0.7%#463 of 1,707
6Bremer County, IA5866.2$4.5M+1.1%#573 of 1,707
7Scott County, IA58466.3$4.4M+0.4%#578 of 1,707
8Warren County, IA58157.3$4.1M+9.0%#587 of 1,707
9Story County, IA54215.4$5M+2.7%#701 of 1,707
10Dickinson County, IA5355.7$5M+1.7%#737 of 1,707
22Marshall County, IA341711.0$2.3M−0.5%#1,413 of 1,707

Other business types in Marshall County

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Marshall County, IA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 17 HVAC and plumbing companies in Marshall County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. 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 Marshall County, IA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $39.7M a year, or $2,565 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 15,496 households in Marshall County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Marshall County, IA compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

Marshall County has 11.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $2.3M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Marshall County would have about 8, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,722 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Marshall County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Marshall County at 39,890 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,496 households. Median household income in Marshall County is $73,315, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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. Marshall County scores 34 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,413 of 1,707 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for HVAC and plumbing companies · All 56 business types in Marshall County

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