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HVAC and plumbing companies in Story County, IA
The HVAC and plumbing companies in Story County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #701 of 1,707 scored counties
#9 of 42 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 21
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 38
- +5.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $104.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,689 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 101,291
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,689 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Story County spend about $104.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 5% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Story County has 21 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.4, 14% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Story County was 38 in 2023, up 5.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,024 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Story County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Story County is 54 (upper middle), #701 of 1,707 scored counties and #9 of 42 scored counties in Iowa.
How Story 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 | Story County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $4.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,024 | 1,187 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.6% | +3.6% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,689 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $69,685 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 38+5.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 292
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 210 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Story 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 Story County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 101,291+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 38,904
- Median age
- 33.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 573 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 175
- Median household income
- $69,685+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,918
- Median home value
- $258,700
- Jobs located here
- 47,997
- Daytime population
- 107,341Residents 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 |
Other business types in Story County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
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 Story County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 HVAC and plumbing companies in Story County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 5.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Story County, IA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $104.6M a year, or $2,689 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5M 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 38,904 households in Story County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Story County, IA compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Story County has 5.4 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Story County would have about 22, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,024 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Story County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Story County at 101,291 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,904 households. Median household income in Story County is $69,685, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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. Story County scores 54 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #701 of 1,707 scored counties.
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