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HVAC and plumbing companies in Brown County, KS

The HVAC and plumbing companies in Brown County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,549 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
59% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.2
2.1 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,104
−4.0% 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

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Brown County comes to about $9.7M a year: $2,549 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $1.9M per company, 59% 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 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Brown County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 13.2 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 6.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Brown County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 759 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Brown County declined 4.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Brown County compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Brown County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureBrown CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.27.26.3
Spending per listing$1.9M$3.8M$4.8M
Households per official establishment7591,1421,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.8%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.0%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,549$2,741$3,018
Median household income$62,233$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored28

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$376K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Brown 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 Brown County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,104−4.0% since 2020
Households
3,794
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
571 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$62,233
Average household income
$86,032
Median home value
$118,100
Jobs located here
4,273
Daytime population
9,124Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Brown County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, KS721767.1$4.8M+4.2%#175 of 1,707
2Douglas County, KS59295.8$4.7M+1.8%#536 of 1,707
3Riley County, KS58155.4$4.7M+0.8%#570 of 1,707
4Harvey County, KS5775.1$5.1M−1.2%#602 of 1,707
5Geary County, KS5274.9$4.8M−1.2%#778 of 1,707
6Shawnee County, KS52435.7$4.5M0.0%#781 of 1,707
7Jefferson County, KS5056.7$4.2M−0.2%#862 of 1,707
8Leavenworth County, KS50227.3$4M+3.2%#865 of 1,707
9Wyandotte County, KS44376.0$4.1M+1.0%#1,053 of 1,707
10Sedgwick County, KS441587.6$3.4M+2.6%#1,076 of 1,707
Brown County, KSNot scored513.2$1.9M−4.0%

Other business types in Brown County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Brown County, KS?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 HVAC and plumbing companies in Brown County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Brown County, KS spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $9.7M a year, or $2,549 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 3,794 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Brown County has 13.2 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $1.9M, 59% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Brown County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 759 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Brown County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Brown County at 9,104 people in 2025, down 4.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,794 households. Median household income in Brown County is $62,233, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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