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HVAC and plumbing companies in Douglas County, KS
The HVAC and plumbing companies in Douglas County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #536 of 1,707 scored counties
#2 of 30 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 29
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 37
- −9.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $136.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,713 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,920
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 HVAC and plumbing companies in Douglas County. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 5.8 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
At $2,713 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Douglas County spend about $136.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $4.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $4.8M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which HVAC and plumbing companies share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Douglas County in 2023, down 9.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,362 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Douglas County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Douglas County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #536 of 1,707 scored counties and #2 of 30 scored counties in Kansas.
How Douglas 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.
| Measure | Douglas County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 7.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $3.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,362 | 1,142 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.8% | +3.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,713 | $2,741 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $69,746 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 41 → 37−9.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 415
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 291 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Douglas 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 Douglas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,920+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 50,406
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 50%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 264
- Median household income
- $69,746+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,109
- Median home value
- $309,400
- Jobs located here
- 51,342
- Daytime population
- 115,968Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, KS | 72 | 176 | 7.1 | $4.8M | +4.2% | #175 of 1,707 |
| 2Douglas County, KS | 59 | 29 | 5.8 | $4.7M | +1.8% | #536 of 1,707 |
| 3Riley County, KS | 58 | 15 | 5.4 | $4.7M | +0.8% | #570 of 1,707 |
| 4Harvey County, KS | 57 | 7 | 5.1 | $5.1M | −1.2% | #602 of 1,707 |
| 5Geary County, KS | 52 | 7 | 4.9 | $4.8M | −1.2% | #778 of 1,707 |
| 6Shawnee County, KS | 52 | 43 | 5.7 | $4.5M | 0.0% | #781 of 1,707 |
| 7Jefferson County, KS | 50 | 5 | 6.7 | $4.2M | −0.2% | #862 of 1,707 |
| 8Leavenworth County, KS | 50 | 22 | 7.3 | $4M | +3.2% | #865 of 1,707 |
| 9Wyandotte County, KS | 44 | 37 | 6.0 | $4.1M | +1.0% | #1,053 of 1,707 |
| 10Sedgwick County, KS | 44 | 158 | 7.6 | $3.4M | +2.6% | #1,076 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Douglas 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
- Home repair trades58
- HVAC and plumbing59
- Electricians61
- Roofing and gutters52
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control35
- Landscaping and lawn care45
- House cleaning32
- Pest control39
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Douglas County, KS?
There are 29 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 9.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Douglas County, KS spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $136.8M a year, or $2,713 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.7M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,406 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Douglas County, KS compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Douglas County has 5.8 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.7M, in line with the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,362 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Douglas County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Douglas County at 120,920 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,406 households. The median household income in Douglas County is $69,746 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Douglas County scores 59 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #536 of 1,707 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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