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HVAC and plumbing companies in Ford County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Ford County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,363 of 1,707 scored counties
#15 of 30 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,601 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,993
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
For HVAC and plumbing companies, Ford County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,363 of 1,707 scored counties and #15 of 30 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Ford County spend about $30.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,601 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $3.4M per company, 28% 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 9 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Ford County as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 7.6 for every 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Ford County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,180 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Ford County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Ford 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 | Ford County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 7.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $3.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,180 | 1,142 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,601 | $2,741 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $70,781 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Ford 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 Ford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,993−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,796
- Median age
- 32.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,098 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $70,781+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,372
- Median home value
- $151,100
- Jobs located here
- 16,900
- Daytime population
- 35,172Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Ford County marked.
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 |
| 15Ford County, KS | 35 | 9 | 7.6 | $3.4M | −0.6% | #1,363 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Ford County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Ford County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 HVAC and plumbing companies in Ford County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Ford County, KS spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $30.7M a year, or $2,601 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 11,796 households in Ford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ford County, KS compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Ford County has 7.6 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.4M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Ford County would have about 6, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,180 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Ford County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Ford County at 33,993 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,796 households. Median household income in Ford County is $70,781, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.9%, 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. Ford County scores 35 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,363 of 1,707 scored counties.
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