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HVAC and plumbing companies in Franklin County, KS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Franklin County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,103 of 1,707 scored counties
#11 of 30 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$26.6M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,557 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.7
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,299
+1.1% 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

Households in Franklin County spend about $26.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,557 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.8M per company, 20% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

Franklin County has 7 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 6.7 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Franklin County in 2023. That is one for every 1,301 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Franklin County is 43 (lower middle), #1,103 of 1,707 scored counties and #11 of 30 scored counties in Kansas.

How Franklin 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 Franklin County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.77.26.3
Spending per listing$3.8M$3.8M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,3011,1421,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.8%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,557$2,741$3,018
Median household income$77,207$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score4328

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 8
Employees, 2023
39
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
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 Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,299+1.1% since 2020
Households
10,409
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
572 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$77,207+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,587
Median home value
$198,700
Jobs located here
10,357
Daytime population
23,076Residents 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 Franklin 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
11Franklin County, KS4376.7$3.8M+1.1%#1,103 of 1,707

Other business types in Franklin County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 HVAC and plumbing companies in Franklin County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

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

About $26.6M a year, or $2,557 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 10,409 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Franklin County has 6.7 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.8M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Franklin County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,301 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 26,299 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,409 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $77,207, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.5%, 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. Franklin County scores 43 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,103 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 Franklin County

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