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HVAC and plumbing companies in Boone County, KY
How Boone County, KY compares with other counties and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #588 of 1,707 scored counties
#14 of 43 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 44
- 8 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- +11.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $166.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,267 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,316
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 HVAC and plumbing companies in Boone County. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 18%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 8.6 per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
At $3,267 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in Boone County spend about $166.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 20% below 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 48 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Boone County in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,062 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Boone County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Boone County grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Boone County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #588 of 1,707 scored counties and #14 of 43 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Boone County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Boone County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 5.6 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $4.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,062 | 1,316 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.6% | +9.4% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,267 | $2,674 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $99,414 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 43 → 48+11.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 585
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $38.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 448 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Boone 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 Boone County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,316+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 50,963
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 246 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 568
- Median household income
- $99,414+26.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,006
- Median home value
- $277,300
- Jobs located here
- 107,951
- Daytime population
- 176,181Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anderson County, KY | 77 | 5 | 5.2 | $5.4M | +5.5% | #92 of 1,707 |
| 2Woodford County, KY | 72 | 6 | 5.5 | $5.4M | +3.7% | #171 of 1,707 |
| 3Kenton County, KY | 71 | 41 | 6.1 | $5M | +3.9% | #192 of 1,707 |
| 4Campbell County, KY | 67 | 17 | 4.3 | $6.9M | +2.5% | #271 of 1,707 |
| 5Laurel County, KY | 67 | 9 | 3.8 | $6.6M | +1.6% | #274 of 1,707 |
| 6Scott County, KY | 65 | 18 | 7.9 | $3.8M | +8.2% | #351 of 1,707 |
| 7Mercer County, KY | 64 | 6 | 6.5 | $4.1M | +4.8% | #379 of 1,707 |
| 8Meade County, KY | 63 | 5 | 4.5 | $6.3M | +2.2% | #388 of 1,707 |
| 9Oldham County, KY | 63 | 19 | 8.3 | $4.5M | +4.9% | #401 of 1,707 |
| 10Warren County, KY | 63 | 36 | 6.5 | $4.2M | +10.6% | #405 of 1,707 |
| 14Boone County, KY | 58 | 44 | 8.6 | $3.8M | +6.5% | #588 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Boone 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 trades69
- HVAC and plumbing58
- Electricians85
- Roofing and gutters76
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control69
- Landscaping and lawn care78
- House cleaning76
- Pest control59
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Boone County, KY?
There are 44 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Boone County as of September 2026. 8 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Boone County, KY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $166.5M a year, or $3,267 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 50,963 households in Boone County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Boone County, KY compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Boone County has 8.6 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 37% 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 national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Boone County would have about 35, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,062 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Boone County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Boone County at 145,316 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,963 households. The median household income in Boone County is $99,414 a year, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.9% 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. Boone County scores 58 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #588 of 1,707 scored counties.
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