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HVAC and plumbing companies in Clark County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Clark County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #747 of 1,707 scored counties
#21 of 43 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $39.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,638 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,888
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,638 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Clark County spend about $39.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 9 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4.4M per company, 7% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Clark County has 9 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.0, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Clark County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 1,255 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Clark County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Clark County is 53 (upper middle), #747 of 1,707 scored counties and #21 of 43 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Clark 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 | Clark County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 5.6 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $4.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,255 | 1,316 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.4% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,638 | $2,674 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $64,348 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 116
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Clark 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 Clark County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,888+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,055
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 253 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 147
- Median household income
- $64,348+17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,280
- Median home value
- $205,800
- Jobs located here
- 13,487
- Daytime population
- 34,107Residents 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 |
| 21Clark County, KY | 53 | 9 | 6.0 | $4.4M | +2.3% | #747 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Clark 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 Clark County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 HVAC and plumbing companies in Clark County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Clark County, KY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $39.7M a year, or $2,638 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 15,055 households in Clark County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clark County, KY compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Clark County has 6.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.4M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Clark County would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,255 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Clark County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Clark County at 37,888 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,055 households. Median household income in Clark County is $64,348, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.1%, 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. Clark County scores 53 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #747 of 1,707 scored counties.
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