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HVAC and plumbing companies in Daviess County, KY

How Daviess 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,278 of 1,707 scored counties
#33 of 43 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
31
2 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
43
+2.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$112.2M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,694 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.4
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
104,898
+1.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 HVAC and plumbing companies in Daviess County. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 7.4 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Daviess County comes to about $112.2M a year: $2,694 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per company, 24% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Daviess County was 43 in 2023, up 2.4% from 2019. That is one for every 968 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $7.8M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Daviess County.

Population estimates show Daviess County grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Daviess County is 38 (lower middle), #1,278 of 1,707 scored counties and #33 of 43 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Daviess 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Daviess County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureDaviess CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.45.66.3
Spending per listing$3.6M$4.8M$4.8M
Households per official establishment9681,3161,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.4%+9.4%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,694$2,674$3,018
Median household income$68,214$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score3852

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
42 → 43+2.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
548
Annual payroll, 2023
$28.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
312 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$7.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Daviess 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 Daviess County

Population, 2025 estimate
104,898+1.5% since 2020
Households
41,639
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
458 sq. mi.
People per square mile
226
Median household income
$68,214+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,502
Median home value
$199,900
Jobs located here
46,939
Daytime population
106,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Daviess County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Anderson County, KY7755.2$5.4M+5.5%#92 of 1,707
2Woodford County, KY7265.5$5.4M+3.7%#171 of 1,707
3Kenton County, KY71416.1$5M+3.9%#192 of 1,707
4Campbell County, KY67174.3$6.9M+2.5%#271 of 1,707
5Laurel County, KY6793.8$6.6M+1.6%#274 of 1,707
6Scott County, KY65187.9$3.8M+8.2%#351 of 1,707
7Mercer County, KY6466.5$4.1M+4.8%#379 of 1,707
8Meade County, KY6354.5$6.3M+2.2%#388 of 1,707
9Oldham County, KY63198.3$4.5M+4.9%#401 of 1,707
10Warren County, KY63366.5$4.2M+10.6%#405 of 1,707
33Daviess County, KY38317.4$3.6M+1.5%#1,278 of 1,707

Other business types in Daviess County

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Daviess County, KY?

There are 31 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Daviess County as of September 2026. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 43 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 2.4% from 2019.

How much do households in Daviess County, KY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $112.2M a year, or $2,694 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 41,639 households in Daviess County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Daviess County has 7.4 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.6M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Daviess County would have about 24, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 968 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Daviess County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Daviess County at 104,898 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 41,639 households. The median household income in Daviess County is $68,214 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Daviess County scores 38 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,278 of 1,707 scored counties.

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