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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area
The HVAC and plumbing companies in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #382 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 34
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 43
- +20.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $109.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,634 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 102,259
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Paducah metro area has a Groundwork market score of 16 (low): #382 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Paducah metro area comes to about $109.9M a year: $2,634 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per company, 32% 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 34 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Paducah metro area as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.1, 29% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 43 businesses with payroll in the Paducah metro area classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 20.6% from 2019. That is one for every 971 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Paducah metro area declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Paducah metro area 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 | Paducah metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 5.6 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $4.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 971 | 1,316 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.6% | +9.4% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,634 | $2,674 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $64,160 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 43+20.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 985
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $71.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 341 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 the Paducah metro area, 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 the Paducah metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 102,259−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 41,735
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,236 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 83
- Median household income
- $64,160
- Average household income
- $88,236
- Median home value
- $168,700
- Jobs located here
- 48,716
- Daytime population
- 107,914Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Paducah metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 69 | 68 | 5.4 | $5M | +8.5% | #53 of 387 |
| 1Bowling Green, KY | 64 | 38 | 5.2 | $5.1M | +9.5% | #77 of 387 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 62 | 570 | 6.3 | $4.6M | +2.7% | #101 of 387 |
| 2Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 59 | 326 | 5.8 | $4.9M | +2.9% | #122 of 387 |
| 3Lexington-Fayette, KY | 48 | 155 | 7.2 | $4M | +3.4% | #210 of 387 |
| 4Elizabethtown, KY | 47 | 36 | 7.1 | $3.8M | +2.4% | #220 of 387 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 45 | 81 | 5.3 | $4.8M | −2.6% | #233 of 387 |
| 5Owensboro, KY | 33 | 31 | 6.8 | $3.9M | +1.3% | #327 of 387 |
| 6Paducah, KY-IL | 16 | 34 | 8.1 | $3.2M | −1.2% | #382 of 387 |
Other business types in the Paducah metro area
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 trades17
- HVAC and plumbing16
- Electricians18
- Roofing and gutters26
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control58
- Landscaping and lawn care57
- House cleaning58
- Pest control36
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 34 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Paducah metro area. One of them (3%) is a chain location. 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 20.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $109.9M a year, or $2,634 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 41,735 households in the Paducah metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Paducah, KY-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Paducah metro area has 8.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.2M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Paducah metro area would have about 23, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 971 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Paducah, KY-IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Paducah metro area at 102,259 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,735 households. Median household income in the Paducah metro area is $64,160, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Paducah metro area scores 16 for HVAC and plumbing companies (low), #382 of 387 scored metro areas.
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