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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Pikeville, KY area

How the Pikeville, KY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #216 of 476 scored small-town markets
#8 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky

Listings
16
2 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$86.3M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,214 a household
Spending per listing
$5.4M
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
89,122
−5.4% 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 16 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Pikeville area. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Pikeville area comes to about $86.3M a year: $2,214 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 13% above 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in the Pikeville area classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 2,052 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Pikeville area from 2020 to 2025 at −5.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in the Pikeville area is 51 (upper middle), #216 of 476 scored small-town markets and #8 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky.

How the Pikeville 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Pikeville, KY area compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasurePikeville areaKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.15.66.3
Spending per listing$5.4M$4.8M$4.8M
Households per official establishment2,0521,3161,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.4%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.4%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,214$2,674$3,018
Median household income$43,214$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score5152

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19
Employees, 2023
234
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
162 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 Pikeville 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 Pikeville area

Population, 2025 estimate
89,122−5.4% since 2020
Households
38,984
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,180 sq. mi.
People per square mile
78
Median household income
$43,214
Average household income
$61,759
Median home value
$106,500
Jobs located here
30,364
Daytime population
92,325Residents 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 small-town markets in Kentucky for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Pikeville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kentucky

Small-town markets in Kentucky ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Frankfort, KY70226.8$4M+3.1%#57 of 476
2Corbin, KY68132.3$9.9M+0.1%#62 of 476
3Glasgow, KY56135.9$4.1M+2.6%#170 of 476
4Danville, KY56146.4$3.9M+3.6%#172 of 476
5Madisonville, KY54105.4$4.5M−0.5%#193 of 476
6Franklin, KY5467.5$3.4M+5.9%#196 of 476
7Mayfield, KY5275.0$5M+1.4%#211 of 476
8Pikeville, KY51164.1$5.4M−5.4%#216 of 476
9Richmond-Berea, KY48397.9$3.3M+7.0%#261 of 476
10Campbellsville, KY4785.4$4.5M+3.4%#266 of 476

Other business types in the Pikeville area

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Pikeville, KY area?

There are 16 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Pikeville area as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

How much do households in the Pikeville, KY area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $86.3M a year, or $2,214 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 38,984 households in the Pikeville area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Pikeville area has 4.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.4M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Pikeville area would have about 18, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,052 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is the Pikeville, KY area growing?

Population estimates put the Pikeville area at 89,122 people in 2025, down 5.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 38,984 households. The median household income in the Pikeville area is $43,214 a year, 46% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Pikeville area scores 51 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #216 of 476 scored small-town markets.

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