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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Minden, LA area

The HVAC and plumbing companies in the Minden, LA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #244 of 476 scored small-town markets
#1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$32.2M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,249 a household
Spending per listing
$6.4M
36% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.5
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,948
−5.2% 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

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Minden area comes to about $32.2M a year: $2,249 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 36% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

The Minden area has 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 3.5 for every 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Minden area classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 1,433 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Minden area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Minden area from 2020 to 2025 at −5.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Minden area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #244 of 476 scored small-town markets and #1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana.

How the Minden area compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Minden, LA area compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureMinden areaLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.56.76.3
Spending per listing$6.4M$3.9M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,4331,1121,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.0%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.2%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,249$2,650$3,018
Median household income$41,182$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4919

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
90
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Minden 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 Minden area

Population, 2025 estimate
34,948−5.2% since 2020
Households
14,334
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
593 sq. mi.
People per square mile
60
Median household income
$41,182+42.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$62,266
Median home value
$114,500
Jobs located here
11,474
Daytime population
32,614Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Louisiana for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Louisiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Minden area marked.

Top small-town markets in Louisiana

Small-town markets in Louisiana ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Natchez, MS-LA6173.4$6.7M−0.9%#123 of 476
1Minden, LA4953.5$6.4M−5.2%#244 of 476
2Natchitoches, LA4774.8$4.9M−3.5%#264 of 476
3Morgan City, LA4494.9$4.9M−5.3%#292 of 476
4Opelousas, LA30185.6$4M−1.9%#421 of 476
5Ruston, LA211910.3$2.2M+0.1%#468 of 476
6New Iberia, LA213312.3$2M−4.6%#469 of 476

Other business types in the Minden 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 Minden, LA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Minden area. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

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

About $32.2M a year, or $2,249 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $6.4M 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 14,334 households in the Minden area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Minden area has 3.5 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $6.4M, 36% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Minden area would have about 7, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,433 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is the Minden, LA area growing?

Population estimates put the Minden area at 34,948 people in 2025, down 5.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,334 households. Median household income in the Minden area is $41,182, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.3%, 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. 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 Minden area scores 49 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #244 of 476 scored small-town markets.

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