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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Opelousas, LA area
How the Opelousas, LA 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #421 of 476 scored small-town markets
#4 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 18
- 2 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- +19.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $72.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,241 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,765
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Opelousas area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #421 of 476 scored small-town markets and #4 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Opelousas area spend about $72.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,241 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4M per company, 16% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
The Opelousas area has 18 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 11%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.6, 11% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 31 businesses with payroll in the Opelousas area classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 19.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,038 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Opelousas area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Opelousas area declined 1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Opelousas 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.
| Measure | Opelousas area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $3.9M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,038 | 1,112 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +19.2% | +13.0% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,241 | $2,650 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $44,462 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 19 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31+19.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 211
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 182 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Opelousas 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 Opelousas area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,765−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 32,183
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 923 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $44,462+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,015
- Median home value
- $142,500
- Jobs located here
- 22,929
- Daytime population
- 72,446Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →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 Opelousas area marked.
Top small-town markets in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natchez, MS-LA | 61 | 7 | 3.4 | $6.7M | −0.9% | #123 of 476 |
| 1Minden, LA | 49 | 5 | 3.5 | $6.4M | −5.2% | #244 of 476 |
| 2Natchitoches, LA | 47 | 7 | 4.8 | $4.9M | −3.5% | #264 of 476 |
| 3Morgan City, LA | 44 | 9 | 4.9 | $4.9M | −5.3% | #292 of 476 |
| 4Opelousas, LA | 30 | 18 | 5.6 | $4M | −1.9% | #421 of 476 |
| 5Ruston, LA | 21 | 19 | 10.3 | $2.2M | +0.1% | #468 of 476 |
| 6New Iberia, LA | 21 | 33 | 12.3 | $2M | −4.6% | #469 of 476 |
Other business types in the Opelousas area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Opelousas, LA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Opelousas area. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 19.2% from 2019.
How much do households in the Opelousas, LA area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $72.1M a year, or $2,241 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $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 32,183 households in the Opelousas area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Opelousas, LA area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Opelousas area has 5.6 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Opelousas area would have about 15, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,038 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Opelousas, LA area growing?
Population estimates put the Opelousas area at 80,765 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,183 households. Median household income in the Opelousas area is $44,462, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.1%, 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. 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 Opelousas area scores 30 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #421 of 476 scored small-town markets.
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