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HVAC and plumbing companies in Rapides Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Rapides Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,266 of 1,707 scored counties
#24 of 37 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 25
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 52
- +18.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $125.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,556 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Rapides Parish spend about $125.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,556 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5M per company, 5% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Rapides Parish has 25 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Rapides Parish in 2023, up 18.2% from 2019. That is one for every 941 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Rapides Parish declined 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Rapides Parish is 38 (lower middle), #1,266 of 1,707 scored counties and #24 of 37 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Rapides Parish 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $3.9M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 941 | 1,112 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.2% | +13.0% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,556 | $2,650 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 19 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44 → 52+18.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 648
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $42.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 250 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Rapides Parish, 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ascension Parish, LA | 76 | 26 | 5.5 | $5.9M | +6.4% | #100 of 1,707 |
| 2West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 75 | 6 | 5.5 | $5.2M | +5.5% | #125 of 1,707 |
| 3Orleans Parish, LA | 69 | 40 | 2.6 | $10.3M | −5.5% | #222 of 1,707 |
| 4St. Martin Parish, LA | 57 | 5 | 2.6 | $9.8M | −1.0% | #592 of 1,707 |
| 5Evangeline Parish, LA | 52 | 5 | 4.0 | $5.7M | −1.0% | #772 of 1,707 |
| 6Vermilion Parish, LA | 51 | 9 | 4.1 | $6M | +1.3% | #805 of 1,707 |
| 7De Soto Parish, LA | 50 | 5 | 4.8 | $5.1M | +2.0% | #847 of 1,707 |
| 8St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | 50 | 8 | 5.3 | $4.9M | −5.9% | #850 of 1,707 |
| 9Webster Parish, LA | 49 | 5 | 3.5 | $6.4M | −5.2% | #878 of 1,707 |
| 10East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 48 | 126 | 7.1 | $3.9M | +0.1% | #930 of 1,707 |
| 24Rapides Parish, LA | 38 | 25 | 5.1 | $5M | −2.9% | #1,266 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Rapides Parish
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 trades40
- HVAC and plumbing38
- Electricians43
- Roofing and gutters31
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control38
- Landscaping and lawn care49
- House cleaning48
- Pest control12
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Rapides Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 HVAC and plumbing companies in Rapides Parish. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 18.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $125.1M a year, or $2,556 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5M 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 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Rapides Parish has 5.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 26, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 941 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. 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. Rapides Parish scores 38 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,266 of 1,707 scored counties.
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