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HVAC and plumbing companies in Franklin County, ME
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Franklin County, ME, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #695 of 1,707 scored counties
#12 of 14 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,715 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.7M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,824
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,715 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Franklin County spend about $34.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $5.7M per company, 21% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Franklin County has 6 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 4.7 for every 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 528 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $140K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Franklin County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County grew 4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Franklin County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #695 of 1,707 scored counties and #12 of 14 scored counties in Maine.
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Franklin County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 5.3 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.7M | $5.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 528 | 765 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.2% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,715 | $3,054 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $58,675 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 24
- Employees, 2023
- 96
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- 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
- $140K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Franklin County, 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,824+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 12,675
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,697 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $58,675+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,999
- Median home value
- $194,700
- Jobs located here
- 10,591
- Daytime population
- 27,726Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1York County, ME | 67 | 44 | 4.8 | $6.8M | +4.8% | #272 of 1,707 |
| 2Lincoln County, ME | 64 | 5 | 3.0 | $10.1M | +3.8% | #352 of 1,707 |
| 3Oxford County, ME | 64 | 8 | 3.3 | $8.3M | +4.2% | #353 of 1,707 |
| 4Penobscot County, ME | 64 | 30 | 4.6 | $6.3M | +3.8% | #356 of 1,707 |
| 5Hancock County, ME | 62 | 12 | 4.7 | $6.4M | +3.0% | #411 of 1,707 |
| 6Kennebec County, ME | 61 | 30 | 5.5 | $5.3M | +3.5% | #454 of 1,707 |
| 7Somerset County, ME | 60 | 10 | 4.3 | $6.1M | +2.3% | #484 of 1,707 |
| 8Knox County, ME | 59 | 8 | 4.3 | $7.2M | +1.1% | #513 of 1,707 |
| 9Washington County, ME | 59 | 6 | 4.2 | $6.2M | +0.8% | #517 of 1,707 |
| 10Androscoggin County, ME | 56 | 26 | 5.5 | $5.2M | +4.8% | #633 of 1,707 |
| 12Franklin County, ME | 54 | 6 | 4.7 | $5.7M | +4.6% | #695 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Franklin County
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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Franklin County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 HVAC and plumbing companies in Franklin County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Franklin County, ME spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $34.4M a year, or $2,715 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.7M 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 12,675 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, ME compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Franklin County has 4.7 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.7M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Franklin County would have about 7, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 528 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 30,824 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,675 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $58,675, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. 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. Franklin County scores 54 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #695 of 1,707 scored counties.
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