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HVAC and plumbing companies in Piscataquis County, ME
How Piscataquis County, ME compares with other counties and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #987 of 1,707 scored counties
#14 of 14 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,724 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,409
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Piscataquis County comes to about $22.8M a year: $2,724 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 4% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Piscataquis County has 5 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 6.0 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Piscataquis County in 2023. That is one for every 645 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Piscataquis County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Piscataquis County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #987 of 1,707 scored counties and #14 of 14 scored counties in Maine.
How Piscataquis 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 | Piscataquis County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 5.3 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $5.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 645 | 765 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.2% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,724 | $3,054 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $61,345 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,409+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 8,385
- Median age
- 49.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,961 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $61,345+50.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,023
- Median home value
- $170,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,344
- Daytime population
- 15,806Residents 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 |
| 14Piscataquis County, ME | 46 | 5 | 6.0 | $4.6M | +3.5% | #987 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 HVAC and plumbing companies in Piscataquis County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Piscataquis County, ME spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $22.8M a year, or $2,724 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 8,385 households in Piscataquis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Piscataquis County, ME compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Piscataquis County has 6.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.6M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 645 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Piscataquis County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Piscataquis County at 17,409 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,385 households. Median household income in Piscataquis County is $61,345, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 50.0%, 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. Piscataquis County scores 46 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #987 of 1,707 scored counties.
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