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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Portland-South Portland, ME metro area
The HVAC and plumbing companies in the Portland-South Portland, ME metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #108 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Maine
- Listings
- 152
- 5 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 347
- +17.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $806.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,361 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.3M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 577,635
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Portland-South Portland metro area comes to about $806.7M a year: $3,361 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That works out to $5.3M per company, 12% 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 Portland-South Portland metro area has 152 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 6.3 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Portland-South Portland metro area was 347 in 2023, up 17.2% from 2019. That is one for every 692 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 14 SBA-backed loans worth $5.8M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Portland-South Portland metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Portland-South Portland metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Portland-South Portland metro area has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #108 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Maine.
How the Portland-South Portland metro area 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 | Portland-South Portland metro area | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 5.3 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.3M | $5.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 692 | 765 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +17.2% | +18.2% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,361 | $3,054 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $92,175 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 347+17.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,581
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $179M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1525 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 170The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 14
- Amount
- $5.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Portland-South Portland metro 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 Portland-South Portland metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 577,635+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 240,027
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,081 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 270
- Median household income
- $92,175+31.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $119,924
- Median home value
- $420,000
- Jobs located here
- 284,437
- Daytime population
- 573,648Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bangor, ME | 62 | 30 | 4.6 | $6.3M | +3.8% | #88 of 387 |
| 2Portland-South Portland, ME | 61 | 152 | 6.3 | $5.3M | +4.5% | #108 of 387 |
| 3Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 54 | 26 | 5.5 | $5.2M | +4.8% | #163 of 387 |
Other business types in the Portland-South Portland metro area
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 trades58
- HVAC and plumbing61
- Electricians39
- Roofing and gutters78
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control30
- Landscaping and lawn care28
- House cleaning37
- Pest control54
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Portland-South Portland, ME metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 152 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Portland-South Portland metro area. 5 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 347 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 17.2% from 2019.
How much do households in the Portland-South Portland, ME metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $806.7M a year, or $3,361 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 152 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.3M 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 240,027 households in the Portland-South Portland metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Portland-South Portland, ME metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Portland-South Portland metro area has 6.3 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.3M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Portland-South Portland metro area would have about 170, against 152 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 692 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Portland-South Portland, ME metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Portland-South Portland metro area at 577,635 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 240,027 households. Median household income in the Portland-South Portland metro area is $92,175, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.2%, 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. The Portland-South Portland metro area scores 61 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #108 of 387 scored metro areas.
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