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HVAC and plumbing companies in Somerset County, ME
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Somerset County, ME, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #484 of 1,707 scored counties
#7 of 14 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $61.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,648 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,620
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Somerset County comes to about $61.4M a year: $2,648 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 29% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Somerset County has 10 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.3, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in Somerset County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 1,105 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Somerset County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Somerset County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #484 of 1,707 scored counties and #7 of 14 scored counties in Maine.
How Somerset 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 | Somerset County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 5.3 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $5.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,105 | 765 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.2% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,648 | $3,054 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $58,179 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 104
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Somerset 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 Somerset County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,620+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 23,209
- Median age
- 46.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,924 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $58,179+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,305
- Median home value
- $166,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,253
- Daytime population
- 42,930Residents 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 |
Other business types in Somerset 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 Somerset County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 HVAC and plumbing companies in Somerset County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Somerset County, ME spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $61.4M a year, or $2,648 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 23,209 households in Somerset County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Somerset County, ME compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Somerset County has 4.3 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $6.1M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Somerset County would have about 13, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,105 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Somerset County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Somerset County at 51,620 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,209 households. Median household income in Somerset County is $58,179, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.5%, 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. Somerset County scores 60 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #484 of 1,707 scored counties.
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