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HVAC and plumbing companies in Baltimore city, MD
How Baltimore city, MD 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #199 of 1,707 scored counties
#5 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 80
- 2 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 82
- +2.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $689.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,697 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.6M
- 81% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 569,997
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,697 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Baltimore city spend about $689.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 80 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $8.6M per company, 81% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Baltimore city has 80 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 3%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 82 businesses with payroll in Baltimore city classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 2.5% from 2019. That is one for every 3,118 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $198K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Baltimore city.
Population estimates put the population change in Baltimore city from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Baltimore city is 70 (upper middle), #199 of 1,707 scored counties and #5 of 23 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Baltimore city compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Baltimore city | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $8.6M | $5.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,118 | 1,190 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.5% | −4.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,697 | $3,443 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $62,177 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 80 → 82+2.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,260
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $87.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 802 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 145The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $198K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Baltimore city, 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 Baltimore city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 569,997−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 255,668
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.1
- Land area
- 81 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7,082
- Median household income
- $62,177+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,312
- Median home value
- $229,600
- Jobs located here
- 344,611
- Daytime population
- 667,322Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Montgomery County, MD | 81 | 208 | 5.3 | $7.4M | +1.3% | #51 of 1,707 |
| 2Prince George’s County, MD | 76 | 168 | 4.8 | $6.9M | +0.5% | #97 of 1,707 |
| 3Howard County, MD | 73 | 68 | 5.6 | $7.4M | +1.9% | #143 of 1,707 |
| 4Cecil County, MD | 72 | 23 | 5.7 | $5.5M | +3.2% | #170 of 1,707 |
| 5Baltimore city, MD | 70 | 80 | 3.1 | $8.6M | −2.3% | #199 of 1,707 |
| 6Charles County, MD | 66 | 44 | 7.2 | $5.1M | +5.9% | #307 of 1,707 |
| 7Baltimore County, MD | 63 | 199 | 6.0 | $5.4M | −0.7% | #393 of 1,707 |
| 8Frederick County, MD | 63 | 89 | 8.5 | $4.4M | +11.0% | #403 of 1,707 |
| 9Washington County, MD | 62 | 36 | 6.0 | $4.8M | +2.0% | #433 of 1,707 |
| 10Anne Arundel County, MD | 60 | 166 | 7.4 | $5.1M | +1.7% | #495 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Baltimore city
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 trades70
- HVAC and plumbing70
- Electricians67
- Roofing and gutters67
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control75
- Landscaping and lawn care75
- House cleaning65
- Pest control71
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Baltimore city, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 80 HVAC and plumbing companies in Baltimore city. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 82 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 2.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Baltimore city, MD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $689.5M a year, or $2,697 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 80 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $8.6M 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 255,668 households in Baltimore city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baltimore city, MD compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Baltimore city has 3.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $8.6M, 81% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Baltimore city would have about 145, against 80 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,118 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Baltimore city, MD growing?
Population estimates put Baltimore city at 569,997 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 255,668 households. Median household income in Baltimore city is $62,177, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Baltimore city scores 70 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #199 of 1,707 scored counties.
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