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HVAC and plumbing companies in Garrett County, MD
The HVAC and plumbing companies in Garrett County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #785 of 1,707 scored counties
#13 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,784 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,370
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 HVAC and plumbing companies in Garrett County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.4, 2% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Garrett County comes to about $35M a year: $2,784 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.4M per company, 8% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which HVAC and plumbing companies share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Garrett County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,398 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Garrett County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Garrett County is 52 (upper middle), #785 of 1,707 scored counties and #13 of 23 scored counties in Maryland.
How Garrett County 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 | Garrett County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $5.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,398 | 1,190 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,784 | $3,443 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $67,688 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 98
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Garrett 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 Garrett County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,370−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 12,578
- Median age
- 47.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 649 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 44
- Median household income
- $67,688+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,358
- Median home value
- $235,300
- Jobs located here
- 11,219
- Daytime population
- 28,374Residents 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 |
| 13Garrett County, MD | 52 | 8 | 6.4 | $4.4M | −1.5% | #785 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Garrett County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Garrett County, MD?
There are 8 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Garrett County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Garrett County, MD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $35M a year, or $2,784 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.4M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,578 households in Garrett County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Garrett County, MD compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Garrett County has 6.4 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.4M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Garrett County would have about 7, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,398 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Garrett County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Garrett County at 28,370 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,578 households. The median household income in Garrett County is $67,688 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Garrett County scores 52 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #785 of 1,707 scored counties.
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