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HVAC and plumbing companies in Essex County, MA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Essex County, MA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #340 of 1,707 scored counties
#7 of 12 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 206
- 6 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 331
- −0.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.1B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,630 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 826,653
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Essex County comes to about $1.1B a year: $3,630 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 16% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Essex County has 206 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (3%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 5% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 331 businesses with payroll in Essex County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, down 0.9% from 2019. That is one for every 946 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 30 SBA-backed loans worth $6.1M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Essex County.
Population estimates put the population change in Essex County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Essex County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #340 of 1,707 scored counties and #7 of 12 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Essex County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Essex County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $5.9M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 946 | 907 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −0.9% | +3.7% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,630 | $3,680 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $101,883 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 334 → 331−0.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,919
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $249.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2066 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 239The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 30
- Amount
- $6.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Essex 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 Essex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 826,653+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 313,147
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 493 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,651
- Median household income
- $101,883+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $140,108
- Median home value
- $619,100
- Jobs located here
- 329,644
- Daytime population
- 736,954Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Suffolk County, MA | 84 | 80 | 2.4 | $14.4M | +0.1% | #26 of 1,707 |
| 2Hampshire County, MA | 80 | 26 | 4.2 | $7.9M | +10.4% | #59 of 1,707 |
| 3Hampden County, MA | 73 | 76 | 4.1 | $7.2M | +0.2% | #145 of 1,707 |
| 4Worcester County, MA | 71 | 194 | 5.8 | $6M | +3.7% | #189 of 1,707 |
| 5Franklin County, MA | 67 | 15 | 4.8 | $6.3M | −0.3% | #276 of 1,707 |
| 6Bristol County, MA | 65 | 123 | 5.3 | $6.2M | +2.9% | #329 of 1,707 |
| 7Essex County, MA | 65 | 206 | 6.6 | $5.5M | +2.3% | #340 of 1,707 |
| 8Middlesex County, MA | 64 | 470 | 7.4 | $5.6M | +2.8% | #362 of 1,707 |
| 9Norfolk County, MA | 62 | 209 | 7.4 | $5.6M | +2.2% | #417 of 1,707 |
| 10Berkshire County, MA | 54 | 31 | 5.4 | $5.8M | −1.2% | #694 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Essex 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
- Home repair trades62
- HVAC and plumbing65
- Electricians57
- Roofing and gutters74
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control35
- Landscaping and lawn care36
- House cleaning38
- Pest control73
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Essex County, MA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 206 HVAC and plumbing companies in Essex County. 6 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 331 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 0.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Essex County, MA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $1.1B a year, or $3,630 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 206 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 313,147 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Essex County, MA compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Essex County has 6.6 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.5M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Essex County would have about 239, against 206 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 946 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Essex County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Essex County at 826,653 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 313,147 households. Median household income in Essex County is $101,883, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Essex County scores 65 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #340 of 1,707 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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