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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Cadillac, MI area

How the Cadillac, MI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #154 of 476 scored small-town markets
#5 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan

Listings
12
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$48.2M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,456 a household
Spending per listing
$4M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.1
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
49,719
+2.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Cadillac area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 6.1 for every 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Cadillac area comes to about $48.2M a year: $2,456 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4M per company, 16% 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.

Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Cadillac area in 2023. That is one for every 2,178 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Cadillac area grew 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Cadillac area has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #154 of 476 scored small-town markets and #5 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.

How the Cadillac area compares

The same measures for Michigan 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Cadillac, MI area compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureCadillac areaMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.15.36.3
Spending per listing$4M$5.2M$4.8M
Households per official establishment2,1781,5321,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.6%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,456$2,711$3,018
Median household income$62,015$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score5955

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9
Employees, 2023
41
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
121 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 the Cadillac 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 Cadillac area

Population, 2025 estimate
49,719+2.0% since 2020
Households
19,605
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,130 sq. mi.
People per square mile
44
Median household income
$62,015+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,021
Median home value
$170,400
Jobs located here
16,131
Daytime population
48,433Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Michigan

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Michigan, with the Cadillac area marked.

Top small-town markets in Michigan

Small-town markets in Michigan ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Big Rapids, MI7374.2$5.7M+4.7%#35 of 476
2Houghton, MI7153.2$7.7M+1.8%#46 of 476
3Sturgis, MI7083.4$7.3M+0.1%#53 of 476
4Marquette, MI68134.6$5.4M+2.3%#65 of 476
5Cadillac, MI59126.1$4M+2.0%#154 of 476
6Owosso, MI57124.3$5.9M−0.4%#158 of 476
7Escanaba, MI5663.8$6.4M−0.8%#162 of 476
8Hillsdale, MI52105.6$4.5M0.0%#212 of 476
9Adrian, MI52266.7$3.9M−1.6%#213 of 476
10Alma, MI5096.1$4.1M−1.1%#239 of 476

Other business types in the Cadillac area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Cadillac, MI area?

There are 12 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Cadillac area as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. 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 the Cadillac, MI area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $48.2M a year, or $2,456 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $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 19,605 households in the Cadillac area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Cadillac, MI area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

The Cadillac area has 6.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Cadillac area would have about 10, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,178 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is the Cadillac, MI area growing?

Population estimates put the Cadillac area at 49,719 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,605 households. The median household income in the Cadillac area is $62,015 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.4% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Cadillac area scores 59 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #154 of 476 scored small-town markets.

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