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HVAC and plumbing companies in McLeod County, MN
How McLeod County, MN 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,512 of 1,707 scored counties
#40 of 52 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $41.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,743 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.5
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,631
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
For HVAC and plumbing companies, McLeod County has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #1,512 of 1,707 scored counties and #40 of 52 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in McLeod County comes to about $41.7M a year: $2,743 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $2.6M per company, 45% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
There are 16 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in McLeod County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 10.5 per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in McLeod County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 1,014 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $335K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in McLeod County. Population estimates put the population change in McLeod County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How McLeod County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | McLeod County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $4.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,014 | 1,271 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,743 | $2,990 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $80,084 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 98
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $335K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in McLeod 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 McLeod County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,631−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,215
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 75
- Median household income
- $80,084+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,958
- Median home value
- $246,100
- Jobs located here
- 16,606
- Daytime population
- 33,985Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dakota County, MN | 84 | 81 | 4.6 | $7M | +3.9% | #31 of 1,707 |
| 2Washington County, MN | 81 | 66 | 6.3 | $5.5M | +6.9% | #56 of 1,707 |
| 3Hennepin County, MN | 79 | 254 | 4.7 | $6.8M | +0.2% | #71 of 1,707 |
| 4Ramsey County, MN | 73 | 89 | 4.0 | $7.2M | −1.8% | #146 of 1,707 |
| 5Carver County, MN | 73 | 24 | 5.8 | $6.2M | +6.6% | #153 of 1,707 |
| 6Scott County, MN | 73 | 34 | 6.2 | $5.7M | +5.1% | #155 of 1,707 |
| 7Olmsted County, MN | 73 | 40 | 6.0 | $5.3M | +2.3% | #157 of 1,707 |
| 8Pine County, MN | 66 | 5 | 4.1 | $6.3M | +5.5% | #290 of 1,707 |
| 9Todd County, MN | 59 | 6 | 5.9 | $4.4M | +3.0% | #542 of 1,707 |
| 10Anoka County, MN | 58 | 99 | 7.2 | $4.3M | +4.7% | #582 of 1,707 |
| 40McLeod County, MN | 29 | 16 | 10.5 | $2.6M | −0.3% | #1,512 of 1,707 |
Other business types in McLeod County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in McLeod County, MN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 HVAC and plumbing companies in McLeod County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in McLeod County, MN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $41.7M a year, or $2,743 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 15,215 households in McLeod County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McLeod County, MN compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
McLeod County has 10.5 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $2.6M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, McLeod County would have about 9, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,014 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is McLeod County, MN growing?
Population estimates put McLeod County at 36,631 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,215 households. Median household income in McLeod County is $80,084, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. McLeod County scores 29 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,512 of 1,707 scored counties.
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