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HVAC and plumbing companies in Nicollet County, MN
How Nicollet 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,249 of 1,707 scored counties
#30 of 52 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $37.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,866 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,273
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 HVAC and plumbing companies in Nicollet County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.5, 35% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Households in Nicollet County spend about $37.3M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,866 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.4M per company, 29% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Nicollet County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 1,084 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Nicollet County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Nicollet County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #1,249 of 1,707 scored counties and #30 of 52 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Nicollet 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 | Nicollet County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $4.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,084 | 1,271 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,866 | $2,990 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $79,756 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 60
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Nicollet 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 Nicollet County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,273−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 13,002
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 448 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $79,756+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,374
- Median home value
- $270,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,748
- Daytime population
- 33,573Residents 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 |
| 30Nicollet County, MN | 39 | 11 | 8.5 | $3.4M | −0.7% | #1,249 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Nicollet County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Nicollet County, MN?
Nicollet County has 11 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Nicollet County, MN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $37.3M a year, or $2,866 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 13,002 households in Nicollet County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nicollet County, MN compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Nicollet County has 8.5 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.4M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Nicollet County would have about 8, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,084 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Nicollet County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Nicollet County at 34,273 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,002 households. The median household income in Nicollet County is $79,756 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.3% 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. Nicollet County scores 39 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,249 of 1,707 scored counties.
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