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HVAC and plumbing companies in DeSoto County, MS
The HVAC and plumbing companies in DeSoto County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #104 of 1,707 scored counties
#2 of 32 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 41
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 47
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $211M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,972 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 197,918
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
For HVAC and plumbing companies, DeSoto County has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #104 of 1,707 scored counties and #2 of 32 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for HVAC and plumbing companies.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in DeSoto County comes to about $211M a year: $2,972 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.1M per company, 8% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
DeSoto County has 41 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.8, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 47 businesses with payroll in DeSoto County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,510 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in DeSoto County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How DeSoto County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | DeSoto County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 4.6 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $5.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,510 | 1,616 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +7.4% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,972 | $2,534 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $85,297 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 47 → 470.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 548
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $36.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 411 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The 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 DeSoto 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 DeSoto County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 197,918+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 70,986
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 476 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 402
- Median household income
- $85,297+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,760
- Median home value
- $269,600
- Jobs located here
- 80,765
- Daytime population
- 177,794Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, MS | 82 | 20 | 4.6 | $6.9M | +6.5% | #46 of 1,707 |
| 2DeSoto County, MS | 76 | 41 | 5.8 | $5.1M | +6.3% | #104 of 1,707 |
| 3Lamar County, MS | 75 | 14 | 5.5 | $5.1M | +4.7% | #127 of 1,707 |
| 4Lafayette County, MS | 74 | 10 | 5.3 | $5.3M | +6.6% | #137 of 1,707 |
| 5Hancock County, MS | 71 | 8 | 4.0 | $6.8M | +1.6% | #181 of 1,707 |
| 6Oktibbeha County, MS | 67 | 6 | 2.7 | $8.7M | +0.4% | #266 of 1,707 |
| 7George County, MS | 65 | 6 | 6.5 | $4M | +8.1% | #349 of 1,707 |
| 8Lee County, MS | 64 | 16 | 4.9 | $5.4M | +0.5% | #364 of 1,707 |
| 9Rankin County, MS | 60 | 33 | 5.5 | $5.3M | +3.2% | #492 of 1,707 |
| 10Jackson County, MS | 59 | 39 | 6.8 | $4M | +3.0% | #545 of 1,707 |
Other business types in DeSoto 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 trades78
- HVAC and plumbing76
- Electricians79
- Roofing and gutters83
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control74
- Landscaping and lawn care81
- House cleaning70
- Pest control71
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in DeSoto County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 HVAC and plumbing companies in DeSoto County. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in DeSoto County, MS spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $211M a year, or $2,972 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 70,986 households in DeSoto County and national spending patterns by income.
How does DeSoto County, MS compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
DeSoto County has 5.8 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.1M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, DeSoto County would have about 44, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,510 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is DeSoto County, MS growing?
Population estimates put DeSoto County at 197,918 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,986 households. Median household income in DeSoto County is $85,297, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.2%, 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. DeSoto County scores 76 for HVAC and plumbing companies (high), #104 of 1,707 scored counties.
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