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HVAC and plumbing companies in Stone County, MS
How Stone County, MS 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,109 of 1,707 scored counties
#22 of 32 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,523 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,654
- +7.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 HVAC and plumbing companies in Stone County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, 19% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Stone County comes to about $16.9M a year: $2,523 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Stone County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,118 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Stone County grew 7.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Stone County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #1,109 of 1,707 scored counties and #22 of 32 scored counties in Mississippi.
How Stone 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 | Stone County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 4.6 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $5.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,118 | 1,616 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.4% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.2% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,523 | $2,534 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $61,413 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Stone 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 Stone County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,654+7.2% since 2020
- Households
- 6,705
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 446 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $61,413+35.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,100
- Median home value
- $161,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,959
- Daytime population
- 15,638Residents 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 |
| 22Stone County, MS | 43 | 5 | 7.5 | $3.4M | +7.2% | #1,109 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Stone County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Stone County, MS?
There are 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Stone County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Stone County, MS spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $16.9M a year, or $2,523 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 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 6,705 households in Stone County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Stone County, MS compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Stone County has 7.5 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 19% 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, Stone County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,118 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Stone County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Stone County at 19,654 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,705 households. The median household income in Stone County is $61,413 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.0% 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. Stone County scores 43 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,109 of 1,707 scored counties.
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