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HVAC and plumbing companies in Franklin County, MO
How Franklin County, MO 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,375 of 1,707 scored counties
#32 of 56 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 43
- 3 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 40
- +11.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $114.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,670 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.0
- 59% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 108,090
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Franklin County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #1,375 of 1,707 scored counties and #32 of 56 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 43 HVAC and plumbing companies in Franklin County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 7%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 10.0 for every 10,000 households, 59% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
At $2,670 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Franklin County spend about $114.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 44% 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 40 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 11.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,076 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $864K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Franklin County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Franklin County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.0 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $4.1M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,076 | 1,310 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.1% | +4.7% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,670 | $2,667 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $73,165 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 40+11.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 257
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 433 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $864K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 108,090+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 43,036
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 923 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $73,165+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,432
- Median home value
- $227,600
- Jobs located here
- 38,594
- Daytime population
- 91,932Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Platte County, MO | 84 | 24 | 5.5 | $5.7M | +6.7% | #35 of 1,707 |
| 2St. Charles County, MO | 69 | 124 | 7.7 | $4.2M | +4.9% | #244 of 1,707 |
| 3St. Louis County, MO | 64 | 234 | 5.7 | $5.3M | −1.2% | #366 of 1,707 |
| 4Lincoln County, MO | 64 | 12 | 5.3 | $5.3M | +11.4% | #367 of 1,707 |
| 5Callaway County, MO | 63 | 9 | 5.5 | $4.8M | +3.2% | #399 of 1,707 |
| 6Clay County, MO | 61 | 75 | 7.3 | $3.9M | +4.3% | #474 of 1,707 |
| 7St. Louis city, MO | 59 | 50 | 3.5 | $7M | −7.4% | #514 of 1,707 |
| 8Newton County, MO | 59 | 10 | 4.5 | $5.7M | +6.1% | #521 of 1,707 |
| 9Jackson County, MO | 58 | 179 | 5.8 | $4.5M | +2.1% | #574 of 1,707 |
| 10Barry County, MO | 56 | 6 | 4.5 | $5.5M | +4.8% | #629 of 1,707 |
| 32Franklin County, MO | 35 | 43 | 10.0 | $2.7M | +3.1% | #1,375 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Franklin 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 Franklin County, MO?
Franklin County has 43 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 11.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Franklin County, MO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $114.9M a year, or $2,670 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 43,036 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, MO compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Franklin County has 10.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 59% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $2.7M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Franklin County would have about 24, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,076 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 108,090 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,036 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $73,165 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.9% 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. Franklin County scores 35 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,375 of 1,707 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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