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HVAC and plumbing companies in Howell County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Howell County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,097 of 1,707 scored counties
#23 of 56 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,230 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,798
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 HVAC and plumbing companies in Howell County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Households in Howell County spend about $35.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,230 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That is about $4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 17% 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 Howell County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 1,330 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Howell County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Howell County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,097 of 1,707 scored counties and #23 of 56 scored counties in Missouri.
How Howell 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 | Howell County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $4.1M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,330 | 1,310 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.7% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,230 | $2,667 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $50,993 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 90
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- 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 Howell 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 Howell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,798+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 15,965
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 927 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 44
- Median household income
- $50,993+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,539
- Median home value
- $173,000
- Jobs located here
- 15,317
- Daytime population
- 40,659Residents 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 |
| 23Howell County, MO | 43 | 9 | 5.6 | $4M | +2.5% | #1,097 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Howell County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Howell County, MO?
There are 9 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Howell County as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. 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 Howell County, MO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $35.6M a year, or $2,230 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $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 15,965 households in Howell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howell County, MO compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Howell County has 5.6 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Howell County would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,330 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Howell County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Howell County at 40,798 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,965 households. The median household income in Howell County is $50,993 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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. Howell County scores 43 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,097 of 1,707 scored counties.
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