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HVAC and plumbing companies in Pondera County, MT
The HVAC and plumbing companies in Pondera County, MT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,392 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 6,072
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 HVAC or plumbing company in Pondera County. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Pondera County comes to about $5.4M a year: $2,392 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.4M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which HVAC and plumbing companies share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Pondera County in 2023. That is one for every 567 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Pondera County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Pondera County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Pondera County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 7.0 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.4M | $3.9M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 567 | 644 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.1% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,392 | $2,711 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $52,338 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Pondera 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 Pondera County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,072+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 2,268
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,625 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $52,338
- Average household income
- $72,767
- Median home value
- $206,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,539
- Daytime population
- 5,599Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gallatin County, MT | 50 | 39 | 7.6 | $4.1M | +7.7% | #863 of 1,707 |
| 2Lewis and Clark County, MT | 46 | 22 | 7.0 | $4M | +5.8% | #996 of 1,707 |
| 3Flathead County, MT | 44 | 32 | 7.2 | $3.8M | +10.1% | #1,059 of 1,707 |
| 4Silver Bow County, MT | 42 | 8 | 5.2 | $4.7M | +2.6% | #1,130 of 1,707 |
| 5Missoula County, MT | 41 | 42 | 8.0 | $3.5M | +4.4% | #1,180 of 1,707 |
| 6Park County, MT | 40 | 6 | 7.2 | $3.8M | +5.7% | #1,204 of 1,707 |
| 7Yellowstone County, MT | 35 | 72 | 10.3 | $2.7M | +4.5% | #1,372 of 1,707 |
| 8Ravalli County, MT | 33 | 16 | 8.6 | $3.1M | +9.4% | #1,430 of 1,707 |
| 9Cascade County, MT | 22 | 37 | 10.4 | $2.5M | +0.7% | #1,633 of 1,707 |
| 10Fergus County, MT | 18 | 8 | 15.1 | $1.6M | +3.1% | #1,673 of 1,707 |
| Pondera County, MT | Not scored | 1 | 4.4 | $5.4M | +3.2% |
Other business types in Pondera County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Pondera County, MT?
Pondera County has 1 HVAC or plumbing company on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Pondera County, MT spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $5.4M a year, or $2,392 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 HVAC or plumbing company on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 2,268 households in Pondera County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pondera County, MT compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Pondera County has 1 HVAC or plumbing company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 567 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Pondera County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Pondera County at 6,072 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,268 households. The median household income in Pondera County is $52,338 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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