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HVAC and plumbing companies in Yellowstone County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Yellowstone County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,372 of 1,707 scored counties
#7 of 11 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 72
- 4 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 89
- +6.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $195.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,800 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 63% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 172,692
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
For HVAC and plumbing companies, Yellowstone County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,372 of 1,707 scored counties and #7 of 11 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $2,800 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Yellowstone County spend about $195.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 72 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $2.7M per company, 43% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Yellowstone County has 72 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 10.3 per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 89 businesses with payroll in Yellowstone County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 6.0% from 2019. That is one for every 785 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $314K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Yellowstone County. Population estimates put the population change in Yellowstone County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Yellowstone 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 | Yellowstone County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 7.0 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $3.9M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 785 | 644 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.0% | +11.1% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,800 | $2,711 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $76,570 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 84 → 89+6.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 807
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $56.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 724 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $314K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 172,692+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 69,897
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,633 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $76,570+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,900
- Median home value
- $349,500
- Jobs located here
- 90,871
- Daytime population
- 173,526Residents 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 |
Other business types in Yellowstone 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 trades33
- HVAC and plumbing35
- Electricians42
- Roofing and gutters29
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control33
- Landscaping and lawn care33
- House cleaning44
- Pest control60
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Yellowstone County, MT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 72 HVAC and plumbing companies in Yellowstone County. 4 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 89 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 6.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Yellowstone County, MT spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $195.7M a year, or $2,800 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 72 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 69,897 households in Yellowstone County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yellowstone County, MT compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Yellowstone County has 10.3 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $2.7M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Yellowstone County would have about 41, against 72 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 785 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Yellowstone County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Yellowstone County at 172,692 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,897 households. Median household income in Yellowstone County is $76,570, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. Yellowstone County scores 35 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,372 of 1,707 scored counties.
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