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HVAC and plumbing companies in Essex County, NJ
How Essex County, NJ 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 87 out of 100: High
Ranked #17 of 1,707 scored counties
#2 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 113
- 3 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 200
- +5.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.1B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,377 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.6M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 896,379
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Essex County is 87 (high), #17 of 1,707 scored counties and #2 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for HVAC and plumbing companies.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 113 HVAC and plumbing companies in Essex County. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 3.5 for every 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
At $3,377 per household (12% above the U.S. average), households in Essex County spend about $1.1B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $9.6M per company, twice 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 200 businesses with payroll in Essex County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 5.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,599 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $8.6M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Essex County. Population estimates put the population change in Essex County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Essex County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Essex County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $9.6M | $6M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,599 | 1,016 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.8% | −0.6% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,377 | $3,682 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $80,789 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 87 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 189 → 200+5.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,745
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $138.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1133 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 227The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 11
- Amount
- $8.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Essex 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 Essex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 896,379+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 319,788
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 45%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 126 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6,845
- Median household income
- $80,789+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,554
- Median home value
- $524,100
- Jobs located here
- 362,597
- Daytime population
- 843,719Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hudson County, NJ | 88 | 59 | 2.0 | $18M | +1.8% | #12 of 1,707 |
| 2Essex County, NJ | 87 | 113 | 3.5 | $9.6M | +4.2% | #17 of 1,707 |
| 3Mercer County, NJ | 84 | 78 | 5.4 | $6.7M | +3.3% | #32 of 1,707 |
| 4Somerset County, NJ | 77 | 76 | 5.8 | $7.4M | +3.5% | #85 of 1,707 |
| 5Middlesex County, NJ | 75 | 157 | 5.1 | $7.4M | +2.6% | #112 of 1,707 |
| 6Burlington County, NJ | 75 | 119 | 6.7 | $5.5M | +4.3% | #123 of 1,707 |
| 7Union County, NJ | 72 | 128 | 6.3 | $6M | +5.0% | #169 of 1,707 |
| 8Camden County, NJ | 67 | 131 | 6.5 | $5.1M | +2.4% | #280 of 1,707 |
| 9Bergen County, NJ | 65 | 240 | 6.8 | $6M | +2.4% | #331 of 1,707 |
| 10Gloucester County, NJ | 64 | 78 | 6.9 | $5.2M | +3.3% | #368 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Essex 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 trades87
- HVAC and plumbing87
- Electricians86
- Roofing and gutters86
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control72
- Landscaping and lawn care78
- House cleaning56
- Pest control70
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Essex County, NJ?
There are 113 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Essex County as of September 2026. 3 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 200 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 5.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Essex County, NJ spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $1.1B a year, or $3,377 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 113 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $9.6M 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 319,788 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Essex County, NJ compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Essex County has 3.5 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $9.6M, twice the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Essex County would have about 227, against 113 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,599 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Essex County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Essex County at 896,379 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 319,788 households. The median household income in Essex County is $80,789 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.3% 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. Essex County scores 87 for HVAC and plumbing companies (high), #17 of 1,707 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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