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HVAC and plumbing companies in Cortland County, NY
How Cortland County, NY compares with other counties and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $54.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,883 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.7M
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,850
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Cortland County comes to about $54.8M a year: $2,883 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $13.7M per company, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Cortland County has 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.1, 67% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Cortland County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,900 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cortland County declined 1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, Cortland County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Cortland County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Cortland County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 4.7 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $13.7M | $7.2M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,900 | 1,091 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,883 | $3,373 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $70,418 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Cortland 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 Cortland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,850−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,999
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $70,418+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,337
- Median home value
- $162,100
- Jobs located here
- 17,001
- Daytime population
- 43,892Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saratoga County, NY | 84 | 45 | 4.4 | $8.1M | +2.3% | #28 of 1,707 |
| 2New York County, NY | 82 | 209 | 2.7 | $14.2M | −1.3% | #44 of 1,707 |
| 3Schenectady County, NY | 82 | 29 | 4.3 | $7.2M | +3.0% | #45 of 1,707 |
| 4Otsego County, NY | 81 | 10 | 4.3 | $6.8M | +3.8% | #53 of 1,707 |
| 5Schoharie County, NY | 80 | 5 | 3.9 | $7.6M | +1.4% | #62 of 1,707 |
| 6Livingston County, NY | 78 | 6 | 2.5 | $12.2M | −0.2% | #75 of 1,707 |
| 7Madison County, NY | 78 | 7 | 2.7 | $11.4M | −1.2% | #76 of 1,707 |
| 8Ontario County, NY | 77 | 18 | 3.7 | $8.6M | +0.6% | #84 of 1,707 |
| 9Albany County, NY | 77 | 63 | 4.7 | $6.9M | +2.2% | #87 of 1,707 |
| 10Rensselaer County, NY | 76 | 27 | 4.0 | $7.9M | −0.2% | #94 of 1,707 |
| Cortland County, NY | Not scored | 4 | 2.1 | $13.7M | −1.9% |
Other business types in Cortland 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 Cortland County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 HVAC and plumbing companies in Cortland County. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Cortland County, NY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $54.8M a year, or $2,883 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $13.7M 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 18,999 households in Cortland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cortland County, NY compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Cortland County has 2.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $13.7M, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Cortland County would have about 12, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,900 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Cortland County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Cortland County at 45,850 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,999 households. Median household income in Cortland County is $70,418, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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. Cortland County has no market score for HVAC and plumbing companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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