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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Elmira, NY metro area
The HVAC and plumbing companies in the Elmira, NY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #133 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 18
- 2 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- +8.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $98.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,804 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,415
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Elmira metro area. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.1, 19% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Households in the Elmira metro area spend about $98.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,804 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $5.5M per company, 15% above 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 25 businesses with payroll in the Elmira metro area classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 8.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,410 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Elmira metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in the Elmira metro area is 57 (upper middle), #133 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.
How the Elmira metro area 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 | Elmira metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 4.7 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $7.2M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,410 | 1,091 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.7% | +0.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,804 | $3,373 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $63,716 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25+8.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 218
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 182 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 the Elmira metro area, 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 the Elmira metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,415−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 35,262
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 202
- Median household income
- $63,716+16.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,374
- Median home value
- $141,100
- Jobs located here
- 31,723
- Daytime population
- 81,216Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 82 | 169 | 4.4 | $7.5M | +1.9% | #8 of 387 |
| 2Ithaca, NY | 77 | 17 | 3.9 | $7.9M | −1.4% | #13 of 387 |
| 3Utica-Rome, NY | 72 | 50 | 4.1 | $7M | −2.0% | #34 of 387 |
| 4Rochester, NY | 72 | 217 | 4.9 | $6.3M | −0.7% | #35 of 387 |
| 5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 72 | 245 | 4.9 | $6.2M | −0.8% | #36 of 387 |
| 6Syracuse, NY | 71 | 116 | 4.3 | $7.1M | −1.3% | #40 of 387 |
| 7Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 70 | 15 | 3.2 | $9M | −3.9% | #45 of 387 |
| 8Binghamton, NY | 70 | 46 | 4.5 | $6.4M | −1.3% | #48 of 387 |
| 9New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 65 | 3,784 | 5.1 | $7.1M | +0.6% | #67 of 387 |
| 10Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 62 | 152 | 6.0 | $5.9M | +3.0% | #89 of 387 |
| 11Elmira, NY | 57 | 18 | 5.1 | $5.5M | −3.9% | #133 of 387 |
Other business types in the Elmira metro area
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 the Elmira, NY metro area?
There are 18 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Elmira metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 8.7% from 2019.
How much do households in the Elmira, NY metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $98.9M a year, or $2,804 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 35,262 households in the Elmira metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Elmira, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Elmira metro area has 5.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.5M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Elmira metro area would have about 21, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,410 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Elmira, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Elmira metro area at 80,415 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,262 households. The median household income in the Elmira metro area is $63,716 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.0% 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. The Elmira metro area scores 57 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #133 of 387 scored metro areas.
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