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HVAC and plumbing companies in Kings County, NY
How Kings 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 · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #194 of 1,707 scored counties
#21 of 56 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 334
- 4 chain locations (1%)
- Official establishments
- 784
- −1.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3.3B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,293 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,653,963
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Kings County spend about $3.3B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,293 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $10M of household spending for each company on map listings, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
There are 334 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Kings County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 1% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Kings County was 784 in 2023, down 1.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,288 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 37 SBA-backed loans worth $13.8M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Kings County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kings County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For HVAC and plumbing companies, Kings County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #194 of 1,707 scored counties and #21 of 56 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Kings 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 | Kings County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 4.7 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $10M | $7.2M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,288 | 1,091 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.5% | +0.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,293 | $3,373 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $80,263 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 796 → 784−1.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,707
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $427.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3344 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 699The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 37
- Amount
- $13.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Kings 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 Kings County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,653,963−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 1,009,927
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 30%
- Vehicles per household
- 0.6
- Land area
- 69 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37,927
- Median household income
- $80,263+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,376
- Median home value
- $905,000
- Jobs located here
- 883,599
- Daytime population
- 2,304,140Residents 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 |
| 21Kings County, NY | 70 | 334 | 3.3 | $10M | −2.5% | #194 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Kings 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 trades70
- HVAC and plumbing70
- Electricians67
- Roofing and gutters78
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control73
- Landscaping and lawn care73
- House cleaning66
- Pest control57
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Kings County, NY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 334 HVAC and plumbing companies in Kings County. 4 of them (1%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 784 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 1.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Kings County, NY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $3.3B a year, or $3,293 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 334 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $10M 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 1,009,927 households in Kings County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kings County, NY compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Kings County has 3.3 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $10M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Kings County would have about 699, against 334 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,288 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Kings County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Kings County at 2,653,963 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,009,927 households. Median household income in Kings County is $80,263, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.3%, 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. Kings County scores 70 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #194 of 1,707 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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