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HVAC and plumbing companies in Queens County, NY
How Queens 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #443 of 1,707 scored counties
#41 of 56 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 368
- 5 chain locations (1%)
- Official establishments
- 945
- −2.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.8B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,300 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.5M
- 59% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,358,182
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Queens County comes to about $2.8B a year: $3,300 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $7.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 59% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Queens County has 368 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (1%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 4.4 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Queens County was 945 in 2023, down 2.2% from 2019. That is one for every 890 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 30 SBA-backed loans worth $12.1M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Queens County.
Population estimates put the population change in Queens County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Queens County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #443 of 1,707 scored counties and #41 of 56 scored counties in New York.
How Queens 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 | Queens County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 4.7 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $7.5M | $7.2M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 890 | 1,091 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.2% | +0.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,300 | $3,373 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $86,136 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 966 → 945−2.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 9,213
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $787.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3685 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 583The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 30
- Amount
- $12.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Queens 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 Queens County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,358,182−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 841,003
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 45%
- Vehicles per household
- 0.9
- Land area
- 109 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21,371
- Median household income
- $86,136+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,404
- Median home value
- $723,800
- Jobs located here
- 728,428
- Daytime population
- 2,069,814Residents 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 |
| 41Queens County, NY | 61 | 368 | 4.4 | $7.5M | −1.1% | #443 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Queens 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 trades64
- HVAC and plumbing61
- Electricians55
- Roofing and gutters80
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control73
- Landscaping and lawn care75
- House cleaning63
- Pest control59
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Queens County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 368 HVAC and plumbing companies in Queens County. 5 of them (1%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 945 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 2.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Queens County, NY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $2.8B a year, or $3,300 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 368 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $7.5M 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 841,003 households in Queens County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Queens County, NY compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Queens County has 4.4 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $7.5M, 59% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Queens County would have about 583, against 368 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 890 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Queens County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Queens County at 2,358,182 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 841,003 households. Median household income in Queens County is $86,136, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Queens County scores 61 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #443 of 1,707 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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