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HVAC and plumbing companies in Suffolk County, NY

How Suffolk 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #738 of 1,707 scored counties
#53 of 56 scored counties in New York

Listings
402
16 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
1,089
+4.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $4,071 a household
Spending per listing
$5M
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.1
29% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,546,090
+1.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 402 HVAC and plumbing companies in Suffolk County. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 8.1 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Households in Suffolk County spend about $2B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $4,071 per household, 35% above the U.S. average. That is about $5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 5% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Suffolk County was 1,089 in 2023, up 4.2% from 2019. That is one for every 454 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 41 SBA-backed loans worth $18.4M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Suffolk County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Suffolk County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Suffolk County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #738 of 1,707 scored counties and #53 of 56 scored counties in New York.

How Suffolk 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Suffolk County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureSuffolk CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.14.76.3
Spending per listing$5M$7.2M$4.8M
Households per official establishment4541,0911,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.2%+0.8%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$4,071$3,373$3,018
Median household income$130,686$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5363

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,045 → 1,089+4.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
7,975
Annual payroll, 2023
$651.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40216 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
423The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
41
Amount
$18.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Suffolk 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 Suffolk County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,546,090+1.6% since 2020
Households
494,405
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
898 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,620
Median household income
$130,686+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$167,491
Median home value
$578,400
Jobs located here
624,016
Daytime population
1,340,805Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across New York

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The highest-scoring counties in New York for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in New York, with Suffolk County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saratoga County, NY84454.4$8.1M+2.3%#28 of 1,707
2New York County, NY822092.7$14.2M−1.3%#44 of 1,707
3Schenectady County, NY82294.3$7.2M+3.0%#45 of 1,707
4Otsego County, NY81104.3$6.8M+3.8%#53 of 1,707
5Schoharie County, NY8053.9$7.6M+1.4%#62 of 1,707
6Livingston County, NY7862.5$12.2M−0.2%#75 of 1,707
7Madison County, NY7872.7$11.4M−1.2%#76 of 1,707
8Ontario County, NY77183.7$8.6M+0.6%#84 of 1,707
9Albany County, NY77634.7$6.9M+2.2%#87 of 1,707
10Rensselaer County, NY76274.0$7.9M−0.2%#94 of 1,707
53Suffolk County, NY534028.1$5M+1.6%#738 of 1,707

Other business types in Suffolk County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Suffolk County, NY?

There are 402 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Suffolk County as of September 2026. 16 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 1,089 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 4.2% from 2019.

How much do households in Suffolk County, NY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $2B a year, or $4,071 per household. That is 35% above the U.S. average (an index of 135, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 402 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $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 494,405 households in Suffolk County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Suffolk County, NY compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

Suffolk County has 8.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Suffolk County would have about 423, against 402 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 454 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Suffolk County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Suffolk County at 1,546,090 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 494,405 households. The median household income in Suffolk County is $130,686 a year, 62% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.4% 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. Suffolk County scores 53 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #738 of 1,707 scored counties.

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