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HVAC and plumbing companies in Wayne County, NY
How Wayne 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #389 of 1,707 scored counties
#36 of 56 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 18
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 33
- −2.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $112.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,923 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.2M
- 31% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,250
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Wayne County spend about $112.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,923 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $6.2M per company, 31% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Wayne County has 18 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 4.7 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Wayne County was 33 in 2023, down 2.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,164 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $30K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Wayne County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wayne County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Wayne County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #389 of 1,707 scored counties and #36 of 56 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Wayne 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 | Wayne County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 4.7 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $6.2M | $7.2M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,164 | 1,091 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.9% | +0.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,923 | $3,373 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $74,506 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34 → 33−2.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 172
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 180 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $30K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Wayne 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 Wayne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,250+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 38,404
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 604 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 151
- Median household income
- $74,506+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,779
- Median home value
- $170,000
- Jobs located here
- 27,479
- Daytime population
- 75,376Residents 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 |
| 36Wayne County, NY | 63 | 18 | 4.7 | $6.2M | +0.1% | #389 of 1,707 |
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Wayne County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 HVAC and plumbing companies in Wayne County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 2.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Wayne County, NY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $112.2M a year, or $2,923 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $6.2M 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 38,404 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wayne County, NY compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Wayne County has 4.7 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $6.2M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Wayne County would have about 24, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,164 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Wayne County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Wayne County at 91,250 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,404 households. Median household income in Wayne County is $74,506, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Wayne County scores 63 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #389 of 1,707 scored counties.
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