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HVAC and plumbing companies in Avery County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Avery County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,707 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,110
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Avery County comes to about $18.4M a year: $2,707 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $6.1M per company, 29% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Avery County has 3 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 4.4 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Avery County in 2023. That is one for every 679 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Avery County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, Avery County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Avery County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Avery County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $4.6M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 679 | 1,078 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.7% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,707 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $61,428 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 69
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Avery 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 Avery County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,110+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,791
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 247 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $61,428+52.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,834
- Median home value
- $265,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,802
- Daytime population
- 18,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durham County, NC | 87 | 68 | 4.8 | $6.5M | +7.7% | #19 of 1,707 |
| 2Mecklenburg County, NC | 86 | 241 | 5.2 | $6.3M | +10.5% | #21 of 1,707 |
| 3Hoke County, NC | 84 | 7 | 3.6 | $7.3M | +9.0% | #29 of 1,707 |
| 4Orange County, NC | 80 | 25 | 4.4 | $7.6M | +6.1% | #61 of 1,707 |
| 5Jackson County, NC | 77 | 7 | 3.8 | $6.7M | +6.9% | #89 of 1,707 |
| 6Chatham County, NC | 77 | 17 | 5.2 | $6.6M | +11.0% | #90 of 1,707 |
| 7Wake County, NC | 76 | 311 | 6.8 | $5.2M | +11.2% | #103 of 1,707 |
| 8Robeson County, NC | 71 | 12 | 2.8 | $7.9M | +3.4% | #180 of 1,707 |
| 9Lincoln County, NC | 71 | 18 | 4.9 | $6.2M | +13.2% | #183 of 1,707 |
| 10Forsyth County, NC | 70 | 84 | 5.3 | $5.3M | +5.0% | #212 of 1,707 |
| Avery County, NC | Not scored | 3 | 4.4 | $6.1M | +1.1% |
Other business types in Avery 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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Avery County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 HVAC and plumbing companies in Avery County. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Avery County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $18.4M a year, or $2,707 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 6,791 households in Avery County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Avery County, NC compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Avery 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 $6.1M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Avery County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 679 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Avery County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Avery County at 18,110 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,791 households. Median household income in Avery County is $61,428, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 52.3%, 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. Avery County has no market score for HVAC and plumbing companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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