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HVAC and plumbing companies in Currituck County, NC
How Currituck County, NC 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,296 of 1,707 scored counties
#60 of 77 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 20
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,223 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 60% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.9
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,158
- +16.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Currituck County is 38 (lower middle), #1,296 of 1,707 scored counties and #60 of 77 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Currituck County comes to about $38.2M a year: $3,223 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 20 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $1.9M per company, 60% below 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 20 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Currituck County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.9, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 6.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Currituck County was 25 in 2023. That is one for every 474 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Currituck County grew 16.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Currituck 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 | Currituck County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.9 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $4.6M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 474 | 1,078 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.7% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.7% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,223 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $93,511 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 25
- Employees, 2023
- 127
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 200 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Currituck 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 Currituck County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,158+16.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,845
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 262 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 117
- Median household income
- $93,511+33.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,114
- Median home value
- $378,800
- Jobs located here
- 7,011
- Daytime population
- 23,934Residents 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 |
| 60Currituck County, NC | 38 | 20 | 16.9 | $1.9M | +16.7% | #1,296 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Currituck County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Currituck County, NC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 HVAC and plumbing companies in Currituck County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Currituck County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $38.2M a year, or $3,223 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 11,845 households in Currituck County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Currituck County, NC compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Currituck County has 16.9 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $1.9M, 60% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Currituck County would have about 8, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 474 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Currituck County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Currituck County at 33,158 people in 2025, up 16.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,845 households. Median household income in Currituck County is $93,511, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.7%, 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. Currituck County scores 38 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,296 of 1,707 scored counties.
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