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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Laurinburg, NC area
How the Laurinburg, NC area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,321 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 33,322
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Laurinburg area. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Laurinburg area comes to about $29.2M a year: $2,321 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $14.6M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which HVAC and plumbing companies share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Laurinburg area classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 2,516 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Laurinburg area declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, the Laurinburg area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Laurinburg area 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 | Laurinburg area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $14.6M | $4.6M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,516 | 1,078 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.7% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,321 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $45,730 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 the Laurinburg area, 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 the Laurinburg area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,322−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,580
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 319 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 105
- Median household income
- $45,730+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,579
- Median home value
- $114,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,781
- Daytime population
- 32,005Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lumberton, NC | 74 | 12 | 2.8 | $7.9M | +3.4% | #31 of 476 |
| 2Washington, NC | 73 | 7 | 3.6 | $7M | 0.0% | #32 of 476 |
| 3Anderson Creek, NC | 72 | 24 | 4.8 | $5.7M | +12.3% | #41 of 476 |
| 4Waynesville, NC | 65 | 15 | 5.5 | $4.8M | +1.9% | #89 of 476 |
| 5Sanford, NC | 64 | 15 | 6.0 | $4.4M | +10.8% | #99 of 476 |
| 6New Bern, NC | 63 | 32 | 6.1 | $4.3M | +3.6% | #107 of 476 |
| 7Henderson, NC | 60 | 5 | 3.1 | $7.8M | +0.2% | #133 of 476 |
| 8Elizabeth City, NC | 60 | 11 | 7.0 | $3.8M | +4.5% | #144 of 476 |
| 9North Wilkesboro, NC | 56 | 10 | 3.7 | $6.5M | +0.6% | #161 of 476 |
| 10Morehead City, NC | 47 | 27 | 8.4 | $3.4M | +4.1% | #273 of 476 |
| Laurinburg, NC | Not scored | 2 | 1.6 | $14.6M | −0.3% |
Other business types in the Laurinburg area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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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 the Laurinburg, NC area?
The Laurinburg area has 2 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Laurinburg, NC area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $29.2M a year, or $2,321 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $14.6M 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 12,580 households in the Laurinburg area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Laurinburg, NC area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Laurinburg area has 2 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Laurinburg area would have about 6, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,516 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is the Laurinburg, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Laurinburg area at 33,322 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,580 households. The median household income in the Laurinburg area is $45,730 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Laurinburg area has no market score for HVAC and plumbing companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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