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HVAC and plumbing companies in Pamlico County, NC

How Pamlico 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,513 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,758
+3.7% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 HVAC and plumbing companies in Pamlico County. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Pamlico County comes to about $13.7M a year: $2,513 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 4% below 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Pamlico County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 1,819 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pamlico County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, Pamlico County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Pamlico 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Pamlico County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasurePamlico CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.56.36.3
Spending per listing$4.6M$4.6M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,8191,0781,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.7%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.7%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,513$2,889$3,018
Median household income$59,717$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
57
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
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
3The 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 Pamlico 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 Pamlico County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,758+3.7% since 2020
Households
5,456
Median age
52.1
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
337 sq. mi.
People per square mile
37
Median household income
$59,717+27.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,618
Median home value
$216,800
Jobs located here
3,289
Daytime population
11,007Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Pamlico County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Durham County, NC87684.8$6.5M+7.7%#19 of 1,707
2Mecklenburg County, NC862415.2$6.3M+10.5%#21 of 1,707
3Hoke County, NC8473.6$7.3M+9.0%#29 of 1,707
4Orange County, NC80254.4$7.6M+6.1%#61 of 1,707
5Jackson County, NC7773.8$6.7M+6.9%#89 of 1,707
6Chatham County, NC77175.2$6.6M+11.0%#90 of 1,707
7Wake County, NC763116.8$5.2M+11.2%#103 of 1,707
8Robeson County, NC71122.8$7.9M+3.4%#180 of 1,707
9Lincoln County, NC71184.9$6.2M+13.2%#183 of 1,707
10Forsyth County, NC70845.3$5.3M+5.0%#212 of 1,707
Pamlico County, NCNot scored35.5$4.6M+3.7%

Other business types in Pamlico County

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Pamlico County, NC?

Pamlico County has 3 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Pamlico County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $13.7M a year, or $2,513 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 5,456 households in Pamlico County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pamlico County has 5.5 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.6M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,819 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Pamlico County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Pamlico County at 12,758 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,456 households. The median household income in Pamlico County is $59,717 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.8% 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. 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. Pamlico 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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