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HVAC and plumbing companies in Stokes County, NC

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Stokes County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,021 of 1,707 scored counties
#50 of 77 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
11
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
23
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$49.9M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,551 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.6
11% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,126
+3.5% 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

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Stokes County comes to about $49.9M a year: $2,551 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4.5M per company, 5% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

Stokes County has 11 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.6, 11% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Stokes County was 23 in 2023. That is one for every 850 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Stokes County grew 3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Stokes County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,021 of 1,707 scored counties and #50 of 77 scored counties in North Carolina.

How Stokes 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 Stokes County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureStokes CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.66.36.3
Spending per listing$4.5M$4.6M$4.8M
Households per official establishment8501,0781,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.7%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.5%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,551$2,889$3,018
Median household income$62,969$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score4553

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 23
Employees, 2023
62
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Stokes 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 Stokes County

Population, 2025 estimate
46,126+3.5% since 2020
Households
19,546
Median age
47.6
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
449 sq. mi.
People per square mile
100
Median household income
$62,969+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,672
Median home value
$196,700
Jobs located here
7,846
Daytime population
32,092Residents 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 Stokes 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
50Stokes County, NC45115.6$4.5M+3.5%#1,021 of 1,707

Other business types in Stokes County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 HVAC and plumbing companies in Stokes County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

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

About $49.9M a year, or $2,551 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 19,546 households in Stokes County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Stokes County has 5.6 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.5M, 5% 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 850 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Stokes County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Stokes County at 46,126 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,546 households. Median household income in Stokes County is $62,969, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. Stokes County scores 45 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,021 of 1,707 scored counties.

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