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HVAC and plumbing companies in Barnes County, ND
How Barnes County, ND 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,504 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,573
- −2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Barnes County comes to about $12.3M a year: $2,504 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Barnes County has 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 8.1 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Barnes County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 1,227 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Barnes County declined 2.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, Barnes County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Barnes County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Barnes County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 6.0 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $4.6M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,227 | 985 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.2% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.7% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,504 | $2,751 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $68,038 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 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 Barnes 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 Barnes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,573−2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 4,908
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $68,038+16.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,055
- Median home value
- $173,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,766
- Daytime population
- 10,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Williams County, ND | 73 | 5 | 3.3 | $9M | +1.4% | #139 of 1,707 |
| 2Burleigh County, ND | 58 | 28 | 6.8 | $4.3M | +4.7% | #583 of 1,707 |
| 3Cass County, ND | 51 | 61 | 7.3 | $3.8M | +9.1% | #832 of 1,707 |
| 4Ward County, ND | 46 | 17 | 6.0 | $4.7M | −2.4% | #983 of 1,707 |
| 5Grand Forks County, ND | 43 | 21 | 6.7 | $3.9M | +1.9% | #1,101 of 1,707 |
| 6Morton County, ND | 37 | 12 | 8.6 | $3.2M | +3.8% | #1,309 of 1,707 |
| 7Stark County, ND | 28 | 12 | 8.9 | $3M | +0.5% | #1,524 of 1,707 |
| 8Richland County, ND | 23 | 8 | 11.7 | $2.4M | +1.2% | #1,618 of 1,707 |
| Barnes County, ND | Not scored | 4 | 8.1 | $3.1M | −2.7% |
Other business types in Barnes 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 Barnes County, ND?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 HVAC and plumbing companies in Barnes County. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Barnes County, ND spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $12.3M a year, or $2,504 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 4,908 households in Barnes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barnes County, ND compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Barnes County has 8.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.1M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Barnes County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,227 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Barnes County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Barnes County at 10,573 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,908 households. Median household income in Barnes County is $68,038, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.6%, 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. Barnes County has no market score for HVAC and plumbing companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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