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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Minot, ND metro area
How the Minot, ND metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #264 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 4 scored metro areas based in North Dakota
- Listings
- 18
- 2 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- −13.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $88.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,797 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.9M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 75,694
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Minot metro area comes to about $88.9M a year: $2,797 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4.9M per company, 4% above 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 18 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Minot metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.7 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Minot metro area was 32 in 2023, down 13.5% from 2019. That is one for every 993 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Minot metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Minot metro area scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #264 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 4 scored metro areas based in North Dakota.
How the Minot metro area 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 | Minot metro area | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.9M | $4.6M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 993 | 985 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −13.5% | +1.2% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,797 | $2,751 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $78,200 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32−13.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 266
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 182 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Minot metro 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 Minot metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 75,694−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 31,781
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,764 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $78,200+13.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,202
- Median home value
- $254,000
- Jobs located here
- 32,284
- Daytime population
- 74,187Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bismarck, ND | 46 | 40 | 7.2 | $4M | +4.5% | #228 of 387 |
| 2Fargo, ND-MN | 43 | 83 | 7.5 | $3.7M | +7.7% | #253 of 387 |
| 3Minot, ND | 41 | 18 | 5.7 | $4.9M | −2.4% | #264 of 387 |
| 4Grand Forks, ND-MN | 33 | 28 | 6.4 | $4.1M | +0.8% | #325 of 387 |
Other business types in the Minot metro 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 Minot, ND metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Minot metro area. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 13.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Minot, ND metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $88.9M a year, or $2,797 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.9M 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 31,781 households in the Minot metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Minot, ND metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Minot metro area has 5.7 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.9M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Minot metro area would have about 19, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 993 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Minot, ND metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Minot metro area at 75,694 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 31,781 households. Median household income in the Minot metro area is $78,200, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.9%, 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. The Minot metro area scores 41 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #264 of 387 scored metro areas.
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