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HVAC and plumbing companies in Nelson County, ND
How Nelson 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
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,614 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 2,963
- −1.0% since 2020
See the HVAC and plumbing companies around any address in Nelson County
The site report maps the HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Nelson County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Households in Nelson County spend about $3.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,614 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.5M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
There is 1 HVAC or plumbing company on map listings in Nelson County as of September 2026. That is 7.5 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Nelson County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Nelson County declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Nelson 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 | Nelson County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $4.6M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 985 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.2% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,614 | $2,751 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $67,193 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Nelson 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 Nelson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,963−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 1,338
- Median age
- 48.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 982 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $67,193
- Average household income
- $100,705
- Median home value
- $139,700
- Jobs located here
- 968
- Daytime population
- 2,899Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Nelson County?
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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 |
| Nelson County, ND | Not scored | 1 | 7.5 | $3.5M | −1.0% |
Other business types in Nelson County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Nelson County, ND?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 HVAC or plumbing company in Nelson County. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. No official count is published for plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Nelson County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Nelson County, ND spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $3.5M a year, or $2,614 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 HVAC or plumbing company on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 1,338 households in Nelson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nelson County, ND compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Nelson County has 1 HVAC or plumbing company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending.
How fast is Nelson County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Nelson County at 2,963 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,338 households. Median household income in Nelson County is $67,193, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Nelson County. It maps the HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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