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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Gallipolis, OH area

How the Gallipolis, OH area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #277 of 476 scored small-town markets
#21 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27.3M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,349 a household
Spending per listing
$3.9M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.0
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,072
−0.5% 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

Households in the Gallipolis area spend about $27.3M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,349 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.9M per company, 18% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

The Gallipolis area has 7 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 6.0, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Gallipolis area in 2023. That is one for every 1,936 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Gallipolis area declined 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Gallipolis area has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #277 of 476 scored small-town markets and #21 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.

How the Gallipolis area compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Gallipolis, OH area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureGallipolis areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.06.06.3
Spending per listing$3.9M$4.5M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,9361,6371,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.3%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,349$2,683$3,018
Median household income$56,830$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score4648

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
29
Annual payroll, 2023
$918K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Gallipolis 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 Gallipolis area

Population, 2025 estimate
29,072−0.5% since 2020
Households
11,614
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
467 sq. mi.
People per square mile
62
Median household income
$56,830
Average household income
$77,972
Median home value
$155,600
Jobs located here
10,879
Daytime population
28,500Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Ohio

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Ohio for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Gallipolis area marked.

Top small-town markets in Ohio

Small-town markets in Ohio ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ashland, OH7552.4$10.4M+0.1%#25 of 476
2Wapakoneta, OH70105.3$5.1M−1.2%#55 of 476
3Cambridge, OH6753.1$7.8M−0.1%#70 of 476
4Coshocton, OH6553.4$6.9M+1.6%#85 of 476
5Urbana, OH63106.4$4.1M+0.2%#108 of 476
6Bucyrus, OH6273.9$6.1M−0.3%#111 of 476
7Washington Court House, OH6265.2$4.8M−1.4%#116 of 476
8Bellefontaine, OH62126.1$4.2M+0.4%#119 of 476
9Findlay, OH61206.3$4.2M+0.1%#132 of 476
10Marietta, OH5562.4$10.2M−2.1%#175 of 476
21Gallipolis, OH4676.0$3.9M−0.5%#277 of 476

Other business types in the Gallipolis area

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Gallipolis, OH area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Gallipolis area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

How much do households in the Gallipolis, OH area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $27.3M a year, or $2,349 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 11,614 households in the Gallipolis area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Gallipolis, OH area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

The Gallipolis area has 6.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.9M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Gallipolis area would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,936 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is the Gallipolis, OH area growing?

Population estimates put the Gallipolis area at 29,072 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,614 households. Median household income in the Gallipolis area is $56,830, 30% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Gallipolis area scores 46 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #277 of 476 scored small-town markets.

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