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HVAC and plumbing companies in Hardin County, OH
The HVAC and plumbing companies in Hardin County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,504 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 30,072
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 HVAC and plumbing companies in Hardin County. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households.
Households in Hardin County spend about $29.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,504 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $14.7M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which HVAC and plumbing companies share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Hardin County in 2023. That is one for every 1,675 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Hardin County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, Hardin County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Hardin County 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.
| Measure | Hardin County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 6.0 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $14.7M | $4.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,675 | 1,637 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.3% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,504 | $2,683 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $62,484 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $768K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 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 Hardin 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 Hardin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,072−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 11,724
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 470 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $62,484+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,547
- Median home value
- $151,200
- Jobs located here
- 7,371
- Daytime population
- 25,565Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Delaware County, OH | 93 | 42 | 5.1 | $7.2M | +12.5% | #3 of 1,707 |
| 2Union County, OH | 83 | 17 | 7.0 | $4.7M | +16.5% | #43 of 1,707 |
| 3Warren County, OH | 82 | 56 | 6.1 | $5.5M | +5.7% | #49 of 1,707 |
| 4Franklin County, OH | 74 | 292 | 5.3 | $5.3M | +2.8% | #138 of 1,707 |
| 5Portage County, OH | 73 | 25 | 3.8 | $7M | +1.0% | #148 of 1,707 |
| 6Ashland County, OH | 70 | 5 | 2.4 | $10.4M | +0.1% | #193 of 1,707 |
| 7Greene County, OH | 70 | 46 | 6.7 | $4.4M | +3.7% | #219 of 1,707 |
| 8Morrow County, OH | 69 | 6 | 4.5 | $6M | +3.7% | #230 of 1,707 |
| 9Lorain County, OH | 66 | 73 | 5.7 | $4.8M | +3.1% | #311 of 1,707 |
| 10Highland County, OH | 65 | 5 | 3.0 | $8.2M | +1.1% | #320 of 1,707 |
| Hardin County, OH | Not scored | 2 | 1.7 | $14.7M | −2.1% |
Other business types in Hardin 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 Hardin County, OH?
There are 2 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Hardin County as of September 2026. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Hardin County, OH spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $29.4M 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 2 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $14.7M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,724 households in Hardin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardin County, OH compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Hardin County has 2 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Hardin County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,675 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Hardin County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Hardin County at 30,072 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,724 households. The median household income in Hardin County is $62,484 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Hardin County has no market score for HVAC and plumbing companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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