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HVAC and plumbing companies in Highland County, OH
How Highland County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #320 of 1,707 scored counties
#10 of 76 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 5
- 2 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $41.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,425 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.2M
- 73% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 52% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,823
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Highland County spend about $41.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,425 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 73% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Highland County has 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 3.0 for every 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Highland County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 1,694 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $800K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Highland County.
Population estimates show Highland County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Highland County is 65 (upper middle), #320 of 1,707 scored counties and #10 of 76 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Highland 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 | Highland County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $8.2M | $4.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,694 | 1,637 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.3% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,425 | $2,683 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $65,785 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 93
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 52 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $800K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Highland 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 Highland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,823+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 16,938
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 553 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $65,785+48.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,210
- Median home value
- $168,900
- Jobs located here
- 10,840
- Daytime population
- 35,956Residents 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 |
Other business types in Highland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Highland County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 HVAC and plumbing companies in Highland County. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Highland County, OH spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $41.1M a year, or $2,425 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $8.2M 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 16,938 households in Highland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Highland County, OH compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Highland County has 3.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $8.2M, 73% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Highland County would have about 9, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,694 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Highland County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Highland County at 43,823 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,938 households. Median household income in Highland County is $65,785, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 48.9%, 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. Highland County scores 65 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #320 of 1,707 scored counties.
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