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HVAC and plumbing companies in Portage County, OH
The HVAC and plumbing companies in Portage County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #148 of 1,707 scored counties
#5 of 76 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 25
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- −16.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $175.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,688 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7M
- 47% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 40% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 163,404
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Portage County is 73 (upper middle), #148 of 1,707 scored counties and #5 of 76 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for HVAC and plumbing companies.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 HVAC and plumbing companies in Portage County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Households in Portage County spend about $175.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,688 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 25 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $7M per company, 47% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which HVAC and plumbing companies share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Portage County in 2023, down 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 2,175 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $957K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Portage County. Population estimates show Portage County grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Portage 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 | Portage County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 6.0 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $7M | $4.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,175 | 1,637 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −16.7% | +2.3% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,688 | $2,683 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $75,766 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 30−16.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 226
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 250 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $957K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Portage 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 Portage County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 163,404+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 65,249
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 487 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 332
- Median household income
- $75,766+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,106
- Median home value
- $227,000
- Jobs located here
- 55,772
- Daytime population
- 143,575Residents 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 Portage 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 Portage County, OH?
There are 25 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Portage County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 16.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Portage County, OH spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $175.4M a year, or $2,688 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $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 65,249 households in Portage County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Portage County, OH compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Portage County has 3.8 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $7M, 47% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Portage County would have about 37, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,175 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Portage County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Portage County at 163,404 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,249 households. The median household income in Portage County is $75,766 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. Portage County scores 73 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #148 of 1,707 scored counties.
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