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HVAC and plumbing companies in Summit County, OH

How Summit 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #458 of 1,707 scored counties
#18 of 76 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
122
6 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
129
−5.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$622.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,692 a household
Spending per listing
$5.1M
7% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
538,376
−0.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 122 HVAC and plumbing companies in Summit County. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 5.3 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

At $2,692 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Summit County spend about $622.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 7% 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 129 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Summit County in 2023, down 5.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,793 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 17 SBA-backed loans worth $3.8M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Summit County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Summit County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For HVAC and plumbing companies, Summit County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #458 of 1,707 scored counties and #18 of 76 scored counties in Ohio.

How Summit 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Summit County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureSummit CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.36.06.3
Spending per listing$5.1M$4.5M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,7931,6371,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.8%+2.3%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,692$2,683$3,018
Median household income$71,622$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score6148

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
137 → 129−5.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,187
Annual payroll, 2023
$164.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1226 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
131The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
17
Amount
$3.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Summit 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 Summit County

Population, 2025 estimate
538,376−0.3% since 2020
Households
231,267
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
413 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,303
Median household income
$71,622+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,082
Median home value
$208,700
Jobs located here
269,669
Daytime population
554,948Residents 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 counties in Ohio for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Summit County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Delaware County, OH93425.1$7.2M+12.5%#3 of 1,707
2Union County, OH83177.0$4.7M+16.5%#43 of 1,707
3Warren County, OH82566.1$5.5M+5.7%#49 of 1,707
4Franklin County, OH742925.3$5.3M+2.8%#138 of 1,707
5Portage County, OH73253.8$7M+1.0%#148 of 1,707
6Ashland County, OH7052.4$10.4M+0.1%#193 of 1,707
7Greene County, OH70466.7$4.4M+3.7%#219 of 1,707
8Morrow County, OH6964.5$6M+3.7%#230 of 1,707
9Lorain County, OH66735.7$4.8M+3.1%#311 of 1,707
10Highland County, OH6553.0$8.2M+1.1%#320 of 1,707
18Summit County, OH611225.3$5.1M−0.3%#458 of 1,707

Other business types in Summit County

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Summit County, OH?

Summit County has 122 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 129 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 5.8% from 2019.

How much do households in Summit County, OH spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $622.5M a year, or $2,692 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 122 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 231,267 households in Summit County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Summit County has 5.3 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.1M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Summit County would have about 131, against 122 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,793 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Summit County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Summit County at 538,376 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 231,267 households. The median household income in Summit County is $71,622 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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. Summit County scores 61 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #458 of 1,707 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for HVAC and plumbing companies · All 56 business types in Summit County

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