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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area

How the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #149 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio

Listings
80
2 chain locations (3%)
Official establishments
89
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$440.6M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,387 a household
Spending per listing
$5.5M
16% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
423,678
−1.4% 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

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Youngstown-Warren metro area comes to about $440.6M a year: $2,387 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.5M per company, 16% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

There are 80 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Youngstown-Warren metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Official counts show 89 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Youngstown-Warren metro area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 2,074 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Youngstown-Warren metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Youngstown-Warren metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Youngstown-Warren metro area has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #149 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.

How the Youngstown-Warren metro 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 Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureYoungstown-Warren metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.36.06.3
Spending per listing$5.5M$4.5M$4.8M
Households per official establishment2,0741,6371,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+2.3%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,387$2,683$3,018
Median household income$56,713$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5548

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
890.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,067
Annual payroll, 2023
$74.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
802 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
93The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
11
Amount
$1.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Youngstown-Warren metro 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 Youngstown-Warren metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
423,678−1.4% since 2020
Households
184,615
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,029 sq. mi.
People per square mile
415
Median household income
$56,713
Average household income
$76,731
Median home value
$149,000
Jobs located here
155,417
Daytime population
405,091Residents 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 metro areas in Ohio for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Youngstown-Warren metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in Ohio ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbus, OH755135.9$4.9M+4.7%#20 of 387
2Akron, OH631475.0$5.4M0.0%#84 of 387
3Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN625706.3$4.6M+2.7%#101 of 387
Wheeling, WV-OH59213.6$6.9M−3.6%#117 of 387
4Youngstown-Warren, OH55804.3$5.5M−1.4%#149 of 387
5Cleveland, OH495475.9$4.6M−0.8%#201 of 387
6Mansfield, OH48265.2$4.6M−0.1%#208 of 387
7Sandusky, OH46275.3$5M−2.6%#222 of 387
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH45815.3$4.8M−2.6%#233 of 387
8Canton-Massillon, OH45985.9$4.4M−0.2%#236 of 387

Other business types in the Youngstown-Warren metro 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 Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 80 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Youngstown-Warren metro area. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 89 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

How much do households in the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $440.6M a year, or $2,387 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 80 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 184,615 households in the Youngstown-Warren metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

The Youngstown-Warren metro area has 4.3 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.5M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Youngstown-Warren metro area would have about 93, against 80 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,074 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Youngstown-Warren metro area at 423,678 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 184,615 households. Median household income in the Youngstown-Warren metro area is $56,713, 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. 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 Youngstown-Warren metro area scores 55 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #149 of 387 scored metro areas.

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