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HVAC and plumbing companies in Benton County, OR

How Benton County, OR 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 84 out of 100: High

Ranked #30 of 1,707 scored counties
#1 of 26 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
15
1 chain location (7%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$108.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,824 a household
Spending per listing
$7.3M
52% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.9
38% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
97,728
+4.4% 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

Benton County scores 84 (high) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #30 of 1,707 scored counties and #1 of 26 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for HVAC and plumbing companies.

Households in Benton County spend about $108.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,824 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 15 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $7.3M per company, 52% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

Benton County has 15 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Benton County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 2,028 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $919K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Benton County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Benton County grew 4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Benton County compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Benton County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureBenton CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.95.46.3
Spending per listing$7.3M$5.3M$4.8M
Households per official establishment2,0281,2851,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.3%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.4%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,824$2,907$3,018
Median household income$77,702$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score8458

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 19
Employees, 2023
114
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
151 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$919K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
97,728+4.4% since 2020
Households
38,537
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
675 sq. mi.
People per square mile
143
Median household income
$77,702+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$110,303
Median home value
$513,000
Jobs located here
38,819
Daytime population
95,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Oregon

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The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Benton County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, OR84153.9$7.3M+4.4%#30 of 1,707
2Washington County, OR791185.0$6.6M+1.8%#72 of 1,707
3Multnomah County, OR731514.3$7.1M−2.6%#147 of 1,707
4Marion County, OR70584.6$6M+2.7%#205 of 1,707
5Columbia County, OR69115.3$5.3M+2.6%#237 of 1,707
6Polk County, OR66154.5$6.3M+2.3%#289 of 1,707
7Crook County, OR6654.6$6.2M+10.6%#294 of 1,707
8Yamhill County, OR66205.1$5.7M+2.2%#299 of 1,707
9Lane County, OR61714.4$5.9M−0.7%#450 of 1,707
10Malheur County, OR5954.9$4.9M+1.9%#534 of 1,707

Other business types in Benton County

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Benton County, OR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 HVAC and plumbing companies in Benton County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Benton County, OR spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $108.8M a year, or $2,824 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $7.3M 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 38,537 households in Benton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Benton County has 3.9 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $7.3M, 52% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Benton County would have about 23, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,028 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Benton County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Benton County at 97,728 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,537 households. Median household income in Benton County is $77,702, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Benton County scores 84 for HVAC and plumbing companies (high), #30 of 1,707 scored counties.

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