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HVAC and plumbing companies in Georgetown County, SC
How Georgetown County, SC 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #682 of 1,707 scored counties
#17 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $77.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,853 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,912
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,853 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Georgetown County spend about $77.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 17 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4.6M per company, 4% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Georgetown County has 17 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 6.3 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 30 businesses with payroll in Georgetown County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 904 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Georgetown County.
Population estimates put the population change in Georgetown County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Georgetown County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #682 of 1,707 scored counties and #17 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Georgetown County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Georgetown County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $4.2M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 904 | 1,257 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +1.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,853 | $2,802 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $68,713 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30 → 300.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 265
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Georgetown 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 Georgetown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,912+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 27,129
- Median age
- 50.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 814 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $68,713+41.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,202
- Median home value
- $289,500
- Jobs located here
- 25,133
- Daytime population
- 61,754Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lancaster County, SC | 83 | 20 | 5.0 | $6M | +18.3% | #41 of 1,707 |
| 2Kershaw County, SC | 81 | 11 | 4.1 | $6.7M | +11.6% | #54 of 1,707 |
| 3Aiken County, SC | 75 | 32 | 4.6 | $6.1M | +7.3% | #121 of 1,707 |
| 4Berkeley County, SC | 73 | 63 | 6.7 | $4.4M | +18.7% | #162 of 1,707 |
| 5Dorchester County, SC | 69 | 36 | 5.7 | $5.2M | +10.1% | #239 of 1,707 |
| 6Richland County, SC | 69 | 100 | 6.0 | $4.6M | +4.6% | #243 of 1,707 |
| 7Oconee County, SC | 66 | 18 | 5.2 | $5.2M | +6.3% | #304 of 1,707 |
| 8Beaufort County, SC | 66 | 56 | 6.8 | $4.7M | +8.9% | #312 of 1,707 |
| 9Pickens County, SC | 65 | 24 | 4.6 | $5.7M | +5.7% | #333 of 1,707 |
| 10Chesterfield County, SC | 64 | 7 | 4.0 | $5.9M | +3.4% | #359 of 1,707 |
| 17Georgetown County, SC | 55 | 17 | 6.3 | $4.6M | +3.8% | #682 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Georgetown County
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Georgetown County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 HVAC and plumbing companies in Georgetown County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. 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, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Georgetown County, SC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $77.4M a year, or $2,853 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 27,129 households in Georgetown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Georgetown County, SC compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Georgetown County has 6.3 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.6M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Georgetown County would have about 16, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 904 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 Georgetown County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Georgetown County at 65,912 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,129 households. Median household income in Georgetown County is $68,713, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.8%, 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. Georgetown County scores 55 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #682 of 1,707 scored counties.
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