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HVAC and plumbing companies in Brown County, SD
How Brown County, SD 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 15 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,685 of 1,707 scored counties
#12 of 12 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 19
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $42.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,621 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.7
- 86% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,561
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
For HVAC and plumbing companies, Brown County has a Groundwork market score of 15 (low): #1,685 of 1,707 scored counties and #12 of 12 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Brown County comes to about $42.7M a year: $2,621 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 53% below 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 19 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Brown County as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 11.7 per 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in Brown County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 740 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Population estimates show Brown County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Brown County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Brown County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $4.1M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 740 | 912 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.6% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,621 | $2,698 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $70,898 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 15 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 128
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 191 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Brown 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 Brown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,561−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 16,285
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,713 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $70,898+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,772
- Median home value
- $221,100
- Jobs located here
- 19,972
- Daytime population
- 38,336Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 78 | 7 | 2.5 | $12.4M | +17.5% | #74 of 1,707 |
| 2Brookings County, SD | 53 | 8 | 5.8 | $4.5M | +9.6% | #744 of 1,707 |
| 3Minnehaha County, SD | 53 | 62 | 7.3 | $3.8M | +7.6% | #762 of 1,707 |
| 4Lawrence County, SD | 51 | 8 | 6.6 | $3.9M | +14.0% | #830 of 1,707 |
| 5Meade County, SD | 41 | 8 | 6.7 | $4.1M | +2.7% | #1,163 of 1,707 |
| 6Pennington County, SD | 41 | 39 | 8.4 | $3.2M | +6.6% | #1,185 of 1,707 |
| 7Yankton County, SD | 35 | 8 | 8.3 | $3.2M | +1.5% | #1,367 of 1,707 |
| 8Davison County, SD | 27 | 8 | 9.0 | $2.8M | +0.6% | #1,553 of 1,707 |
| 9Codington County, SD | 26 | 14 | 11.2 | $2.3M | +4.3% | #1,576 of 1,707 |
| 10Lake County, SD | 23 | 6 | 12.7 | $2.2M | −0.2% | #1,619 of 1,707 |
| 12Brown County, SD | 15 | 19 | 11.7 | $2.2M | −1.7% | #1,685 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Brown County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Brown County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 HVAC and plumbing companies in Brown County. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Brown County, SD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $42.7M a year, or $2,621 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 16,285 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brown County, SD compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Brown County has 11.7 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $2.2M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Brown County would have about 9, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 740 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Brown County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Brown County at 37,561 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,285 households. Median household income in Brown County is $70,898, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.8%, 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. Brown County scores 15 for HVAC and plumbing companies (low), #1,685 of 1,707 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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