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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area

How the Clarksville, TN-KY 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #53 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee

Listings
68
4 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
85
+39.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$338.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,707 a household
Spending per listing
$5M
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.4
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
349,001
+8.5% 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 Clarksville metro area comes to about $338.1M a year: $2,707 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 5% 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 68 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Clarksville metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 5.4 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 85 businesses with payroll in the Clarksville metro area classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 39.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,469 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.7M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Clarksville metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Clarksville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +8.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Clarksville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #53 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Clarksville metro area compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Clarksville, TN-KY metro area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureClarksville metro areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.46.16.3
Spending per listing$5M$4.6M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,4691,4871,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+39.3%+15.4%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.5%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,707$2,815$3,018
Median household income$68,967$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6965

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
85+39.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
695
Annual payroll, 2023
$39.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
684 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
71The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$2.7M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
349,001+8.5% since 2020
Households
124,867
Median age
34.2
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,158 sq. mi.
People per square mile
155
Median household income
$68,967+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,173
Median home value
$253,300
Jobs located here
93,447
Daytime population
310,494Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Clarksville metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Tennessee

Metro areas in Tennessee ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN765196.3$5M+8.7%#17 of 387
2Clarksville, TN-KY69685.4$5M+8.5%#53 of 387
3Knoxville, TN662255.9$4.8M+6.9%#66 of 387
4Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA64634.8$5.3M+2.3%#73 of 387
5Memphis, TN-MS-AR612725.2$5.3M−0.3%#107 of 387
6Chattanooga, TN-GA561677.2$4M+5.3%#145 of 387
7Morristown, TN52357.3$3.5M+7.9%#184 of 387
8Johnson City, TN49616.9$3.7M+4.3%#205 of 387
9Cleveland, TN46479.4$2.8M+6.1%#232 of 387
10Jackson, TN30527.2$3.6M+2.2%#344 of 387

Other business types in the Clarksville 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 Clarksville, TN-KY metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 68 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Clarksville metro area. 4 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 85 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 39.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $338.1M a year, or $2,707 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $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 124,867 households in the Clarksville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

The Clarksville metro area has 5.4 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Clarksville metro area would have about 71, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,469 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 39.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Clarksville metro area at 349,001 people in 2025, up 8.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 124,867 households. Median household income in the Clarksville metro area is $68,967, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.1%, 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. The Clarksville metro area scores 69 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #53 of 387 scored metro areas.

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