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HVAC and plumbing companies in Hamilton County, TN
How Hamilton County, TN 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #508 of 1,707 scored counties
#25 of 59 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 119
- 6 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 125
- +15.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $456.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,959 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.7
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 390,833
- +6.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Hamilton County spend about $456.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,959 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.8M per company, 19% 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 119 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Hamilton County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.7, 22% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 125 businesses with payroll in Hamilton County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 15.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,233 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $4.9M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Hamilton County.
Population estimates show Hamilton County grew 6.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Hamilton County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #508 of 1,707 scored counties and #25 of 59 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Hamilton County 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.
| Measure | Hamilton County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.7 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $4.6M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,233 | 1,487 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.7% | +15.4% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,959 | $2,815 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $76,183 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 108 → 125+15.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,101
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $144M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1196 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 96The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $4.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 390,833+6.2% since 2020
- Households
- 154,181
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 542 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 694
- Median household income
- $76,183+38.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,083
- Median home value
- $312,800
- Jobs located here
- 213,237
- Daytime population
- 429,865Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Williamson County, TN | 91 | 50 | 5.4 | $7.4M | +9.0% | #6 of 1,707 |
| 2Loudon County, TN | 91 | 10 | 4.2 | $7.2M | +15.6% | #7 of 1,707 |
| 3Franklin County, TN | 83 | 5 | 2.9 | $9.2M | +6.4% | #38 of 1,707 |
| 4Roane County, TN | 80 | 8 | 3.5 | $7.9M | +7.0% | #60 of 1,707 |
| 5Anderson County, TN | 78 | 15 | 4.6 | $6M | +6.1% | #78 of 1,707 |
| 6Davidson County, TN | 78 | 177 | 5.4 | $5.6M | +4.2% | #82 of 1,707 |
| 7Montgomery County, TN | 76 | 48 | 5.5 | $5.1M | +13.0% | #105 of 1,707 |
| 8Lawrence County, TN | 74 | 6 | 3.5 | $6.9M | +6.2% | #131 of 1,707 |
| 9Sumner County, TN | 73 | 50 | 6.4 | $4.9M | +9.2% | #160 of 1,707 |
| 10Jefferson County, TN | 72 | 11 | 5.0 | $5.3M | +9.3% | #172 of 1,707 |
| 25Hamilton County, TN | 60 | 119 | 7.7 | $3.8M | +6.2% | #508 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Hamilton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades57
- HVAC and plumbing60
- Electricians73
- Roofing and gutters52
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control63
- Landscaping and lawn care68
- House cleaning76
- Pest control56
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Hamilton County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 119 HVAC and plumbing companies in Hamilton County. 6 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 125 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 15.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Hamilton County, TN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $456.2M a year, or $2,959 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 119 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 154,181 households in Hamilton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hamilton County, TN compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Hamilton County has 7.7 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.8M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Hamilton County would have about 96, against 119 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,233 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Hamilton County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Hamilton County at 390,833 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 154,181 households. Median household income in Hamilton County is $76,183, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.3%, 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. Hamilton County scores 60 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #508 of 1,707 scored counties.
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