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HVAC and plumbing companies in Jefferson County, TN

How Jefferson 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #172 of 1,707 scored counties
#10 of 59 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
11
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$58.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,690 a household
Spending per listing
$5.3M
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.0
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
60,024
+9.3% 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 Jefferson County comes to about $58.7M a year: $2,690 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 12% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

Jefferson County has 11 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.0, 21% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Jefferson County in 2023. That is one for every 1,454 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Jefferson County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Jefferson County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #172 of 1,707 scored counties and #10 of 59 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Jefferson 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Jefferson County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureJefferson CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.06.16.3
Spending per listing$5.3M$4.6M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,4541,4871,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.4%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.3%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,690$2,815$3,018
Median household income$66,114$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score7265

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 15
Employees, 2023
72
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson County

Population, 2025 estimate
60,024+9.3% since 2020
Households
21,817
Median age
45.0
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
275 sq. mi.
People per square mile
207
Median household income
$66,114+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,264
Median home value
$229,300
Jobs located here
14,077
Daytime population
47,008Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Williamson County, TN91505.4$7.4M+9.0%#6 of 1,707
2Loudon County, TN91104.2$7.2M+15.6%#7 of 1,707
3Franklin County, TN8352.9$9.2M+6.4%#38 of 1,707
4Roane County, TN8083.5$7.9M+7.0%#60 of 1,707
5Anderson County, TN78154.6$6M+6.1%#78 of 1,707
6Davidson County, TN781775.4$5.6M+4.2%#82 of 1,707
7Montgomery County, TN76485.5$5.1M+13.0%#105 of 1,707
8Lawrence County, TN7463.5$6.9M+6.2%#131 of 1,707
9Sumner County, TN73506.4$4.9M+9.2%#160 of 1,707
10Jefferson County, TN72115.0$5.3M+9.3%#172 of 1,707

Other business types in Jefferson County

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Jefferson County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 HVAC and plumbing companies in Jefferson County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Jefferson County, TN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $58.7M a year, or $2,690 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.3M 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 21,817 households in Jefferson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Jefferson County has 5.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.3M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Jefferson County would have about 12, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,454 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Jefferson County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Jefferson County at 60,024 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,817 households. Median household income in Jefferson County is $66,114, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.5%, 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. Jefferson County scores 72 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #172 of 1,707 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for HVAC and plumbing companies · All 56 business types in Jefferson County

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