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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Amarillo, TX metro area
How the Amarillo, TX 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #345 of 387 scored metro areas
#20 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 82
- 3 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 119
- +15.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $287.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,791 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 276,235
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Amarillo metro area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #345 of 387 scored metro areas and #20 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Amarillo metro area spend about $287.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,791 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 82 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $3.5M per company, 26% 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 82 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Amarillo metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (4%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Official counts show 119 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Amarillo metro area in 2023, up 15.5% from 2019. That is one for every 866 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $425K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Amarillo metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Amarillo metro area grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Amarillo metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Amarillo metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 7.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $3.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 866 | 1,226 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.5% | +14.1% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,791 | $3,015 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $69,611 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 119+15.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,075
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $62.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 823 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 61The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $425K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Amarillo 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 Amarillo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 276,235+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 103,062
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 5,151 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $69,611+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,771
- Median home value
- $208,700
- Jobs located here
- 124,760
- Daytime population
- 274,340Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 78 | 628 | 6.3 | $5.4M | +14.0% | #12 of 387 |
| 2McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 69 | 119 | 4.4 | $5.6M | +5.6% | #52 of 387 |
| 3Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 65 | 59 | 4.3 | $5.7M | +3.0% | #68 of 387 |
| 4Odessa, TX | 65 | 39 | 6.0 | $4.6M | +5.0% | #71 of 387 |
| 5Laredo, TX | 64 | 41 | 5.0 | $5.1M | +5.2% | #76 of 387 |
| 6San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 63 | 632 | 6.5 | $4.5M | +9.5% | #86 of 387 |
| 7Eagle Pass, TX | 61 | 6 | 3.3 | $7M | +1.7% | #102 of 387 |
| 8Midland, TX | 60 | 50 | 7.2 | $4.6M | +9.8% | #116 of 387 |
| 9Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 57 | 2,568 | 8.9 | $3.6M | +10.6% | #139 of 387 |
| 10Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 56 | 2,507 | 9.4 | $3.3M | +10.3% | #147 of 387 |
| 20Amarillo, TX | 30 | 82 | 8.0 | $3.5M | +2.7% | #345 of 387 |
Other business types in the Amarillo metro area
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 trades26
- HVAC and plumbing30
- Electricians39
- Roofing and gutters22
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control71
- Landscaping and lawn care70
- House cleaning65
- Pest control56
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Amarillo, TX metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 82 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Amarillo metro area. 3 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 119 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 15.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Amarillo, TX metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $287.6M a year, or $2,791 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 82 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 103,062 households in the Amarillo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Amarillo, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Amarillo metro area has 8.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.5M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Amarillo metro area would have about 61, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 866 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Amarillo, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Amarillo metro area at 276,235 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 103,062 households. Median household income in the Amarillo metro area is $69,611, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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 Amarillo metro area scores 30 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #345 of 387 scored metro areas.
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