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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area

How the Beaumont-Port Arthur, 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #295 of 387 scored metro areas
#15 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
112
6 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
116
+5.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$406.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,719 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.5
19% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
399,310
+0.5% 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

The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area is 37 (lower middle), #295 of 387 scored metro areas and #15 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area spend about $406.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,719 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 24% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

The Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area has 112 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 7.5 per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area was 116 in 2023, up 5.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,289 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Beaumont-Port Arthur 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBeaumont-Port Arthur metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.57.96.3
Spending per listing$3.6M$3.8M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,2891,2261,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.5%+14.1%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,719$3,015$3,018
Median household income$64,659$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3750

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
116+5.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,061
Annual payroll, 2023
$63.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1126 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
85The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$3.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
399,310+0.5% since 2020
Households
149,466
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,101 sq. mi.
People per square mile
189
Median household income
$64,659+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,951
Median home value
$173,600
Jobs located here
151,181
Daytime population
386,011Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX786286.3$5.4M+14.0%#12 of 387
2McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX691194.4$5.6M+5.6%#52 of 387
3Brownsville-Harlingen, TX65594.3$5.7M+3.0%#68 of 387
4Odessa, TX65396.0$4.6M+5.0%#71 of 387
5Laredo, TX64415.0$5.1M+5.2%#76 of 387
6San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX636326.5$4.5M+9.5%#86 of 387
7Eagle Pass, TX6163.3$7M+1.7%#102 of 387
8Midland, TX60507.2$4.6M+9.8%#116 of 387
9Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX572,5688.9$3.6M+10.6%#139 of 387
10Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX562,5079.4$3.3M+10.3%#147 of 387
15Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX371127.5$3.6M+0.5%#295 of 387

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Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 112 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area. 6 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 116 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 5.5% from 2019.

How much do households in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $406.5M a year, or $2,719 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 112 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 149,466 households in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

The Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area has 7.5 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.6M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area would have about 85, against 112 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,289 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area at 399,310 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 149,466 households. Median household income in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area is $64,659, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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 Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area scores 37 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #295 of 387 scored metro areas.

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