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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #68 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 59
- 7 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 71
- +2.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $335.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,421 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.7M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 433,946
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area comes to about $335.1M a year: $2,421 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 59 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $5.7M per company, 19% 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 59 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area was 71 in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,950 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $272K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #68 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Brownsville-Harlingen 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 | Brownsville-Harlingen metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 7.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.7M | $3.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,950 | 1,226 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.9% | +14.1% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,421 | $3,015 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $52,601 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 71+2.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 401
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 597 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
- 3
- Amount
- $272K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Brownsville-Harlingen 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 Brownsville-Harlingen metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 433,946+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 138,433
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 892 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 478
- Median household income
- $52,601+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,931
- Median home value
- $136,500
- Jobs located here
- 146,355
- Daytime population
- 405,619Residents 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 |
Other business types in the Brownsville-Harlingen 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 trades66
- HVAC and plumbing65
- Electricians68
- Roofing and gutters55
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control77
- Landscaping and lawn care77
- House cleaning77
- Pest control60
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 59 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area. 7 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 71 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $335.1M a year, or $2,421 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.7M 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 138,433 households in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has 4.3 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.7M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area would have about 71, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,950 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area at 433,946 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 138,433 households. Median household income in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area is $52,601, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.7%, 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 Brownsville-Harlingen metro area scores 65 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #68 of 387 scored metro areas.
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