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HVAC and plumbing companies in Caldwell County, TX
How Caldwell County, TX 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #225 of 1,707 scored counties
#13 of 120 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $46M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,765 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.7M
- 61% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 55,150
- +20.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,765 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Caldwell County spend about $46M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $7.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 61% 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 6 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Caldwell County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.6 per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in Caldwell County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 793 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Caldwell County grew 20.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Caldwell County is 69 (upper middle), #225 of 1,707 scored counties and #13 of 120 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Caldwell County 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 | Caldwell County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 7.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $7.7M | $3.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 793 | 1,226 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +14.1% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,765 | $3,015 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $69,758 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 210.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Caldwell 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 Caldwell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 55,150+20.0% since 2020
- Households
- 16,647
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $69,758+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,260
- Median home value
- $240,500
- Jobs located here
- 9,455
- Daytime population
- 36,190Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 95 | 8 | 4.6 | $7.2M | +22.6% | #1 of 1,707 |
| 2Travis County, TX | 87 | 297 | 5.1 | $6.8M | +7.2% | #18 of 1,707 |
| 3Collin County, TX | 81 | 329 | 7.9 | $4.7M | +20.6% | #58 of 1,707 |
| 4Denton County, TX | 80 | 279 | 7.7 | $4.7M | +16.9% | #67 of 1,707 |
| 5Upshur County, TX | 76 | 5 | 3.2 | $8.3M | +8.2% | #93 of 1,707 |
| 6Atascosa County, TX | 74 | 7 | 4.2 | $6.4M | +8.7% | #132 of 1,707 |
| 7Rusk County, TX | 71 | 8 | 4.4 | $6.1M | +5.0% | #185 of 1,707 |
| 8Cherokee County, TX | 71 | 8 | 4.4 | $6M | +5.4% | #190 of 1,707 |
| 9Wilson County, TX | 70 | 9 | 4.9 | $6.3M | +12.2% | #202 of 1,707 |
| 10Bexar County, TX | 70 | 461 | 6.1 | $4.7M | +7.2% | #217 of 1,707 |
| 13Caldwell County, TX | 69 | 6 | 3.6 | $7.7M | +20.0% | #225 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Caldwell County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Caldwell County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 HVAC and plumbing companies in Caldwell County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Caldwell County, TX spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $46M a year, or $2,765 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $7.7M 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 16,647 households in Caldwell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Caldwell County, TX compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Caldwell County has 3.6 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $7.7M, 61% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Caldwell County would have about 10, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 793 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Caldwell County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Caldwell County at 55,150 people in 2025, up 20.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,647 households. Median household income in Caldwell County is $69,758, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. Caldwell County scores 69 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #225 of 1,707 scored counties.
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