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HVAC and plumbing companies in Karnes County, TX
How Karnes 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,663 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,018
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Karnes County spend about $12.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,663 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $3.1M per company, 34% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Karnes County has 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 8.5 for every 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Karnes County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Karnes County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, Karnes County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Karnes 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 | Karnes County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 7.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $3.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,226 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.1% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,663 | $3,015 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $60,214 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Karnes 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 Karnes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,018+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 4,730
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 748 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $60,214+7.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,318
- Median home value
- $149,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,718
- Daytime population
- 14,949Residents 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 |
| Karnes County, TX | Not scored | 4 | 8.5 | $3.1M | +1.4% |
Other business types in Karnes County
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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Karnes County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 HVAC and plumbing companies in Karnes County. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. No official count is published for plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Karnes County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Karnes County, TX spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $12.6M a year, or $2,663 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 4,730 households in Karnes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Karnes County, TX compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Karnes County has 8.5 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.1M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Karnes County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Karnes County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Karnes County at 15,018 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,730 households. Median household income in Karnes County is $60,214, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 7.3%, 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. Karnes County has no market score for HVAC and plumbing companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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