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HVAC and plumbing companies in Lee County, TX
The HVAC and plumbing companies in Lee County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,029 of 1,707 scored counties
#65 of 120 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,797 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,729
- +7.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 HVAC and plumbing companies in Lee County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.2, 14% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Lee County comes to about $19.5M a year: $2,797 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $3.9M per company, 18% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which HVAC and plumbing companies share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Lee County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 537 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Lee County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Lee County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,029 of 1,707 scored counties and #65 of 120 scored counties in Texas.
How Lee 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 | Lee County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 7.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $3.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 537 | 1,226 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.1% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,797 | $3,015 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $76,371 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Lee 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 Lee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,729+7.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,984
- Median age
- 44.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 629 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $76,371+39.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,728
- Median home value
- $267,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,569
- Daytime population
- 16,295Residents 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 |
| 65Lee County, TX | 45 | 5 | 7.2 | $3.9M | +7.0% | #1,029 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Lee 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 Lee County, TX?
Lee County has 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Lee County, TX spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $19.5M a year, or $2,797 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.9M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,984 households in Lee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lee County, TX compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Lee County has 7.2 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.9M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Lee County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 537 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Lee County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Lee County at 18,729 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,984 households. The median household income in Lee County is $76,371 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Lee County scores 45 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,029 of 1,707 scored counties.
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