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HVAC and plumbing companies in Liberty County, TX

How Liberty 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #313 of 1,707 scored counties
#20 of 120 scored counties in Texas

Listings
19
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
27
+28.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$86.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,783 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.1
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
121,364
+31.3% 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

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Liberty County comes to about $86.8M a year: $2,783 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4.6M per company, 4% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

Liberty County has 19 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.1, 3% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Liberty County was 27 in 2023, up 28.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,155 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Liberty County from 2020 to 2025 at +31.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Liberty County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #313 of 1,707 scored counties and #20 of 120 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Liberty 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Liberty County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLiberty CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.17.96.3
Spending per listing$4.6M$3.8M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,1551,2261,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+28.6%+14.1%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+31.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,783$3,015$3,018
Median household income$68,703$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6650

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
21 → 27+28.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
144
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
190 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 Liberty 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 Liberty County

Population, 2025 estimate
121,364+31.3% since 2020
Households
31,183
Median age
33.7
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,159 sq. mi.
People per square mile
89
Median household income
$68,703+33.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,482
Median home value
$181,700
Jobs located here
18,343
Daytime population
79,956Residents 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 counties in Texas for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Texas, with Liberty County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chambers County, TX9584.6$7.2M+22.6%#1 of 1,707
2Travis County, TX872975.1$6.8M+7.2%#18 of 1,707
3Collin County, TX813297.9$4.7M+20.6%#58 of 1,707
4Denton County, TX802797.7$4.7M+16.9%#67 of 1,707
5Upshur County, TX7653.2$8.3M+8.2%#93 of 1,707
6Atascosa County, TX7474.2$6.4M+8.7%#132 of 1,707
7Rusk County, TX7184.4$6.1M+5.0%#185 of 1,707
8Cherokee County, TX7184.4$6M+5.4%#190 of 1,707
9Wilson County, TX7094.9$6.3M+12.2%#202 of 1,707
10Bexar County, TX704616.1$4.7M+7.2%#217 of 1,707
20Liberty County, TX66196.1$4.6M+31.3%#313 of 1,707

Other business types in Liberty County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Liberty County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 HVAC and plumbing companies in Liberty County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 28.6% from 2019.

How much do households in Liberty County, TX spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $86.8M a year, or $2,783 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 31,183 households in Liberty County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Liberty County, TX compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

Liberty County has 6.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.6M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Liberty County would have about 18, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,155 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 28.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Liberty County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Liberty County at 121,364 people in 2025, up 31.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,183 households. Median household income in Liberty County is $68,703, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.4%, 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. Liberty County scores 66 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #313 of 1,707 scored counties.

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