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HVAC and plumbing companies in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #52 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
119
6 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
138
+25.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$663M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,454 a household
Spending per listing
$5.6M
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.4
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
921,549
+5.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 119 HVAC and plumbing companies in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area. 6 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Households in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area spend about $663M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,454 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 17% above 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 138 businesses with payroll in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 25.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,958 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area grew 5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #52 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 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.

HVAC and plumbing in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMcAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.47.96.3
Spending per listing$5.6M$3.8M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,9581,2261,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+25.5%+14.1%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,454$3,015$3,018
Median household income$54,338$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6950

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
138+25.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
937
Annual payroll, 2023
$50.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1196 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
139The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
921,549+5.6% since 2020
Households
270,210
Median age
31.5
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,571 sq. mi.
People per square mile
568
Median household income
$54,338+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,309
Median home value
$140,900
Jobs located here
292,679
Daytime population
862,027Residents 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 metro areas in Texas for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Texas, with the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX786286.3$5.4M+14.0%#12 of 387
2McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX691194.4$5.6M+5.6%#52 of 387
3Brownsville-Harlingen, TX65594.3$5.7M+3.0%#68 of 387
4Odessa, TX65396.0$4.6M+5.0%#71 of 387
5Laredo, TX64415.0$5.1M+5.2%#76 of 387
6San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX636326.5$4.5M+9.5%#86 of 387
7Eagle Pass, TX6163.3$7M+1.7%#102 of 387
8Midland, TX60507.2$4.6M+9.8%#116 of 387
9Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX572,5688.9$3.6M+10.6%#139 of 387
10Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX562,5079.4$3.3M+10.3%#147 of 387

Other business types in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area?

The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area has 119 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 138 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 25.5% from 2019.

How much do households in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $663M a year, or $2,454 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 119 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.6M 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 270,210 households in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area has 4.4 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.6M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area would have about 139, against 119 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,958 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area at 921,549 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 270,210 households. The median household income in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area is $54,338 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.8% 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. The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area scores 69 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #52 of 387 scored metro areas.

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