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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Odessa, TX metro area

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #71 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
39
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
44
+4.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$180.6M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,797 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.0
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
173,801
+5.0% 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 the Odessa metro area comes to about $180.6M a year: $2,797 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.6M per company, 3% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

The Odessa metro area has 39 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 6.0 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Odessa metro area in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,467 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $445K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Odessa metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Odessa metro area grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Odessa metro area scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #71 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Odessa 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 Odessa, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureOdessa metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.07.96.3
Spending per listing$4.6M$3.8M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,4671,2261,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.8%+14.1%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,797$3,015$3,018
Median household income$71,536$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6550

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
44+4.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
363
Annual payroll, 2023
$22.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
391 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$445K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
173,801+5.0% since 2020
Households
64,563
Median age
32.0
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
898 sq. mi.
People per square mile
183
Median household income
$71,536+13.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,485
Median home value
$200,200
Jobs located here
73,944
Daytime population
162,861Residents 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 Odessa 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 Odessa 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 Odessa, TX metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Odessa metro area. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019.

How much do households in the Odessa, TX metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $180.6M 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 39 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 64,563 households in the Odessa metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Odessa, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

The Odessa metro area has 6.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.6M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Odessa metro area would have about 38, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,467 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Odessa, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Odessa metro area at 173,801 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,563 households. Median household income in the Odessa metro area is $71,536, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.6%, 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 Odessa metro area scores 65 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #71 of 387 scored metro areas.

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