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HVAC and plumbing companies in Wilbarger County, TX

How Wilbarger 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 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,650 of 1,707 scored counties
#117 of 120 scored counties in Texas

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,452 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
51% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.5
67% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,481
−2.8% 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

The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Wilbarger County is 20 (low), #1,650 of 1,707 scored counties and #117 of 120 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 HVAC and plumbing companies in Wilbarger County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 10.5 for every 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Households in Wilbarger County spend about $11.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,452 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $2.3M per company, 51% 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.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Wilbarger County in 2023. That is one for every 1,195 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Wilbarger County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Wilbarger 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 Wilbarger County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWilbarger CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.57.96.3
Spending per listing$2.3M$3.8M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,1951,2261,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.1%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,452$3,015$3,018
Median household income$54,102$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2050

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
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
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 Wilbarger 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 Wilbarger County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,481−2.8% since 2020
Households
4,778
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
971 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$54,102+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,486
Median home value
$89,400
Jobs located here
5,461
Daytime population
11,849Residents 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 Wilbarger 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
117Wilbarger County, TX20510.5$2.3M−2.8%#1,650 of 1,707

Other business types in Wilbarger County

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

Questions

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

There are 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Wilbarger County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

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

About $11.7M a year, or $2,452 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 4,778 households in Wilbarger County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wilbarger County has 10.5 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $2.3M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Wilbarger County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,195 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Wilbarger County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Wilbarger County at 12,481 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,778 households. The median household income in Wilbarger County is $54,102 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.4% 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. Wilbarger County scores 20 for HVAC and plumbing companies (low), #1,650 of 1,707 scored counties.

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