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HVAC and plumbing companies in Wilson County, TX

How Wilson 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #202 of 1,707 scored counties
#9 of 120 scored counties in Texas

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
23
+15.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$56.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,123 a household
Spending per listing
$6.3M
33% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.9
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
56,139
+12.2% 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 Wilson County comes to about $56.8M a year: $3,123 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $6.3M per company, 33% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

Wilson County has 9 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Wilson County in 2023, up 15.0% from 2019. That is one for every 791 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Wilson County grew 12.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Wilson County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #202 of 1,707 scored counties and #9 of 120 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Wilson 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 Wilson County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWilson CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.97.96.3
Spending per listing$6.3M$3.8M$4.8M
Households per official establishment7911,2261,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.0%+14.1%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+12.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,123$3,015$3,018
Median household income$94,565$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7050

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20 → 23+15.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
77
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
90 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Wilson 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 Wilson County

Population, 2025 estimate
56,139+12.2% since 2020
Households
18,185
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
804 sq. mi.
People per square mile
66
Median household income
$94,565+23.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,531
Median home value
$321,300
Jobs located here
8,670
Daytime population
36,978Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Texas, with Wilson 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

Other business types in Wilson County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 HVAC and plumbing companies in Wilson County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 15.0% from 2019.

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

About $56.8M a year, or $3,123 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $6.3M 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 18,185 households in Wilson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wilson County has 4.9 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $6.3M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Wilson County would have about 12, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 791 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Wilson County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Wilson County at 56,139 people in 2025, up 12.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,185 households. Median household income in Wilson County is $94,565, 17% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.3%, 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. Wilson County scores 70 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #202 of 1,707 scored counties.

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