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HVAC and plumbing companies in Iron County, UT
How Iron County, UT 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,285 of 1,707 scored counties
#11 of 12 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 16
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +33.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $52.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,625 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.9
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,141
- +16.4% since 2020
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What this means
For HVAC and plumbing companies, Iron County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #1,285 of 1,707 scored counties and #11 of 12 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Iron County spend about $52.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,625 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Iron County has 16 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.9, 25% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Iron County in 2023, up 33.3% from 2019. That is one for every 630 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Iron County. Population estimates show Iron County grew 16.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Iron County compares
The same measures for Utah 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.
| Measure | Iron County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.9 | 8.1 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $3.8M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 630 | 780 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +33.3% | +12.7% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.4% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,625 | $3,068 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $66,247 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24 → 32+33.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 195
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 161 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Iron 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 Iron County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,141+16.4% since 2020
- Households
- 20,157
- Median age
- 31.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,296 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $66,247+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,495
- Median home value
- $379,000
- Jobs located here
- 23,946
- Daytime population
- 58,964Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wasatch County, UT | 73 | 7 | 5.4 | $6.5M | +9.9% | #150 of 1,707 |
| 2Tooele County, UT | 72 | 12 | 5.0 | $6.2M | +19.2% | #168 of 1,707 |
| 3Summit County, UT | 66 | 10 | 6.4 | $6.1M | +1.6% | #296 of 1,707 |
| 4Davis County, UT | 58 | 80 | 6.9 | $4.7M | +4.8% | #566 of 1,707 |
| 5Uintah County, UT | 58 | 7 | 5.8 | $4.6M | +7.3% | #571 of 1,707 |
| 6Box Elder County, UT | 53 | 13 | 6.6 | $4.2M | +12.7% | #754 of 1,707 |
| 7Utah County, UT | 51 | 188 | 9.3 | $3.4M | +14.5% | #837 of 1,707 |
| 8Salt Lake County, UT | 50 | 338 | 7.9 | $3.9M | +2.9% | #867 of 1,707 |
| 9Weber County, UT | 44 | 80 | 8.5 | $3.5M | +5.8% | #1,074 of 1,707 |
| 10Cache County, UT | 40 | 41 | 9.2 | $3.1M | +8.5% | #1,215 of 1,707 |
| 11Iron County, UT | 38 | 16 | 7.9 | $3.3M | +16.4% | #1,285 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Iron County
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Iron County, UT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 HVAC and plumbing companies in Iron County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 33.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Iron County, UT spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $52.9M a year, or $2,625 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 20,157 households in Iron County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Iron County, UT compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Iron County has 7.9 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.3M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Iron County would have about 11, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 630 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 33.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Iron County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Iron County at 67,141 people in 2025, up 16.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,157 households. Median household income in Iron County is $66,247, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.9%, 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. Iron County scores 38 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,285 of 1,707 scored counties.
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