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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Richmond, VA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in the Richmond, VA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #29 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 292
- 15 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 465
- +5.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.7B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,147 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.7M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,389,338
- +5.5% since 2020
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What this means
For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Richmond metro area has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #29 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for HVAC and plumbing companies.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 292 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Richmond metro area. 15 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Richmond metro area comes to about $1.7B a year: $3,147 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 21% 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.
Official counts show 465 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Richmond metro area in 2023, up 5.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,147 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $10.3M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Richmond metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Richmond metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Richmond metro area compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Richmond metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.7M | $5.6M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,147 | 1,217 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.2% | +3.5% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,147 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $86,679 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 465+5.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 8,649
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $630.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 29215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 353The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 11
- Amount
- $10.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Richmond 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 Richmond metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,389,338+5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 533,430
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,368 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 307
- Median household income
- $86,679+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,479
- Median home value
- $353,500
- Jobs located here
- 693,750
- Daytime population
- 1,389,666Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Richmond metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 84 | 1,303 | 5.5 | $7M | +3.3% | #6 of 387 |
| 1Richmond, VA | 73 | 292 | 5.5 | $5.7M | +5.5% | #29 of 387 |
| 2Charlottesville, VA | 73 | 53 | 5.9 | $5.6M | +3.1% | #31 of 387 |
| 3Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 70 | 24 | 3.4 | $8M | −0.1% | #46 of 387 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 64 | 63 | 4.8 | $5.3M | +2.3% | #73 of 387 |
| 4Winchester, VA-WV | 56 | 39 | 7.0 | $4.4M | +6.5% | #141 of 387 |
| 5Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 55 | 435 | 6.1 | $4.9M | +0.9% | #151 of 387 |
| 6Roanoke, VA | 51 | 75 | 5.7 | $4.9M | +0.4% | #187 of 387 |
| 7Harrisonburg, VA | 51 | 33 | 6.6 | $4.3M | +3.5% | #191 of 387 |
| 8Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 44 | 37 | 7.1 | $3.9M | +3.2% | #246 of 387 |
Other business types in the Richmond metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades71
- HVAC and plumbing73
- Electricians65
- Roofing and gutters70
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control70
- Landscaping and lawn care74
- House cleaning60
- Pest control64
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Richmond, VA metro area?
There are 292 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Richmond metro area as of September 2026. 15 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 465 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 5.2% from 2019.
How much do households in the Richmond, VA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $1.7B a year, or $3,147 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 292 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.7M 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 533,430 households in the Richmond metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Richmond, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Richmond metro area has 5.5 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.7M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Richmond metro area would have about 353, against 292 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,147 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Richmond, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Richmond metro area at 1,389,338 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 533,430 households. The median household income in the Richmond metro area is $86,679 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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 Richmond metro area scores 73 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #29 of 387 scored metro areas.
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