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HVAC and plumbing companies in Staunton city, VA
How Staunton city, VA 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #728 of 1,707 scored counties
#40 of 74 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,620 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,801
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,620 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Staunton city spend about $29.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
There are 9 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Staunton city as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.0, 27% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Staunton city classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 2,262 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $127K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Staunton city.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Staunton city grew 3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in Staunton city is 54 (upper middle), #728 of 1,707 scored counties and #40 of 74 scored counties in Virginia.
How Staunton city 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 | Staunton city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $5.6M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,262 | 1,217 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,620 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $65,581 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $687K
- 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
- 6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $127K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Staunton city, 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 Staunton city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,801+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 11,309
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 20 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,303
- Median household income
- $65,581+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,942
- Median home value
- $259,200
- Jobs located here
- 11,910
- Daytime population
- 25,488Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albemarle County, VA | 91 | 18 | 3.9 | $8.8M | +5.1% | #4 of 1,707 |
| 2Arlington County, VA | 90 | 19 | 1.7 | $23.7M | +2.1% | #8 of 1,707 |
| 3James City County, VA | 88 | 12 | 3.8 | $9.2M | +6.2% | #13 of 1,707 |
| 4Alexandria city, VA | 87 | 21 | 2.8 | $13.5M | +1.0% | #16 of 1,707 |
| 5Suffolk city, VA | 85 | 18 | 4.7 | $6.6M | +10.4% | #25 of 1,707 |
| 6Henrico County, VA | 84 | 52 | 3.8 | $8.5M | +2.3% | #27 of 1,707 |
| 7Richmond city, VA | 83 | 41 | 3.9 | $7.1M | +4.6% | #40 of 1,707 |
| 8Caroline County, VA | 81 | 6 | 5.0 | $6.1M | +11.3% | #55 of 1,707 |
| 9Fairfax County, VA | 80 | 230 | 5.6 | $7.6M | +1.7% | #63 of 1,707 |
| 10Loudoun County, VA | 78 | 110 | 7.7 | $5.9M | +6.4% | #79 of 1,707 |
| 40Staunton city, VA | 54 | 9 | 8.0 | $3.3M | +3.8% | #728 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Staunton city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Staunton city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 HVAC and plumbing companies in Staunton city. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Staunton city, VA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $29.6M a year, or $2,620 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 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 11,309 households in Staunton city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Staunton city, VA compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Staunton city has 8.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.3M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Staunton city would have about 6, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,262 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Staunton city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Staunton city at 26,801 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,309 households. Median household income in Staunton city is $65,581, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Staunton city scores 54 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #728 of 1,707 scored counties.
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