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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area
How the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #246 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 37
- 3 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 44
- +2.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $143.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,753 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,692
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area. 3 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.1, 13% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area spend about $143.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,753 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each company on map listings, 18% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 44 businesses with payroll in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 2.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,187 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 the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #246 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia.
How the Staunton-Stuarts Draft 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 | Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $5.6M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,187 | 1,217 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.3% | +3.5% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,753 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $73,544 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44+2.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 656
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $50.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 373 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 the Staunton-Stuarts Draft 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,692+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 52,233
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,002 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 127
- Median household income
- $73,544+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,893
- Median home value
- $284,500
- Jobs located here
- 51,901
- Daytime population
- 117,298Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft 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 trades53
- HVAC and plumbing44
- Electricians44
- Roofing and gutters69
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control48
- Landscaping and lawn care40
- House cleaning69
- Pest control53
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area?
There are 37 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 2.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $143.8M a year, or $2,753 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 52,233 households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area has 7.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.9M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area would have about 30, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,187 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area at 129,692 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,233 households. The median household income in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area is $73,544 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area scores 44 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #246 of 387 scored metro areas.
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