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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Winchester, VA-WV metro area

The HVAC and plumbing companies in the Winchester, VA-WV metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #141 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia

Listings
39
2 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
54
+22.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$170.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,070 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.0
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
152,332
+6.5% 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

Households in the Winchester metro area spend about $170.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,070 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.4M per company, 8% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

The Winchester metro area has 39 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 7.0 for every 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 54 businesses with payroll in the Winchester metro area classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 22.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,028 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $270K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Winchester metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Winchester metro area grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Winchester metro area has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #141 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia.

How the Winchester 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Winchester, VA-WV metro area compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureWinchester metro areaVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.05.96.3
Spending per listing$4.4M$5.6M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,0281,2171,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+22.7%+3.5%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,070$3,295$3,018
Median household income$84,298$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score5671

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
54+22.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
462
Annual payroll, 2023
$24.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
392 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$270K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Winchester 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 Winchester metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
152,332+6.5% since 2020
Households
55,520
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,063 sq. mi.
People per square mile
138
Median household income
$84,298+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,182
Median home value
$355,400
Jobs located here
64,511
Daytime population
143,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Virginia

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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 Winchester metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Virginia

Metro areas in Virginia ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV841,3035.5$7M+3.3%#6 of 387
1Richmond, VA732925.5$5.7M+5.5%#29 of 387
2Charlottesville, VA73535.9$5.6M+3.1%#31 of 387
3Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA70243.4$8M−0.1%#46 of 387
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA64634.8$5.3M+2.3%#73 of 387
4Winchester, VA-WV56397.0$4.4M+6.5%#141 of 387
5Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC554356.1$4.9M+0.9%#151 of 387
6Roanoke, VA51755.7$4.9M+0.4%#187 of 387
7Harrisonburg, VA51336.6$4.3M+3.5%#191 of 387
8Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA44377.1$3.9M+3.2%#246 of 387

Other business types in the Winchester metro area

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Winchester, VA-WV metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Winchester metro area. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 22.7% from 2019.

How much do households in the Winchester, VA-WV metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $170.5M a year, or $3,070 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 55,520 households in the Winchester metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Winchester, VA-WV metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

The Winchester metro area has 7.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.4M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Winchester metro area would have about 36, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,028 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Winchester, VA-WV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Winchester metro area at 152,332 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,520 households. Median household income in the Winchester metro area is $84,298, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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. The Winchester metro area scores 56 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #141 of 387 scored metro areas.

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