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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Oak Harbor, WA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in the Oak Harbor, WA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #52 of 476 scored small-town markets
#6 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Washington
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- +20.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $106M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,946 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.6M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 85,657
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Oak Harbor area spend about $106M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,946 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $9.6M per company, twice 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 11 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in the Oak Harbor area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Oak Harbor area in 2023, up 20.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,240 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Oak Harbor area.
Population estimates show the Oak Harbor area declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Oak Harbor area has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #52 of 476 scored small-town markets and #6 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Oak Harbor area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Oak Harbor area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 4.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $9.6M | $6.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,240 | 1,367 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.8% | +8.9% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,946 | $3,196 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $90,551 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 83 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29+20.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 150
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Oak Harbor 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 Oak Harbor area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 85,657−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 35,972
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 209 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 416
- Median household income
- $90,551+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,035
- Median home value
- $593,300
- Jobs located here
- 16,025
- Daytime population
- 70,254Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelton, WA | 90 | 10 | 3.8 | $7.4M | +7.8% | #5 of 476 |
| 2Moses Lake, WA | 84 | 12 | 3.4 | $7.8M | +6.3% | #7 of 476 |
| 3Aberdeen, WA | 79 | 9 | 2.9 | $8.6M | +3.0% | #16 of 476 |
| 4Pullman, WA | 72 | 7 | 3.7 | $6.6M | +1.5% | #39 of 476 |
| 5Ellensburg, WA | 72 | 10 | 5.0 | $5.6M | +4.2% | #42 of 476 |
| 6Oak Harbor, WA | 70 | 11 | 3.1 | $9.6M | −1.5% | #52 of 476 |
| 7Centralia, WA | 70 | 20 | 6.1 | $4.4M | +6.7% | #56 of 476 |
| 8Port Angeles, WA | 68 | 13 | 3.7 | $7.2M | +1.1% | #63 of 476 |
Other business types in the Oak Harbor 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 trades60
- HVAC and plumbing70
- Electricians54
- Roofing and gutters59
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control39
- Landscaping and lawn care41
- House cleaning57
- Pest control74
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Oak Harbor, WA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Oak Harbor area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 20.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the Oak Harbor, WA area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $106M a year, or $2,946 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $9.6M 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 35,972 households in the Oak Harbor area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Oak Harbor, WA area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Oak Harbor area has 3.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $9.6M, twice the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Oak Harbor area would have about 22, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,240 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Oak Harbor, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Oak Harbor area at 85,657 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,972 households. Median household income in the Oak Harbor area is $90,551, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.0%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Oak Harbor area scores 70 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #52 of 476 scored small-town markets.
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