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HVAC and plumbing companies in Walla Walla County, WA
The HVAC and plumbing companies in Walla Walla County, WA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,165 of 1,707 scored counties
#25 of 26 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 16
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- +10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $63.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,727 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.8
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,361
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Walla Walla County comes to about $63.9M a year: $2,727 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4M per company, 16% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Walla Walla County has 16 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.8, 8% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Walla Walla County in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,066 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.7M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Walla Walla County.
Population estimates show Walla Walla County declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Walla Walla County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #1,165 of 1,707 scored counties and #25 of 26 scored counties in Washington.
How Walla Walla County 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 | Walla Walla County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.8 | 4.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $6.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,066 | 1,367 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.0% | +8.9% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,727 | $3,196 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $74,202 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 83 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 22+10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 360
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 162 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $2.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Walla Walla County, 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 Walla Walla County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,361−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 23,447
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,270 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $74,202+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,236
- Median home value
- $408,900
- Jobs located here
- 26,913
- Daytime population
- 66,232Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1King County, WA | 89 | 388 | 4.1 | $8.9M | +3.1% | #11 of 1,707 |
| 2Mason County, WA | 85 | 10 | 3.8 | $7.4M | +7.8% | #23 of 1,707 |
| 3Stevens County, WA | 80 | 7 | 3.6 | $7.4M | +6.6% | #64 of 1,707 |
| 4Grant County, WA | 79 | 12 | 3.4 | $7.8M | +6.3% | #70 of 1,707 |
| 5Whatcom County, WA | 77 | 40 | 4.3 | $6.8M | +3.9% | #88 of 1,707 |
| 6Benton County, WA | 76 | 36 | 4.6 | $6.4M | +6.9% | #99 of 1,707 |
| 7Pierce County, WA | 75 | 160 | 4.6 | $6.9M | +2.5% | #114 of 1,707 |
| 8Kitsap County, WA | 75 | 53 | 4.9 | $6.5M | +2.7% | #117 of 1,707 |
| 9Grays Harbor County, WA | 73 | 9 | 2.9 | $8.6M | +3.0% | #140 of 1,707 |
| 10Thurston County, WA | 70 | 72 | 6.1 | $4.9M | +2.8% | #216 of 1,707 |
| 25Walla Walla County, WA | 41 | 16 | 6.8 | $4M | −0.4% | #1,165 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Walla Walla County
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 Walla Walla County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 HVAC and plumbing companies in Walla Walla County. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Walla Walla County, WA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $63.9M a year, or $2,727 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $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 23,447 households in Walla Walla County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Walla Walla County, WA compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Walla Walla County has 6.8 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Walla Walla County would have about 13, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,066 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Walla Walla County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Walla Walla County at 62,361 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,447 households. Median household income in Walla Walla County is $74,202, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. Walla Walla County scores 41 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,165 of 1,707 scored counties.
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