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HVAC and plumbing companies in Yakima County, WA
How Yakima County, WA 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #779 of 1,707 scored counties
#24 of 26 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 49
- 2 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 70
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $228.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,608 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 259,185
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Yakima County spend about $228.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,608 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 49 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4.7M per company, 2% 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 49 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings in Yakima County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 70 businesses with payroll in Yakima County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,253 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $230K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Yakima County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Yakima County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Yakima County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #779 of 1,707 scored counties and #24 of 26 scored counties in Washington.
How Yakima 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 | Yakima County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 4.9 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $6.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,253 | 1,367 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +8.9% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,608 | $3,196 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $70,656 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 83 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 70 → 700.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 579
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $45.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 492 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $230K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Yakima 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 Yakima County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 259,185+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 87,708
- Median age
- 34.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 4,295 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $70,656+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,451
- Median home value
- $310,100
- Jobs located here
- 108,597
- Daytime population
- 259,646Residents 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 |
| 24Yakima County, WA | 52 | 49 | 5.6 | $4.7M | +1.0% | #779 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Yakima County
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 trades39
- HVAC and plumbing52
- Electricians26
- Roofing and gutters46
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control56
- Landscaping and lawn care56
- House cleaning61
- Pest control62
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Yakima County, WA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 49 HVAC and plumbing companies in Yakima County. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Yakima County, WA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $228.7M a year, or $2,608 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 87,708 households in Yakima County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yakima County, WA compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Yakima County has 5.6 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.7M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Yakima County would have about 48, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,253 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Yakima County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Yakima County at 259,185 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 87,708 households. Median household income in Yakima County is $70,656, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.8%, 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. Yakima County scores 52 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #779 of 1,707 scored counties.
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