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HVAC and plumbing companies in Putnam County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Putnam County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,146 of 1,707 scored counties
#16 of 17 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 21
- 2 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $69.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,980 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,885
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 HVAC and plumbing companies in Putnam County. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.0, 43% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Households in Putnam County spend about $69.3M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,980 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 31% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Putnam County was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 1,224 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $4M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Putnam County.
Population estimates show Putnam County declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Putnam County scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #1,146 of 1,707 scored counties and #16 of 17 scored counties in West Virginia.
How Putnam County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Putnam County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 4.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $6.2M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,224 | 1,795 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.9% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,980 | $2,578 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $79,527 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 184
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 212 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Putnam 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 Putnam County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,885−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 23,251
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 346 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 165
- Median household income
- $79,527+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,714
- Median home value
- $223,300
- Jobs located here
- 22,705
- Daytime population
- 55,529Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 73 | 15 | 6.6 | $4.9M | +9.2% | #159 of 1,707 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 73 | 33 | 6.5 | $4.5M | +13.7% | #161 of 1,707 |
| 3Marion County, WV | 65 | 8 | 3.4 | $7.8M | −1.2% | #321 of 1,707 |
| 4Monongalia County, WV | 63 | 27 | 6.0 | $4.6M | +2.0% | #400 of 1,707 |
| 5Preston County, WV | 60 | 5 | 3.9 | $6.6M | −0.6% | #479 of 1,707 |
| 6Mercer County, WV | 59 | 8 | 3.3 | $7.4M | −3.4% | #512 of 1,707 |
| 7Wood County, WV | 59 | 17 | 4.7 | $5.4M | −2.1% | #525 of 1,707 |
| 8Wayne County, WV | 58 | 6 | 3.8 | $6.6M | −4.0% | #553 of 1,707 |
| 9Ohio County, WV | 58 | 9 | 4.9 | $5.3M | −4.4% | #562 of 1,707 |
| 10Kanawha County, WV | 53 | 39 | 5.1 | $5.1M | −4.3% | #736 of 1,707 |
| 16Putnam County, WV | 42 | 21 | 9.0 | $3.3M | −1.0% | #1,146 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Putnam County
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Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Putnam County, WV?
Putnam County has 21 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Putnam County, WV spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $69.3M a year, or $2,980 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 23,251 households in Putnam County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Putnam County, WV compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Putnam County has 9.0 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.3M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Putnam County would have about 15, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,224 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Putnam County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Putnam County at 56,885 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,251 households. The median household income in Putnam County is $79,527 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. Putnam County scores 42 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,146 of 1,707 scored counties.
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