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HVAC and plumbing companies in Taylor County, WV

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Taylor County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,573 a household
Spending per listing
$17M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
16,287
−2.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 HVAC or plumbing company in Taylor County. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households.

Households in Taylor County spend about $17M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,573 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $17M per company. 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 Taylor County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,651 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Taylor County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 HVAC or plumbing company on map listings, Taylor County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Taylor 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Taylor County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureTaylor CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.54.26.3
Spending per listing$17M$6.2M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,6511,7951,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.9%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,573$2,578$3,018
Median household income$57,795$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored55

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$649K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Taylor 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 Taylor County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,287−2.4% since 2020
Households
6,604
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
173 sq. mi.
People per square mile
95
Median household income
$57,795+19.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,818
Median home value
$148,800
Jobs located here
3,443
Daytime population
13,310Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Taylor County marked.

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, WV73156.6$4.9M+9.2%#159 of 1,707
2Berkeley County, WV73336.5$4.5M+13.7%#161 of 1,707
3Marion County, WV6583.4$7.8M−1.2%#321 of 1,707
4Monongalia County, WV63276.0$4.6M+2.0%#400 of 1,707
5Preston County, WV6053.9$6.6M−0.6%#479 of 1,707
6Mercer County, WV5983.3$7.4M−3.4%#512 of 1,707
7Wood County, WV59174.7$5.4M−2.1%#525 of 1,707
8Wayne County, WV5863.8$6.6M−4.0%#553 of 1,707
9Ohio County, WV5894.9$5.3M−4.4%#562 of 1,707
10Kanawha County, WV53395.1$5.1M−4.3%#736 of 1,707
Taylor County, WVNot scored11.5$17M−2.4%

Other business types in Taylor County

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Taylor County, WV?

There is 1 HVAC or plumbing company on map listings in Taylor County as of September 2026. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Taylor County, WV spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $17M a year, or $2,573 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 HVAC or plumbing company on map listings, it comes to $17M 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 6,604 households in Taylor County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Taylor County, WV compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

Taylor County has 1 HVAC or plumbing company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Taylor County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,651 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Taylor County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Taylor County at 16,287 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,604 households. The median household income in Taylor County is $57,795 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.0% 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. Taylor County has no market score for HVAC and plumbing companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for HVAC and plumbing companies · All 56 business types in Taylor County

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