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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Kenosha, WI metro area
How the Kenosha, WI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #57 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 35
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- −17.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $193.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,811 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 168,448
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Kenosha metro area comes to about $193.7M a year: $2,811 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.5M per company, 16% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
The Kenosha metro area has 35 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 5.1 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Kenosha metro area in 2023, down 17.9% from 2019. That is one for every 2,153 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $509K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Kenosha metro area.
Population estimates show the Kenosha metro area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For HVAC and plumbing companies, the Kenosha metro area has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #57 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Kenosha metro area compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Kenosha metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $4.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,153 | 1,275 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −17.9% | +1.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,811 | $2,759 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $81,239 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32−17.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 442
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $38M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 351 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $509K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Kenosha metro 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 Kenosha metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 168,448−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 68,904
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 272 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 620
- Median household income
- $81,239
- Average household income
- $103,301
- Median home value
- $265,500
- Jobs located here
- 76,591
- Daytime population
- 157,773Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kenosha metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison, WI | 80 | 156 | 5.2 | $5.8M | +4.1% | #10 of 387 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 75 | 829 | 5.6 | $5.7M | +2.6% | #19 of 387 |
| 2Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 68 | 320 | 4.9 | $5.8M | 0.0% | #56 of 387 |
| 3Kenosha, WI | 68 | 35 | 5.1 | $5.5M | −0.4% | #57 of 387 |
| 4Eau Claire, WI | 55 | 44 | 6.1 | $4.4M | +2.6% | #158 of 387 |
| 5Janesville-Beloit, WI | 51 | 40 | 6.0 | $4.5M | +1.7% | #190 of 387 |
| 6Green Bay, WI | 43 | 98 | 7.2 | $3.8M | +2.5% | #252 of 387 |
| 7La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 35 | 48 | 6.7 | $4M | +0.4% | #306 of 387 |
| 8Sheboygan, WI | 35 | 36 | 7.2 | $3.7M | 0.0% | #310 of 387 |
| 9Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 35 | 61 | 7.6 | $3.6M | +0.4% | #311 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kenosha metro 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 trades67
- HVAC and plumbing68
- Electricians71
- Roofing and gutters46
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control45
- Landscaping and lawn care41
- House cleaning40
- Pest control61
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Kenosha, WI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Kenosha metro area. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, down 17.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the Kenosha, WI metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $193.7M a year, or $2,811 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 68,904 households in the Kenosha metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kenosha, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Kenosha metro area has 5.1 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $5.5M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Kenosha metro area would have about 41, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,153 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kenosha, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kenosha metro area at 168,448 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 68,904 households. Median household income in the Kenosha metro area is $81,239, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Kenosha metro area scores 68 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #57 of 387 scored metro areas.
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