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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area
How the Racine-Mount Pleasant, 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #311 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 61
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 67
- +4.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $221.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,755 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 198,919
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area is 35 (lower middle), #311 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $2,755 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area spend about $221.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 24% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
The Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area has 61 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.6, 21% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 67 businesses with payroll in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, up 4.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,200 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Racine-Mount Pleasant 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 | Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $4.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,200 | 1,275 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.7% | +1.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,755 | $2,759 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $78,096 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 67+4.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 667
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $49M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 610 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 47The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $2.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Racine-Mount Pleasant 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 Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 198,919+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 80,406
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 333 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 594
- Median household income
- $78,096+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,261
- Median home value
- $251,400
- Jobs located here
- 75,599
- Daytime population
- 171,951Residents 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 Racine-Mount Pleasant 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 Racine-Mount Pleasant 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 trades56
- HVAC and plumbing35
- Electricians61
- Roofing and gutters71
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control25
- Landscaping and lawn care18
- House cleaning38
- Pest control66
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 61 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 67 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023, up 4.7% from 2019.
How much do households in the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $221.5M a year, or $2,755 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 80,406 households in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
The Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area has 7.6 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.6M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area would have about 47, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,200 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area at 198,919 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 80,406 households. Median household income in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area is $78,096, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.3%, 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. The Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area scores 35 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #311 of 387 scored metro areas.
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