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HVAC and plumbing companies in Vilas County, WI
The HVAC and plumbing companies in Vilas County, WI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,656 of 1,707 scored counties
#47 of 50 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,585 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.3
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,761
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Vilas County scores 20 (low) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #1,656 of 1,707 scored counties and #47 of 50 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Vilas County spend about $28.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,585 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 17 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $1.7M per company, 64% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.
Vilas County has 17 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 15.3 for every 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 6.3.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Vilas County in 2023. That is one for every 656 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Vilas County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Vilas County 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 | Vilas County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.3 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $4.5M | $4.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 656 | 1,275 | 1,162 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.8% | +7.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,585 | $2,759 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $68,431 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 55
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Vilas 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 Vilas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,761+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 11,147
- Median age
- 53.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 858 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $68,431+45.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,583
- Median home value
- $300,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,876
- Daytime population
- 22,608Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dane County, WI | 84 | 121 | 4.8 | $6.3M | +4.9% | #34 of 1,707 |
| 2Calumet County, WI | 80 | 9 | 4.2 | $6.9M | +2.9% | #65 of 1,707 |
| 3Eau Claire County, WI | 69 | 23 | 5.1 | $5.3M | +3.0% | #238 of 1,707 |
| 4Portage County, WI | 68 | 14 | 4.7 | $5.7M | +2.2% | #251 of 1,707 |
| 5Kenosha County, WI | 68 | 35 | 5.1 | $5.5M | −0.4% | #253 of 1,707 |
| 6Milwaukee County, WI | 67 | 123 | 3.1 | $8.2M | −1.5% | #267 of 1,707 |
| 7Washington County, WI | 66 | 28 | 4.9 | $6.1M | +1.8% | #295 of 1,707 |
| 8Ozaukee County, WI | 62 | 28 | 7.3 | $4.4M | +3.0% | #437 of 1,707 |
| 9Polk County, WI | 60 | 10 | 5.1 | $5.3M | +1.7% | #493 of 1,707 |
| 10St. Croix County, WI | 59 | 30 | 8.0 | $4M | +4.7% | #546 of 1,707 |
| 47Vilas County, WI | 20 | 17 | 15.3 | $1.7M | +2.9% | #1,656 of 1,707 |
Other business types in Vilas 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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Vilas County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 HVAC and plumbing companies in Vilas County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Vilas County, WI spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $28.8M a year, or $2,585 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 11,147 households in Vilas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Vilas County, WI compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?
Vilas County has 15.3 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $1.7M, 64% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Vilas County would have about 6, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 656 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.
How fast is Vilas County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Vilas County at 23,761 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,147 households. Median household income in Vilas County is $68,431, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 45.4%, 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. Vilas County scores 20 for HVAC and plumbing companies (low), #1,656 of 1,707 scored counties.
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