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The Census counted 1,639 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro in 2023, or 2.6 for every 10,000 residents, the 3rd lowest of the 25 largest metros (County Business Patterns).

The number of plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors here rose 2.6% from 2018 to 2023, the 9th lowest change of the 25 largest metros (County Business Patterns).

By NightshiftDirect Research. Updated . Figures read .

The metro in numbers

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro, by the numbers
MeasureHereMedianStandingSource
Median household income$126,244$92,3442nd highest of 25ACS 2024
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors per 10,000 residents2.63.33rd lowest of 25CBP and ACS 2023
Change in plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors since 2018Up 2.6%Up 9.6%9th lowest of 25CBP 2018 to 2023
Homes lived in by their owners63.4%63.4%13th highest of 25ACS 2024
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors1,639Not comparedNot comparedCBP 2023
Residents6,437,907Not comparedNot comparedACS 2024
Average pay, all private jobs$95,806Not comparedNot comparedQCEW 2024
Median and standing among the 25 most populous metro areas, or among those where BLS publishes the figure. CBP is the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns, ACS its American Community Survey, and QCEW the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages from BLS. Each source links the public query that returns the figure.

What stands out

1,639 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors against 6,304,449 residents in 2023 works out to 2.6 for every 10,000 people, the 3rd lowest of the 25 largest metros (County Business Patterns, American Community Survey).

That is one plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractor for every 3,847 residents.

The median of the 25 is 3.3, so this metro has 21% fewer per resident than the middle one (County Business Patterns).

Fewer contractors per resident means fewer of them sharing each neighborhood's searches.

Counted over the same 23 counties in both years, the metro had 1,597 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2018 and 1,639 in 2023 (County Business Patterns).

That is a rise of 2.6%, the 9th lowest change of the 25 largest metros, where the median is a rise of 9.6% (County Business Patterns).

So there are more contractors to compete with than in 2018.

Owners live in 1,531,201 of the metro's occupied homes, 63.4% of them, in the 2024 survey (American Community Survey).

That is the 13th highest share of the 25 largest metros, where the median is 63.4% (American Community Survey).

An owner-occupied home is a household that hires for its own heating and cooling.

What these figures leave out

County Business Patterns counts establishments with paid employees, so a contractor who works with no paid staff is not in these counts (County Business Patterns).

The Census counts HVAC and plumbing contractors together, as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors (NAICS 238220), so every business figure here covers both (NAICS index).

BLS does not publish plumbing and HVAC contractor jobs or their pay for this metro for 2024, because the figures did not meet its disclosure standards (Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages).

BLS stopped publishing metro figures by industry with its third quarter 2025 data, so 2024 is the last full year of them (BLS notice).

None of these figures shows which businesses appear in Google's map results in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro, and we do not measure that.

None of our sources gives what a search ad click costs in this metro. LocaliQ's national averages for Home and Home Improvement are $8.33 a click and $90.92 a lead across its own customers' campaigns, not figures for this metro (LocaliQ).

Nearby metros

Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors per 10,000 residents in the nearest metros we publish a page for:

The same metro, other fields

Working with us in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro

We are new and have no clients yet, in this metro or any other.

One client per business category per metro area on the Local, Growth and Authority plans. A metro area is a U.S. Census core-based statistical area.

The work itself is on our local SEO page, what applies to every HVAC company is on our HVAC page, and every price is on the prices page.

Questions

How many plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors are there in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro?

1,639 in 2023 in the Census's table for the metro, counting establishments with paid employees, or 2.6 for every 10,000 residents (County Business Patterns).

Is the number of plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro growing?

Yes. It rose 2.6% from 2018 to 2023, from 1,597 to 1,639 on the same counties (County Business Patterns).

How these figures were made

How the figures are chosen and compared is on our method page. Each query below returns figures on this page.

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