+1 570 955 3538Trade Competition by County: Roofers, HVAC, Painters, Dentists in NEPA
Wayne County has 5.1 plumbing and HVAC employer firms per 10,000 residents. Susquehanna County has 1.6. Census County Business Patterns lists 103 roofing firms with employees across ten NEPA and Lehigh Valley counties, and Monroe County has the most per resident (1.0 per 10,000). Use the tables to see how many others share your trade in your county.
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Map: county borders from U.S. Census TIGERweb. Shading: plumbing and HVAC firms per 10,000 residents, five groups of two counties each, darker means higher. Base map: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Firm counts by county
| County | Roofing | Plumbing and HVAC | Painting | Dentists | Lawyers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon | 4 | 23 | 7 | 19 | 20 |
| Lackawanna | 15 | 72 | 16 | 83 | 152 |
| Lehigh | 25 | 89 | 33 | 162 | 112 |
| Luzerne | 20 | 94 | 19 | 94 | 122 |
| Monroe | 17 | 64 | 13 | 42 | 36 |
| Northampton | 12 | 114 | 23 | 119 | 102 |
| Schuylkill | 7 | 41 | 3 | 35 | 42 |
| Susquehanna | none listed | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| Wayne | 3 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| Wyoming | none listed | 9 | none listed | 4 | 9 |
"None listed" means Census shows no row for that trade in the county. It does not prove there are no firms. Census withholds some small cells, and it leaves out firms with no employees.
Firms per 10,000 residents
| County | Roofing | Plumbing and HVAC | Painting | Dentists | Lawyers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon | 0.6 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| Lackawanna | 0.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 7.0 |
| Lehigh | 0.7 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 3.0 |
| Luzerne | 0.6 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| Monroe | 1.0 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| Northampton | 0.4 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| Schuylkill | 0.5 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| Susquehanna | – | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
| Wayne | 0.6 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 4.3 |
| Wyoming | – | 3.5 | – | 1.5 | 3.5 |
Per-resident counts use the ACS 2023 population. A dash means no count was listed.
What a small trade firm can take from this
You may be less alone than you think. In Wayne County, the densest for plumbing and HVAC, there is one such employer firm for about every 1,961 residents. Each one can show up when your customer searches.
The count is a floor. One-person shops and side-job crews are missing. The self-employment page shows that in Lackawanna County, 13,430 tax returns report business income from a self-run business. The real field of competitors is larger than any table here.
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Where the numbers come from
- U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns (CBP) 2023. Open data: census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp. Pulled 2026-10-06.
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2019–2023 (tables B01003, B01002, B19013, B25077, B11001, B28002). Pulled 2026-10-06.
- U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb county boundaries. Pulled 2026-10-06.
FAQ
How many roofers are in Lackawanna County?
Census County Business Patterns 2023 lists 15 roofing firms with employees. Roofers who work alone are not in that count.
Which county has the most dentists per resident?
Lehigh County, at 4.3 dentist offices per 10,000 residents.
Why do some cells say none listed?
The Census suppresses small counts and omits zeros. Treat them as no data.
Do these counts include chains and branches?
Yes. A count is a business location, so a chain with three offices counts three times.
