23822

Analysis

NAICS 23822 is the 2022 NAICS industry for plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors, part of 2382 (Building Equipment Contractors).

It has only one more detailed code, 238220, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Building Equipment Contractors, with 54.9% of them.

County Business Patterns counts 111,207 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 1,214,761 people at an average annual payroll of $73,693 per employee (59th percentile of national industries). 58% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 7% and employment rose 14%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.