Plumbing · San Francisco, CA

Plumbing Market in
San Francisco, CA

$1.0B TAM · Market Score 59/100 · Ranked #3 of 925 MSAs by TAM

Bottom-up market data for the San Francisco, CA MSA. Sourced from PinpointIQ's MSA-level intelligence platform.

Total TAM
$1.0B
rank #3 of 925
Market Score
59/100
rank #228 of 925 · 75th percentile
Operators
1,192
17,189 employees
Pop. growth (5-yr)
0.1%
rank #539 of 872

Market Score breakdown

How San Francisco scored 59/100 for Plumbing

PinpointIQ's Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite. The components + weights are set per vertical. San Francisco ranks in the 75th percentile nationally for Plumbing.

ComponentWeightValuePercentile
% Housing Pre-198035%66.6783
Fragmentation Score35%00
Total Housing Units30%1,880,37499

TAM by segment

$1.0B in San Francisco broken down by segment

Plumbing Service
$423M
41% of total TAM
Plumbing Repipe
$537M
53% of total TAM
Plumbing New Install
$59M
6% of total TAM

Demographic snapshot

Who lives and buys in San Francisco

Population
4,645,029
0.1% 5-yr growth
Median HH income
$136,027
46.1% HHs $150K+
Housing units
1,880,374
17.1% age 65+
GDP per capita
$172,509

Frequently asked questions

Plumbing market in San Francisco: common questions

How big is the plumbing market in San Francisco, CA?

The plumbing market in San Francisco, CA has a total addressable market of $1.0B, calculated bottom-up from U.S. Census, BLS, and IRS County Business Patterns data at the census-tract level. This makes San Francisco the #3 largest plumbing market of 925 U.S. MSAs.

How many plumbing companies are in San Francisco?

PinpointIQ tracks 1,192 plumbing establishments in the San Francisco MSA, employing approximately 17,189 people. Establishment counts are sourced from IRS County Business Patterns and refreshed monthly.

How does San Francisco rank nationally for plumbing?

San Francisco scores 59/100 on PinpointIQ's Plumbing Market Score, ranking #228 of 925 U.S. metros — the 75th percentile nationally. The Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite of the vertical-specific drivers that make a metro attractive for plumbing operators and investors.

What drives plumbing demand in San Francisco?

PinpointIQ scores San Francisco's plumbing market on 3 components: % Housing Pre-1980 (35% weight, 83th percentile); Fragmentation Score (35% weight, 0th percentile); Total Housing Units (30% weight, 99th percentile). The weights are calibrated to the plumbing vertical and applied consistently across every U.S. MSA.

What are the biggest plumbing sub-segments in San Francisco?

San Francisco's $1.0B plumbing TAM breaks down into: Plumbing Service ($423M, 41% of TAM); Plumbing Repipe ($537M, 53% of TAM); Plumbing New Install ($59M, 6% of TAM). Segment sizes reflect PinpointIQ's bottom-up model at the census-tract level.

Is San Francisco growing? How does population affect the plumbing market?

San Francisco has a population of 4,645,029 and has grown 0.1% over the last 5 years. Population change is one of the drivers of plumbing demand and factors into PinpointIQ's Market Score alongside vertical-specific attractiveness metrics.

TAM figures reflect PinpointIQ's bottom-up market size model built from U.S. Census, BLS, IRS County Business Patterns, and other public + commercial sources at the census-tract level. Market Score is PinpointIQ's percentile-weighted composite; the components and weights are set per vertical and shown above. Data refreshed monthly.

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