Water & Wastewater Utilities · Boston, MA

Water & Wastewater Utilities Market in
Boston, MA

$422M TAM · Market Score 84/100 · Ranked #7 of 925 MSAs by TAM

Bottom-up market data for the Boston, MA MSA. Sourced from PinpointIQ's MSA-level intelligence platform.

Total TAM
$422M
rank #7 of 925
Market Score
84/100
rank #80 of 872 · 91th percentile
Operators
Pop. growth (5-yr)
3.8%
rank #337 of 872

Market Score breakdown

How Boston scored 84/100 for Water & Wastewater Utilities

PinpointIQ's Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite. The components + weights are set per vertical. Boston ranks in the 91th percentile nationally for Water & Wastewater Utilities.

ComponentWeightValuePercentile
Total Households40%1,940,68899
Fragmentation Score35%
Total Pop Growth (5-Year)25%3.861

TAM by segment

$422M in Boston broken down by segment

Utilities_water Residential Service
$314M
74% of total TAM
Utilities_water Commercial Service
$108M
26% of total TAM

Demographic snapshot

Who lives and buys in Boston

Population
4,953,354
3.8% 5-yr growth
Median HH income
$115,863
38.6% HHs $150K+
Housing units
2,059,059
17.1% age 65+
GDP per capita
$130,177

Frequently asked questions

Water & Wastewater Utilities market in Boston: common questions

How big is the water & wastewater utilities market in Boston, MA?

The water & wastewater utilities market in Boston, MA has a total addressable market of $422M, calculated bottom-up from U.S. Census, BLS, and IRS County Business Patterns data at the census-tract level. This makes Boston the #7 largest water & wastewater utilities market of 872 U.S. MSAs.

How does Boston rank nationally for water & wastewater utilities?

Boston scores 84/100 on PinpointIQ's Water & Wastewater Utilities Market Score, ranking #80 of 872 U.S. metros — the 91th percentile nationally. The Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite of the vertical-specific drivers that make a metro attractive for water & wastewater utilities operators and investors.

What drives water & wastewater utilities demand in Boston?

PinpointIQ scores Boston's water & wastewater utilities market on 3 components: Total Households (40% weight, 99th percentile); Fragmentation Score (35% weight, n/a); Total Pop Growth (5-Year) (25% weight, 61th percentile). The weights are calibrated to the water & wastewater utilities vertical and applied consistently across every U.S. MSA.

What are the biggest water & wastewater utilities sub-segments in Boston?

Boston's $422M water & wastewater utilities TAM breaks down into: Utilities_water Residential Service ($314M, 74% of TAM); Utilities_water Commercial Service ($108M, 26% of TAM). Segment sizes reflect PinpointIQ's bottom-up model at the census-tract level.

Is Boston growing? How does population affect the water & wastewater utilities market?

Boston has a population of 4,953,354 and has grown 3.8% over the last 5 years. Population change is one of the drivers of water & wastewater utilities 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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