Water & Wastewater Utilities · Buffalo, NY

Water & Wastewater Utilities Market in
Buffalo, NY

$64M TAM · Market Score 79/100 · Ranked #48 of 925 MSAs by TAM

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

Total TAM
$64M
rank #48 of 925
Market Score
79/100
rank #132 of 872 · 85th percentile
Operators
Pop. growth (5-yr)
2.2%
rank #410 of 872

Market Score breakdown

How Buffalo scored 79/100 for Water & Wastewater Utilities

PinpointIQ's Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite. The components + weights are set per vertical. Buffalo ranks in the 85th percentile nationally for Water & Wastewater Utilities.

ComponentWeightValuePercentile
Total Households40%501,54995
Fragmentation Score35%
Total Pop Growth (5-Year)25%2.252

TAM by segment

$64M in Buffalo broken down by segment

Utilities_water Residential Service
$51M
79% of total TAM
Utilities_water Commercial Service
$14M
21% of total TAM

Demographic snapshot

Who lives and buys in Buffalo

Population
1,161,343
2.2% 5-yr growth
Median HH income
$72,237
18.4% HHs $150K+
Housing units
541,660
19.6% age 65+
GDP per capita
$81,545

Frequently asked questions

Water & Wastewater Utilities market in Buffalo: common questions

How big is the water & wastewater utilities market in Buffalo, NY?

The water & wastewater utilities market in Buffalo, NY has a total addressable market of $64M, calculated bottom-up from U.S. Census, BLS, and IRS County Business Patterns data at the census-tract level. This makes Buffalo the #48 largest water & wastewater utilities market of 872 U.S. MSAs.

How does Buffalo rank nationally for water & wastewater utilities?

Buffalo scores 79/100 on PinpointIQ's Water & Wastewater Utilities Market Score, ranking #132 of 872 U.S. metros — the 85th 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 Buffalo?

PinpointIQ scores Buffalo's water & wastewater utilities market on 3 components: Total Households (40% weight, 95th percentile); Fragmentation Score (35% weight, n/a); Total Pop Growth (5-Year) (25% weight, 52th 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 Buffalo?

Buffalo's $64M water & wastewater utilities TAM breaks down into: Utilities_water Residential Service ($51M, 79% of TAM); Utilities_water Commercial Service ($14M, 21% of TAM). Segment sizes reflect PinpointIQ's bottom-up model at the census-tract level.

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

Buffalo has a population of 1,161,343 and has grown 2.2% 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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