Ohio contractor market
Contractor market in Ohio: permits, companies, and trade benchmarks
Ohio logged 429K permit records in 2023, the last fully reported year, up +23.6% from 2022. There are 10,852 HVAC/plumbing/electrical companies in the state, with 1,453 in the $1-25M revenue band. Largest metro: Columbus.
429K
Permit records 2023
+23.6% over 2022
9K
Contractors tracked
All trades
1,453
ICP companies ($1-25M)
Fractional-CFO target
32 yrs
Avg company age
Established market
Trade-by-trade breakdown, Ohio
HVAC in Ohio
Contractors
1,600
Median job
$30,891
Top 25%
$228,491
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Plumbing in Ohio
Contractors
1,100
Median job
$30,584
Top 25%
$185,173
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Electrical in Ohio
Contractors
2,200
Median job
$13,638
Top 25%
$85,183
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Roofing in Ohio
Contractors
800
Median job
$36,170
Top 25%
$198,654
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Permit data from public county and state building-permit records (73.7M property records, over 400M permit records, 2022-2024). Contractor density from public company records (494M company locations). Operating benchmarks from Level's proprietary contractor benchmark dataset (2,242 contractors, $13.25B in job revenue). See the full Level Index.