Measure,Texas,Florida
"Employer establishments, plumbing + HVAC (CBP 2023)",8966,9353
"Nonemployer businesses, plumbing + HVAC (NES 2024)",27853,20993
All plumbing + HVAC businesses (sum),36819,30346
Current HVAC contractor license records,18874,13868
Distinct business names on those licenses,17838,12836
Licensed HVAC business names as % of all plumbing + HVAC businesses,48.4,42.3
HVAC core share of the trade's 2022 work (%),36.1,41.2
HVAC broad share incl. mechanical (%),53.7,56.2
"HVAC-weighted employer establishments, 2023 (our estimate)",3232,3853