Plumbing businesses in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin holds 1,233 tracked plumbing businesses, 2.5% of the national total, ranking #12 of 51 with 12.53 per 1,000 employer firms in the state.
1,233
Tracked businesses
#12
National rank
12.53
Per 1,000 businesses
Milwaukee
Top city
Where they concentrate
| City | Tracked businesses | Share of state |
|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 45 | 3.6% |
| Madison | 28 | 2.3% |
| Brookfield | 11 | 0.9% |
| Appleton | 11 | 0.9% |
| Green Bay | 11 | 0.9% |
| Janesville | 11 | 0.9% |
| Waterford | 10 | 0.8% |
| Kenosha | 8 | 0.6% |
| Manitowoc | 7 | 0.6% |
| Waukesha | 7 | 0.6% |
Methodology. Web-present plumbing businesses tracked nationally (deduplicated). An activity-verification pass is in progress; counts are tracked entities, not verified-active counts, and will tighten as verification completes.
Total employer firms (all sectors) per state, US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, 2023. Density is vertical entities per 1,000 employer firms. Wisconsin: 98,413 employer firms. Last updated 2026-06-11. Cite freely with a link.
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