Commercial Cleaning & Janitorial
- Ambulatory health care: physician, dental, outpatient and urgent care291
- Owner-occupied and owner-managed commercial buildings91
- Manufacturing plants71
- Auto dealerships33
- Senior living and skilled nursing32
Commercial trades market · McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
Appointment setting for commercial contractors in McAllen
McAllen-Edinburg has 1,556 businesses with 20 or more people on site across the categories commercial trades sell to, and it leans toward warehousing and distribution and auto dealerships more than the U.S. as a whole. Here is how each trade's market looks, where the buildings are and when to call.
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Trades in McAllen
How each commercial trade's market looks in McAllen-Edinburg
Ranked by larger buildings per contractor against up to 100 markets (only markets with 10 or more contractors in a trade are ranked; n/r means not ranked). A higher rank means more buildings worth calling for every competitor working them.
| Trade | Contractors | 1-yr change | Larger buildings | Per contractor | Rank | Eligible targets | Push months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Cleaning & Janitorial Largest buyer group: ambulatory health care: physician, dental, outpatient and urgent care | 59 | -2 | 590 | 10.0 | #1 | 321 | Year-round |
| Commercial Landscaping Largest buyer group: retail stores | 34 | 0 | 919 | 27.0 | #1 | · | Year-round |
| Commercial Electrical Largest buyer group: retail stores | 48 | +4 | 642 | 13.4 | #21 | · | Year-round |
| Paving & Asphalt Largest buyer group: retail stores | 18 | +1 | 979 | 54.4 | #23 | · | Year-round |
| Commercial Construction Largest buyer group: commercial building owners and developers | 64 | +1 | 307 | 4.8 | #49 | 1,267 | Year-round |
| Commercial Roofing Largest buyer group: retail stores | 12 | 0 | 741 | 61.8 | #54 | 1,267 | Year-round |
| Commercial HVAC & Mechanical Largest buyer group: medical and dental office buildings | 60 | 0 | 484 | 8.1 | #76 | 405 | Feb–Apr |
| Fire Protection Largest buyer group: restaurants | 30 | +2 | 737 | 24.6 | #90 | · | Year-round |
| Commercial Flooring Largest buyer group: ambulatory health care: physician, dental, outpatient and urgent care | 1 | 0 | 595 | 595.0 | n/r | · | Year-round |
| Commercial Painting & Coatings Largest buyer group: retail stores | 5 | +1 | 761 | 152.2 | n/r | · | Year-round |
Who each program calls
The industries each McAllen trade program prospects into
Every trade has its own target list. Here are the five largest target industries for each program in the McAllen-Edinburg metro, with local location counts; each guide lists all ten and who your SDR asks for.
Commercial Landscaping
- Retail stores368
- Ambulatory health care offices and clinics291
- Commercial building owners and lessors91
- Apartment property management firms82
- Senior living and skilled nursing32
Commercial Electrical
- Retail stores368
- Commercial building owners91
- Manufacturing plants71
- Auto dealerships33
- Senior living and skilled nursing32
Paving & Asphalt
- Retail stores368
- Ambulatory health care offices and clinics291
- Commercial building owners and lessors91
- Apartment property management firms82
- Truck transportation companies37
Commercial Construction
- Commercial building owners and developers91
- Manufacturing companies71
- Auto dealership groups33
- Senior living operators32
- Hotel owners and management groups24
Commercial Roofing
- Retail stores368
- Commercial building owners and lessors91
- Apartment property management firms82
- Manufacturing plants71
- Auto dealerships33
Commercial HVAC & Mechanical
- Medical and dental office buildings291
- Manufacturing plants71
- Senior living and skilled nursing32
- Hotels24
- Warehousing and distribution22
Fire Protection
- Restaurants462
- Apartment management companies82
- Manufacturing plants71
- Senior living and skilled nursing32
- Hotels24
Commercial Flooring
- Ambulatory health care: physician, dental, outpatient and urgent care291
- Owner-occupied and owner-managed commercial buildings91
- Apartment and multifamily management companies82
- Auto dealerships33
- Senior living and skilled nursing32
Commercial Painting & Coatings
- Retail stores368
- Owner-occupied and owner-managed commercial buildings91
- Apartment and multifamily management companies82
- Manufacturing plants71
- Auto dealerships33
Locations with 20 or more employees, U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Property management and similar categories count every company, whatever its size.
What's being built
The projects shaping McAllen-Edinburg
Named, sourced projects current as of 2026-09, and the trades each one puts to work.
UTRGV School of Optometry
$41.3 millionUnder construction; academic space July 2027, clinic January 2028
Conversion of the former Monitor newspaper building at 1400 E. Nolana Ave. in McAllen into the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's School of Optometry.
Converting an office and press building into classrooms and a patient clinic means new HVAC, electrical, fire protection and interior finishes through early 2028.
Rio Grande Valley Business Journal, 2026-08-17 →McAllen City Center first building
$13 millionUnder construction; broke ground April 2026
A 32,500-square-foot multi-tenant shell building for restaurants and retail at 1300 S. 10th Street, the first vertical work on the 13-acre former McAllen Civic Center site.
Shell construction brings roofing, paving and parking work now, then tenant finish-outs with HVAC and electrical as restaurants sign; hotel and parking phases may follow.
Rio Grande Valley Business Journal, 2026-04-09 →Pharr industrial building at 301 East Highline Road
$12.1 millionUnder construction; completion June 2027
A 300,160-square-foot speculative industrial building near the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in Pharr.
Large tilt-wall warehouses need roofing, truck court paving, fire sprinklers and electrical service, and a tenant build-out will follow once the building leases.
Rio Grande Valley Business Journal, 2026-04-21 →ZERLUMA aluminum recycling plant
$50 millionUnder construction; broke ground July 2026
A nearly 100,000-square-foot aluminum recycling and billet plant at 300 Trinity Street in Mission's Expressway Business Park.
Melting and casting lines need heavy industrial power, ventilation and fire protection, with roofing and site paving for truck traffic over the two-to-three-year build.
Rio Grande Valley Business Journal, 2026-07-28 →Texas A&M AgriLife research center at McAllen
$53.5 millionDesign; construction start February 2027
A two-story, 47,671-square-foot research building with labs and clinical research space at 6200 Tres Lagos Blvd. in McAllen.
Lab buildings are heavy on HVAC, exhaust, electrical and fire protection; bids should come out ahead of the February 2027 start, with work running to early 2029.
Rio Grande Valley Business Journal, 2026-08-20 → Where the buyers cluster
The owners that anchor McAllen-Edinburg
Health systems, campuses, large employers and industrial parks hold the biggest concentrations of commercial buildings here. Each fact links to its source, checked 2026-10.
DHR Health (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance)
Edinburg, Hidalgo County
HUD's April 2026 McAllen housing market spotlight lists Doctors Hospital at Renaissance among the area's top employers with 6,423 employees.
The Edinburg medical campus with its hospitals, clinics and a behavioral hospital in development runs heavy HVAC, cleaning and life-safety loads in a hot, humid climate.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD User) →University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, Hidalgo County
HUD's April 2026 McAllen market spotlight lists UTRGV as a large employer with 5,247 employees.
The Edinburg campus plus medical school, clinics and buildings the university keeps acquiring across the Valley add up to a large portfolio of classrooms, labs and parking to maintain.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD User) →McAllen International Airport (MFE)
McAllen, Hidalgo County
Texas Border Business reported in November 2024 that MFE set an all-time record of over 1 million total passengers in a calendar year.
A city-owned terminal, parking lots and airside buildings need cleaning, HVAC service and pavement upkeep.
Texas Border Business →Pharr International Bridge
Pharr, Hidalgo County
ValleyCentral reported in October 2025 that twenty-two million pounds of fresh produce cross the Pharr bridge every day and that it is known as the top bridge for produce crossing in the nation.
The produce trade feeds cold storage warehouses, distribution centers and truck yards around Pharr that need refrigeration, roofing, electrical and paving work.
ValleyCentral (KVEO-TV) →Sharyland Business Park
Mission, Hidalgo County
Texas Border Business reported in December 2025 that the park is a 175-acre industrial development expected to generate about 2.5 million square feet of industrial space when complete.
Fifteen industrial lots near the Anzalduas International Bridge are planned for logistics, cold storage, manufacturing and distribution buildings that need roofing, paving, electrical and fire protection.
Texas Border Business →Hidalgo County
Edinburg, Hidalgo County
HUD's April 2026 McAllen market spotlight lists Hidalgo County as a large employer with 3,579 employees.
County courthouses, offices, jails, precinct facilities and parks are public buildings that bid out maintenance and construction work.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD User) → The local business base
Who the buyers are in McAllen-Edinburg
Compared with the national mix, McAllen-Edinburg over-indexes on warehousing and distribution, auto dealerships and medical, dental and outpatient offices. The fastest-growing categories over the past year: medical, dental and outpatient offices (+66), restaurants (+52) and manufacturing plants (+13).
| Category | Sites with 20+ | All establishments | vs. U.S. mix | 1-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 462 | 1,226 | 1.50x | +52 |
| Retail stores | 368 | 2,190 | 1.70x | -27 |
| Medical, dental and outpatient offices | 291 | 1,724 | 2.06x | +66 |
| Wholesale distributors | 101 | 1,016 | 1.32x | +7 |
| Manufacturing plants | 71 | 314 | 0.81x | +13 |
| Grocery stores | 50 | 277 | 1.48x | -12 |
| Trucking companies | 37 | 377 | 1.79x | -43 |
| Auto dealerships | 33 | 125 | 2.18x | +1 |
| Senior living and nursing | 32 | 72 | 0.56x | -7 |
| Bank and credit union offices | 28 | 491 | 1.90x | +2 |
| Hotels | 24 | 84 | 1.28x | +2 |
| Warehousing and distribution | 22 | 78 | 3.04x | +4 |
| Private K-12 schools | 19 | 36 | 1.66x | +3 |
| Churches and religious organizations | 12 | 202 | 0.16x | 0 |
| Hospitals | 6 | 10 | 1.22x | -2 |
| Commercial property managers | 0 | 19 | 0.89x | +3 |
| Nonresidential building owners | 0 | 91 | 1.92x | +10 |
| Hosting and data processing companies | 0 | 9 | 0.12x | -2 |
| Apartment and residential property managers | 0 | 82 | 0.85x | -1 |
| Golf courses and country clubs | 0 | 3 | 0.30x | +1 |
Climate and timing
McAllen's year, month by month
Outdoor trades (roofing, paving, landscaping, exterior painting) work the months with lows of 40°F or above and sell in the months before. HVAC sells ahead of its heating and cooling peaks. Each trade page has its own calendar.
- Jan71° / 49°Outdoor season
- Feb76° / 54°Outdoor season
- Mar81° / 60°Outdoor season
- Apr87° / 65°Outdoor season
- May92° / 71°Outdoor season
- Jun96° / 75°Outdoor season
- Jul97° / 76°Outdoor season
- Aug99° / 76°Outdoor season
- Sep93° / 72°Outdoor season
- Oct88° / 66°Outdoor season
- Nov79° / 57°Outdoor season
- Dec72° / 51°Outdoor season
Working in Texas
Contractor licensing in Texas
Texas has no state license for general contractors or roofers, though cities and counties may set their own requirements. TDLR licenses electrical and air conditioning/refrigeration contractors, and the State Fire Marshal's Office registers fire sprinkler and fire alarm companies.
Trade-by-trade rules are on each trade page. Confirm with Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Checked 2026-09-30.
Hiring locally
What an in-house SDR costs in McAllen
Before you hire a sales development rep in McAllen, price the whole job, not just the salary. Here is the local pay for sales representatives, and what a first year really costs once you add commission, payroll taxes and benefits, tools, recruiting and the manager time it takes to coach them.
- $49,350median pay for a sales rep in the McAllen metro
- $37,530 to $69,150middle half of local pay (25th to 75th percentile)
- 1,910people in the role locally, all competing for the same hires
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services and travel (SOC 41-3091).
In-house SDR, first year$107,038
Abstrakt Growth program, full-time SDR, 12 months$102,000
In-house adds $15,000 commission, 25% payroll taxes and benefits, $500/month tools, $5,000 recruiting and 4 manager hours a week at $75/hour, before ramp time or turnover. Abstrakt includes the SDR, management, tools and data.
How Abstrakt works in McAllen
Outsourced appointment setting, one trade per market
Abstrakt's U.S.-based business development reps build a McAllen target list around your trade, service area and ideal buildings, work it by phone, email, LinkedIn and direct mail, and book meetings with the people who sign. We will not run the same program for a direct competitor in your territory.
Selling into Texas? See the Texas outbound calling rules: do-not-call lists, calling hours and registration, so you know what a program here has to handle.
McAllen commercial trades, answered
Does Abstrakt set appointments for commercial contractors in McAllen?
Yes. Abstrakt runs outsourced appointment setting for commercial trades across the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro: our U.S.-based business development reps call the buildings, qualify the opportunity and book meetings with the person who signs. We run one program per trade per market.
Which commercial trades have the most room to grow in McAllen?
Measured by larger buildings per contractor against the 100 markets we track (where a trade has at least 10 local contractors), commercial Cleaning & Janitorial (#1), commercial Landscaping (#1) and commercial Electrical (#21) rank best in McAllen.
What kinds of businesses are concentrated in McAllen?
Compared with the national mix, McAllen-Edinburg has more warehousing and distribution (3.04x), auto dealerships (2.18x) and medical, dental and outpatient offices (2.06x). Those industries are the best-represented buyers for trades that serve them.
Sources and method
- Contractors and business-category change and concentration: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2025 Q2, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- Business sites by size and county: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Suppressed size classes count as zero.
- Climate: NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county monthly series, 1991-2020 averages.
- Projects: sources linked on each project card.
- Anchor owners: sources linked on each card, read 2026-10.
- Eligible targets: Abstrakt territory record counts, 2026-10; estimated decision-maker records Abstrakt can prospect per program, shown for HVAC, roofing, construction and cleaning.
- Photo: Cityscape of McAllen, Texas, by Anthony Acosta on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped).
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