[TRANSLATE: The state of Austin heating and air, 2026...]
[TRANSLATE: What 183 licensed Central Texas HVAC contractors actually sa...]
Prices are almost never posted
Only 3 of 183 contractors publish an installed price for their own work anywhere on their site. (Many more show a dollar sign: coupons, loan examples, referral bonuses. We checked each one by hand and did not count those.) Everyone else quotes after a home visit, which means a homeowner comparing three companies gives up three afternoons before seeing a single number. The companies that do post prices: Neal HVAC LLC, MLD Services LLC, Jurnee Mechanical and Services.
[TRANSLATE: What contractors list...]
| Maintenance & tune-ups | 147 | 80% | |
| Reparación de aire acondicionado | 137 | 75% | |
| calefacción & furnace | 106 | 58% | |
| AC install / replace | 101 | 55% | |
| 24/7 emergencia | 92 | 50% | |
| Commercial | 80 | 44% | |
| bomba de calors | 76 | 42% | |
| Indoor air quality | 75 | 41% | |
| Ductwork | 75 | 41% | |
| mini split sin conductoss | 71 | 39% | |
| Refrigeration | 48 | 26% | |
| Insulation | 29 | 16% |
[TRANSLATE: What they promise...]
| Servicio de emergencia 24/7 | 84 | 46% | |
| Financing | 81 | 44% | |
| Free estimates | 64 | 35% | |
| Family owned | 54 | 30% | |
| licenciado & insured | 48 | 26% | |
| Maintenance plan | 48 | 26% | |
| [TRANSLATE: Upfront pricing...] | 39 | 21% | |
| Satisfaction guarantee | 35 | 19% | |
| Same-day servicio | 23 | 13% | |
| BBB listed | 15 | 8% | |
| Certificado NATE | 13 | 7% | |
| Labor warranty | 10 | 5% |
Equipment brands named
Brands a contratista names on its own site. Many install several; this counts mentions, not dealer status.
| Transportista | 25 | 14% | |
| [TRANSLATE: Trane...] | 25 | 14% | |
| Lennox | 19 | 10% | |
| Goodman | 18 | 10% | |
| [TRANSLATE: York...] | 15 | 8% | |
| Daikin | 15 | 8% | |
| Mitsubishi | 14 | 8% | |
| american Standard | 13 | 7% | |
| Bryant | 12 | 7% | |
| Rheem | 11 | 6% | |
| Ruud | 7 | 4% | |
| amana | 6 | 3% |
Financing companies named
| Synchrony | 11 | 6% | |
| [TRANSLATE: Wells Fargo...] | 7 | 4% | |
| [TRANSLATE: Service Finance...] | 5 | 3% | |
| [TRANSLATE: Wisetack...] | 5 | 3% | |
| Goodleap | 4 | 2% | |
| GreenSky | 3 | 2% | |
| Luz solar | 3 | 2% | |
| Hearth | 3 | 2% |
How long they have been in business
62 contratistas indican un año de fundación en su sitio. La mediana es 23 años en el negocio; la más antigua data de 1961.
[TRANSLATE: Where the licenses are...]
| [TRANSLATE: Travis County...] | 622 | 31.6% | |
| [TRANSLATE: Williamson County...] | 437 | 22.2% | |
| Hays County | 208 | 10.6% | |
| McLennan County | 168 | 8.5% | |
| Bell County | 166 | 8.4% | |
| Comal County | 143 | 7.3% | |
| Bastrop County | 108 | 5.5% | |
| Burnet County | 61 | 3.1% | |
| Caldwell County | 30 | 1.5% | |
| Coryell County | 28 | 1.4% |
[TRANSLATE: Share of all 1,971 active TDLR A/C contractor licenses in th...]
Method
Licencias: Texas Department of Licensing y Regulation open data (dataset 7358-krk7), active A/C licencias de contratista in 10 counties. Websites: matched to the licenciado name y verified, then the homepage y up to 14 inner pages were read for each company on October 4, 2026. A company counts toward a figure only if the words are on its own site. Data may be reused with a link to this page.