HVAC contractors in Austin, ranked by the permits they actually pulled

Q: How many HVAC permits are filed in Austin each year?

6,304 air conditioning permits were filed with the City of Austin between September 2025 and September 2026, by 379 separate companies across 45 ZIP codes. About 94 percent were full system replacements rather than new construction.

Q: Does a contractor need a permit to replace an air conditioning system in Austin?

Yes. Replacing a complete system requires a mechanical permit from the City of Austin, filed by the licensed contractor rather than by the homeowner. A contractor who offers to skip the permit is leaving the work unrecorded and uninspected, which becomes your problem when you sell the house.

Q: What does a high permit count tell me about a contractor?

It shows the company is busy, works inside the permit system and has crews available. It does not measure workmanship, pricing or how a warranty claim is handled. Read it alongside the licence record and ask for references on jobs in your own ZIP code.

Between September 2025 and September 2026, 379 companies filed 6,304 air conditioning permits in Austin, Texas, and 94 percent of them were full system replacements rather than new construction. Every company below is ranked by that record and checked against the Texas licence file, so nobody can pay to move up.

Early release. Fourteen of the 379 companies on record are published so far; the rest are being checked before they go live.

Permit data through 17 September 2026 · licences checked 18 September 2026

ZIP Licence class Sort

Contractors by permit volume

1

Texas Multifamily Solution, LLC
Licence 149371 Class B — up to 25 tons Filing permits this quarter

798permits, 12 months

798system replacements

346last 90 days

32ZIP codes worked

Most active in 78759, 78741, 78753, 78727 · last permit Sep 17, 2026 · licence expires Apr 2027

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2

Radiant Plumbing and Air Conditioning
Licence 138285 Class B — up to 25 tons Filing permits this quarter

581permits, 12 months

581system replacements

241last 90 days

37ZIP codes worked

Most active in 78704, 78745, 78748, 78749 · last permit Sep 17, 2026 · licence expires Apr 2027

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3

Stan's Heating, Air, Plumbing, & Electrical
Licence 23827 Class B — up to 25 tons Filing permits this quarter

567permits, 12 months

551system replacements

185last 90 days

36ZIP codes worked

Most active in 78731, 78759, 78749, 78703 · last permit Sep 11, 2026 · licence expires Jul 2027

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McCullough Heating & Air
Licence 26116 Class B — up to 25 tons Filing permits this quarter

473permits, 12 months

473system replacements

157last 90 days

35ZIP codes worked

Most active in 78759, 78749, 78731, 78750 · last permit Sep 15, 2026 · licence expires Aug 2027

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5

American Residential Services (ARS)
Licence 97192 Class B — up to 25 tons Filing permits this quarter

302permits, 12 months

297system replacements

88last 90 days

37ZIP codes worked

Most active in 78748, 78745, 78753, 78758 · last permit Sep 11, 2026 · licence expires May 2027

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6

SERVICE WIZARD LLC
Licence 27125 Class B — up to 25 tons Filing permits this quarter

240permits, 12 months

240system replacements

57last 90 days

34ZIP codes worked

Most active in 78759, 78727, 78750, 78717 · last permit Sep 11, 2026 · licence expires Aug 2027

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Strand Brothers Service Experts
Licence 24989 Class B — up to 25 tons Filing permits this quarter

220permits, 12 months

218system replacements

100last 90 days

34ZIP codes worked

Most active in 78759, 78745, 78704, 78749 · last permit Aug 31, 2026 · licence expires Jul 2027

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8

ABC Home and Commercial Services
Licence 86888 Class A — any system size Filing permits this quarter

199permits, 12 months

199system replacements

61last 90 days

30ZIP codes worked

Most active in 78759, 78748, 78745, 78749 · last permit Sep 15, 2026 · licence expires Mar 2027

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9

Fox Service Company
Licence 3471 Class A — any system size Filing permits this quarter

177permits, 12 months

176system replacements

34last 90 days

33ZIP codes worked

Most active in 78704, 78745, 78731, 78703 · last permit Aug 28, 2026 · licence expires Feb 2027

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10

Alamo Austin Air Conditioning & Heating Inc
Licence 26354 Class B — up to 25 tons Filing permits this quarter

174permits, 12 months

174system replacements

74last 90 days

34ZIP codes worked

Most active in 78749, 78745, 78748, 78759 · last permit Sep 17, 2026 · licence expires Mar 2027

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11

New Abacus
Licence 135747 Class A — any system size Filing permits this quarter

143permits, 12 months

141system replacements

59last 90 days

30ZIP codes worked

Most active in 78748, 78745, 78759, 78749 · last permit Sep 15, 2026 · licence expires Jan 2027

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12

Goettl Air Conditioning & Plumbing
Licence 139293 Class A — any system size Filing permits this quarter

113permits, 12 months

111system replacements

27last 90 days

29ZIP codes worked

Most active in 78748, 78745, 78753, 78758 · last permit Sep 15, 2026 · licence expires May 2027

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13

A-Plus Energy Management
Licence 5235 Class B — up to 25 tons Filing permits this quarter

80permits, 12 months

79system replacements

24last 90 days

25ZIP codes worked

Most active in 78731, 78759, 78703, 78704 · last permit Sep 03, 2026 · licence expires Aug 2027

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14

Austin Air Conditioning
Licence 96930 Class A — any system size Filing permits this quarter

79permits, 12 months

79system replacements

23last 90 days

23ZIP codes worked

Most active in 78703, 78731, 78704, 78745 · last permit Sep 14, 2026 · licence expires May 2027

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The Austin air conditioning market in numbers

6,304permits, 12 months

379active companies

45ZIP codes

2.8×July vs February volume

379 companies filed 6,304 air conditioning permits with the City of Austin between 2 September 2025 and 17 September 2026. The five busiest filed 2,721 of them, or 43 percent of all the work in the city, and 353 of the 379 match a current Texas contractor licence.

Volume is seasonal and sharply so. July produced 813 permits against 294 in February, a difference of 2.8 times, which is why a replacement planned between March and May gets better crew availability than the same job ordered in August.

94 percent of the permits are change-outs, meaning replacement of a complete existing system rather than new construction. Austin is a replacement market, not a growth one.

Every contractor, side by side

Austin HVAC contractors by permits filed, 2 September 2025 to 17 September 2026. Source: City of Austin permit records and Texas TDLR licence file.
Contractor	Permits (12 mo)	Replacements	Last 90 days	ZIP codes	Licence class	Licence no.	Expires
Texas Multifamily Solution, LLC	798	798	346	32	Class B	149371	Apr 2027
Radiant Plumbing and Air Conditioning	581	581	241	37	Class B	138285	Apr 2027
Stan's Heating, Air, Plumbing, & Electrical	567	551	185	36	Class B	23827	Jul 2027
McCullough Heating & Air	473	473	157	35	Class B	26116	Aug 2027
American Residential Services (ARS)	302	297	88	37	Class B	97192	May 2027
SERVICE WIZARD LLC	240	240	57	34	Class B	27125	Aug 2027
Strand Brothers Service Experts	220	218	100	34	Class B	24989	Jul 2027
ABC Home and Commercial Services	199	199	61	30	Class A	86888	Mar 2027
Fox Service Company	177	176	34	33	Class A	3471	Feb 2027
Alamo Austin Air Conditioning & Heating Inc	174	174	74	34	Class B	26354	Mar 2027
New Abacus	143	141	59	30	Class A	135747	Jan 2027
Goettl Air Conditioning & Plumbing	113	111	27	29	Class A	139293	May 2027
A-Plus Energy Management	80	79	24	25	Class B	5235	Aug 2027
Austin Air Conditioning	79	79	23	23	Class A	96930	May 2027

What the terms on this page mean

Class A air conditioning licence: A Texas licence with no cap on system capacity. Roughly half the contractors in Austin hold one, so it is useful information rather than a mark of rarity: it matters if your system is unusually large, and not much otherwise.
Class B air conditioning licence: A Texas licence limited to systems up to 25 tons of cooling or 1.5 million BTU per hour of heating. That covers every ordinary house in Austin comfortably, so a Class B contractor is fully qualified for a home replacement.
Mechanical permit: The permit Austin requires before a system is installed or replaced, filed by the contractor and not by you. It names the company, which is what makes the city record a public account of who did the work and where.
Change-out: Replacement of a complete existing system rather than new installation. Change-outs are 94 percent of Austin's air conditioning permits, which is why permit volume tracks replacement capacity rather than new construction.

Method and provenance

Ranking comes from one input: the count of air conditioning permits each company filed with the City of Austin in the trailing twelve months. Permits are matched to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation file of licensed air conditioning contractors, republished daily, to show class, licence number and expiry.

Permit records cover installation and replacement. Service, maintenance and most duct work need no permit, so a service-led company appears smaller here than its revenue suggests. Companies whose name does not match the licence file are listed without a badge, because Texas licences are frequently registered under an owner's personal name. Absence of a badge is not a finding of unlicensed work.

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Cite this page

PermitPulled (2026). HVAC contractors in Austin, Texas: permit activity September 2025 to September 2026. Retrieved from https://permitpulled.com/austin/hvac-contractors/

The compiled dataset is published under CC BY 4.0. A machine-readable copy of this page is available at /austin/hvac-contractors.md and the underlying table at /data/austin-hvac-2026.csv. Attribution to PermitPulled is required.

Questions

How do I check whether an HVAC contractor in Austin is licensed?

Texas requires an air conditioning contractor licence from TDLR. Search the company name in the TDLR licence database, or use the licence number shown on its profile here. Licences are often registered under the owner's personal name rather than the trading name, so a failed name search is not by itself proof that a company is unlicensed.

Does a contractor need a permit to replace an air conditioning system in Austin?

Yes. A full system replacement needs a mechanical permit from the city, filed by the licensed contractor and not by you. A contractor who offers to skip it leaves the work unrecorded and uninspected, which becomes your problem when you sell the house.

What does a high permit count tell me about a contractor?

That the company is busy, works inside the permit system and has crews available in August. It measures nothing about workmanship, pricing or how a warranty claim is handled, which is what references are for.

When is the best time of year to replace an air conditioner in Austin?

Between March and May. July runs 2.8 times heavier than February, so a summer quote comes from crews that are already booked out. A planned replacement in spring gets better availability and more attention.

Why is my contractor not on this list?

Repairs, maintenance and most duct work need no permit, so a company built around service rather than replacement may have filed nothing in twelve months. The list measures replacement work, not the whole trade.

How many HVAC permits are filed in Austin each year?

6,304 between September 2025 and September 2026, filed by 379 companies across 45 ZIP codes. Roughly 94 percent were full system replacements.

HVAC contractors in Austin, ranked by the permits they actually pulled

Contractors by permit volume

The Austin air conditioning market in numbers

Every contractor, side by side

What the terms on this page mean

Method and provenance

Cite this page

Questions

How do I check whether an HVAC contractor in Austin is licensed?

Does a contractor need a permit to replace an air conditioning system in Austin?

What does a high permit count tell me about a contractor?

When is the best time of year to replace an air conditioner in Austin?

Why is my contractor not on this list?

How many HVAC permits are filed in Austin each year?

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