127 water heater installers filed 1,402 water heater permits on homes in Bellevue and the small cities it issues permits for from October 2023 to September 2026; 65 filed one in the last 12 months. The most active in the last 12 months were Fast Water Heater Company (226 permits), Washington Energy Svcs Co LLC (27) and Bob's Heating & Air Cndtng LLC (23); busy is not the same as careful. Bellevue water heater permits carry no filed job value, so this list compares firms on permits filed, finishing, license and recent activity only. Side by side: permits filed, share finished, license status and permits in the last 12 months for each firm. Pick what you value and the list re-orders.
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Top 5 by water heater permits filed in the last 12 months. This is volume, not quality: a busy firm is not necessarily a careful one.
The 5 ZIP codes with the most water heater permits on homes from October 2023 to September 2026. Each opens permits by trade and the most active firms there.
Before you move a slider, the list is in a default order built only from the permit record: how much of each firm’s record is this kind of job (weight 30), how often its permits reached completion (25), how many permits it filed in the last 12 months (15) and how quickly its permits closed (10). Each measure is ranked against the other 127 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short; a firm with a matched license problem is listed last.
The order comes from the Bellevue permit file, not from reviews: 65 of 127 water heater installers filed a permit in the last 12 months and 67% of their permits a year or more old were finished. Nobody pays to be listed or to move up, and there are no star ratings or reviews. The sliders and presets change the weights, and the order changes with them. How the records work in Bellevue.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are WA Water Htrs Htng & Air Inc (29 permits, 85% finished), Bob's Heating & Air Cndtng LLC (83 permits, 73% finished) and Washington Energy Svcs Co LLC (92 permits, 67% finished). By permits filed alone, the most active is Fast Water Heater Company with 823.
127 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 226 water heater permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 1 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed, share of permits finished and license status. Pick what matters to you and the list re-orders, for example recent activity if you need someone soon. The order comes from the permit record only, and nobody pays to be listed or to move up.
127 firms filed at least one water heater permit on homes in Bellevue and the small cities it issues permits for from October 2023 to September 2026; 65 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
111 of the 127 water heater installers on the Bellevue permit file match an active license, 16 match one that is expired, suspended or inactive, and 0 we could not match. A firm we could not match is not proven unlicensed: the match is by company name. Look any firm up by name or license number with Washington L&I contractor lookup; statuses show under each firm’s name above. How to check a contractor's license in Washington →
Three you can check against this page: “How many water heater permits have you filed in Bellevue?” (the middle firm here filed 1; 65 of 127 filed one in the last 12 months); “What does your quote include: the permit fee and the city inspection?”; “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (67% of older water heater permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 127 firms filed 1,402 water heater permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from City of Bellevue permits on single-family homes and condo units. To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Bellevue permit office. How the records work in Bellevue →
Bellevue water heater permits carry no filed job value, so we can’t rank water heater installers by price. Get two or three written quotes; ask whether the permit fee and the city inspection are included; shortlist from the 65 firms that filed in the last 12 months.
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 127 water heater installers here is shown with its permit record: 1,402 permits, the share finished and license status. Read reviews on other sites and use this page to check them against the record. Reviews vs permit records →
Every number on this page comes from City of Bellevue permits on single-family homes and condo units: 127 firms filed 1,402 water heater permits on homes in Bellevue and the small cities it issues permits for from October 2023 to September 2026, and 65 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 1 permit in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
No usable job value is recorded for this permit type, so no typical cost is shown. See how we compare records.
Most Bellevue water heater permits are filed in August (121 against an average month of 100); June is the quietest (74). When each trade is busiest in Bellevue →