117 water heater installers filed 1,519 water heater permits on homes in the Town of Cary from October 2023 to September 2026; 74 filed one in the last 12 months. The middle filed job value was $4,253. The most active in the last 12 months were Michael & Son Services (74 permits), Air Experts Heating, Co (58) and Cary Plumbing Co. (57); busy is not the same as careful. Side by side: permits filed, share finished 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 7 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.
27519 (494) 27513 (434) 27511 (267) 27518 (236) 27539 (64) 27560 (7) 27523 (3)
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 117 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short.
The order comes from the Cary permit file, not from reviews: 74 of 117 water heater installers filed a permit in the last 12 months and 92% 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 Cary.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are Cary Plumbing Co. (138 permits, 100% finished), Unlimited Plumbing Corp (156 permits, 97% finished) and Air Experts Heating, Co (191 permits, 98% finished). By permits filed alone, the most active is Michael & Son Services with 203.
117 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 74 water heater permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 2 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed, share of permits finished and usual filed job value. 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.
117 firms filed at least one water heater permit on homes in the Town of Cary from October 2023 to September 2026; 74 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
We have not matched license records to Cary firms, so ask for the license number and check it yourself with NC Licensing Board for Plumbing, Heating & Fire Sprinkler Contractors license search. How to check a contractor's license in North Carolina →
Three you can check against this page: “How many water heater permits have you filed in Cary?” (the middle firm here filed 2; 74 of 117 filed one in the last 12 months); “What value will you put on the permit?” (the usual filed value here is $4,253); “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (92% of older water heater permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 117 firms filed 1,519 water heater permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from Town of Cary building permit applications (issued permits only). To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Cary permit office. How the records work in Cary →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 117 water heater installers here is shown with its permit record: 1,519 permits, the share finished and usual filed value. 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 Town of Cary building permit applications (issued permits only): 117 firms filed 1,519 water heater permits on homes in the Town of Cary from October 2023 to September 2026, and 74 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 2 permits in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
The middle recorded permit value is $4,253. That is a filed estimate, not a quote or final bill. See how we compare records.
Most Cary water heater permits are filed in January (131 against an average month of 100); September is the quietest (69). When each trade is busiest in Cary →