527 HVAC contractors filed 21,342 HVAC permits on homes in the City of Columbus from October 2023 to September 2026; 311 filed one in the last 12 months. The most active in the last 12 months were Columbus/Worthington Air (973 permits), Atlas Butler Heating and Cooling (645) and Eco Plumbers Inc (533); busy is not the same as careful. Columbus, OH HVAC 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 HVAC permits filed in the last 12 months. This is volume, not quality: a busy firm is not necessarily a careful one.
The 8 ZIP codes with the most HVAC permits on homes from October 2023 to September 2026. Each opens permits by trade and the most active firms there.
43214 (1,328) 43110 (1,315) 43026 (1,154) 43235 (1,086) 43228 (1,067) 43206 (962) 43207 (897) 43081 (851)
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 527 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 Columbus permit file, not from reviews: 311 of 527 HVAC contractors filed a permit in the last 12 months and 66% 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 Columbus.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are American Air Comfort Tech (317 permits, 97% finished), Colonial Heating and Cooling Co Inc (634 permits, 98% finished) and Righter Plumbing Inc (530 permits, 99% finished). By permits filed alone, the most active is Columbus/Worthington Air with 2,555.
527 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 973 HVAC permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 3 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.
527 firms filed at least one HVAC permit on homes in the City of Columbus from October 2023 to September 2026; 311 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
348 of the 527 HVAC contractors on the Columbus permit file match an active license, and 179 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 Ohio OCILB license lookup; statuses show under each firm’s name above. How to check a contractor's license in Ohio →
Three you can check against this page: “How many HVAC permits have you filed in Columbus?” (the middle firm here filed 3; 311 of 527 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?” (66% of older HVAC permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 527 firms filed 21,342 HVAC permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from City of Columbus Building & Zoning Services permits on 1-, 2- and 3-family homes (the city's Accela permit layer). To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Columbus permit office. How the records work in Columbus →
Columbus HVAC permits carry no filed job value, so we can’t rank HVAC contractors by price. Get two or three written quotes; ask whether the permit fee and the city inspection are included; shortlist from the 311 firms that filed in the last 12 months. What HVAC jobs cost in Cincinnati →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 527 HVAC contractors here is shown with its permit record: 21,342 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 Columbus Building & Zoning Services permits on 1-, 2- and 3-family homes (the city's Accela permit layer): 527 firms filed 21,342 HVAC permits on homes in the City of Columbus from October 2023 to September 2026, and 311 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 3 permits 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 Columbus HVAC permits are filed in June (129 against an average month of 100); March is the quietest (80). When each trade is busiest in Columbus →