How much does HVAC installation cost in Nashville? The usual HVAC / gas job filed with Nashville is $10,714, from 29,448 priced permits (September 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $7,500 and $28,500. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual HVAC / gas job filed with Nashville is $10,714, from 29,448 priced permits, September 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $7,500 and $28,500. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 28,546 priced permits across 447 firms, pooled into one. Half of Nashville HVAC / gas permits were filed between $6,000 and $18,700.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $2,400 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $6,000 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $10,800 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $18,700 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $78,500 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Davidson County assessor values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $711,000 | $10,000 | 153 | 16,639 |
| Middle third | $711,000–$2,416,000 | $10,952 | 154 | 8,165 |
| Upper third | $2,439,000 and up | $58,500 | 154 | 4,111 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiller Plumbing Heating Cooling & Electrical dba Hiller LL | 2,971 | 942 | $10,000 | $7,487–$12,333 | 34.5% |
| Lee Company | 1,052 | 443 | $10,952 | $8,681–$16,860 | 45.6% |
| Hearth & Home Technologies dba Fireside Hearth & Home | 1,206 | 382 | $3,110 | $1,884–$6,015 | 93.8% |
| Frick M J Co Inc | 566 | 361 | $15,781 | $12,075–$19,768 | 71.7% |
| American Heating & Cooling Inc | 1,015 | 307 | $10,000 | $9,000–$12,000 | 91.7% |
| Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning LLC | 577 | 295 | $13,899 | $11,926–$16,321 | 21.3% |
| Coolray of Tennessee LLC | 772 | 238 | $9,700 | $8,400–$12,300 | 1.7% |
| Reliance Heating & Air Co | 985 | 222 | $15,000 | $15,000–$16,875 | 98.4% |
| Vis Viva Energy and Services | 323 | 216 | $13,000 | $12,500–$13,000 | 100.0% |
| Mountain Air Mechanical LLC | 328 | 179 | $7,000 | $7,000–$7,500 | 97.3% |
Line your quote up against the file. In Nashville, 1 in 10 HVAC / gas filed values sit under $2,400, the middle half between $6,000 and $18,700, and 1 in 10 over $78,500.
Nashville files the fewest HVAC / gas permits in December (85 against an average month of 100) and the most in June (115). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Nashville →
Source: public Davidson County (Metro Nashville) permit records. The window is September 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
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