How much does HVAC installation cost in Palo Alto? The usual HVAC & heat pumps job filed with Palo Alto is $13,018, from 937 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $11,273 and $19,785. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual HVAC & heat pumps job filed with Palo Alto is $13,018, from 937 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $11,273 and $19,785. 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. An HVAC & heat pumps permit here usually takes 69 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 937 priced permits across 181 firms, pooled into one. Half of Palo Alto HVAC & heat pumps permits were filed between $8,300 and $20,100.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $5,600 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $8,300 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $13,000 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $20,100 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $29,000 | 1 in 10 filed above |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuse HVAC Refrigeration Electrical & Plumbing | 167 | 92 | $8,000 | $6,000–$12,000 |
| Irbis HVAC Inc | 63 | 34 | $17,291 | $13,937–$24,387 |
| Nur HVAC Inc | 42 | 23 | $5,890 | $4,625–$7,340 |
| Service Champions | 34 | 20 | $13,130 | $10,541–$20,849 |
| Calvey Heating & Air | 59 | 18 | $16,950 | $10,150–$23,575 |
| Trio Heating & Air | 36 | 12 | $11,273 | $7,288–$13,104 |
| Sandium LLC | 20 | 12 | $26,855 | $20,888–$39,625 |
| Plum HVAC | 20 | 10 | $18,400 | $14,750–$28,925 |
| Bellows Plumbing Heating & Air Inc | 26 | 9 | $11,055 | $8,041–$18,575 |
| Atlas Trillo | 34 | 7 | $12,172 | $9,532–$18,869 |
Line your quote up against the file. In Palo Alto, 1 in 10 HVAC & heat pumps filed values sit under $5,600, the middle half between $8,300 and $20,100, and 1 in 10 over $29,000.
Palo Alto files the fewest HVAC & heat pumps permits in March (63 against an average month of 100) and the most in July (125). 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 Palo Alto →
Source: City of Palo Alto Development Center building permits on single-family, duplex and ADU homes. The window is October 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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