We use public records to help you make a shortlist. They show what a contractor has filed and where they have worked in Sugar Land. They can't tell you whether someone will be right for your home.
Texas licenses A/C contractors and electrical contractors through TDLR.
26% of the 2,280 firms on the Sugar Land permit file match an active license in the Texas TDLR public license file (A/C and electrical contractor business licenses). Our match can miss a firm that files under another name, so a missing match is a reason to check, not a finding.
Ask the contractor for the license number and look it up at Texas TDLR license search. How to check a contractor's license in Texas →
The middle value recorded on this contractor's matching permits. It's a permit value, not a quote or the final price. Ask for a written estimate.
Matching Sugar Land permits in the most recent year of our data. It shows recent recorded activity here, not every job the company did.
For contractors with at least 5 permits a year or more old, the share that passed final inspection, adjusted for permit age. Permits that expire without a final count against it. A permit can stay open because of paperwork or timing, so this isn't a workmanship grade.
How long their permits take from issue to final inspection, using the city's dates, compared with other Sugar Land contractors in the trade. Permits that expired without a final are left out of speed. Shown for firms with 10+ permits.
Matched by name against the Texas TDLR public license file (A/C and electrical contractor business licenses). Name matching can miss a license, so always check the number yourself.
About the ranking: The score combines how much of this exact work a contractor has on record, how often their older permits reached completion (where we can measure it), how well their usual job size matches your budget, how recently they've been active, and how much of their work is near you. A measure we can't calculate is left out rather than guessed, and a thin record pulls the score toward the middle. A contractor whose matched license has a problem is listed after everyone else. You set the weights with the sliders on every list.
Sugar Land specifics: Sugar Land records a job value on too few permits (under a third in every trade), so no typical cost or price comparison is shown for any trade. Many permits here expire without a final inspection (most water-heater permits do), so water heaters show completion rate but no speed. A firm is matched to the TDLR license that fits its main trade (A/C for HVAC; electrical for electrical, generator and solar) by business name. Plumbers are licensed by a separate board and aren't linked; roofers, foundation, pool and general contractors need no Texas license. TDLR publishes no start date, so years licensed isn't shown.
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