293 HVAC contractors filed 2,576 HVAC permits on homes in the City of Wilmington from October 2023 to September 2026; 143 filed one in the last 12 months. The most active in the last 12 months were Airmax Heating and Air Incorporated (134 permits), ARS Wilmington (53) and Southeastern Heating Air & Electrical (47); busy is not the same as careful. Wilmington, NC HVAC permits carry no filed job value, so this list compares firms on permits filed, finishing and recent activity only. 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 HVAC permits filed in the last 12 months. This is volume, not quality: a busy firm is not necessarily a careful one.
The 5 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.
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 293 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short.
The order comes from the Wilmington permit file, not from reviews: 143 of 293 HVAC contractors filed a permit in the last 12 months and 89% 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 Wilmington.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are Airmax Heating and Air Incorporated (469 permits, 98% finished), Meade Electric Company Inc (162 permits, 99% finished) and Air Support Heating and Air LLC (68 permits, 93% finished).
293 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 134 HVAC permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 1 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed and share of permits finished. 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.
293 firms filed at least one HVAC permit on homes in the City of Wilmington from October 2023 to September 2026; 143 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
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Three you can check against this page: “How many HVAC permits have you filed in Wilmington?” (the middle firm here filed 1; 143 of 293 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?” (89% of older HVAC permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 293 firms filed 2,576 HVAC permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from New Hanover County Building Safety permits on homes inside the City of Wilmington (the County issues the City's building permits). To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Wilmington permit office. How the records work in Wilmington →
Wilmington 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 143 firms that filed in the last 12 months. What HVAC jobs cost in Cary →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 293 HVAC contractors here is shown with its permit record: 2,576 permits and the share finished. 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 New Hanover County Building Safety permits on homes inside the City of Wilmington (the County issues the City's building permits): 293 firms filed 2,576 HVAC permits on homes in the City of Wilmington from October 2023 to September 2026, and 143 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 1 permit 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 Wilmington HVAC permits are filed in April (140 against an average month of 100); November is the quietest (63). When each trade is busiest in Wilmington →