Metro fact page
HVAC contractors in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
The Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area has 142 HVAC contractors, or 1.93 per 10,000 residents.
What HVAC work involves and how it is licensed is written once on the national HVAC page. Iowa publishes no business-level licence source for HVAC, so this page shows no licensed share; the Iowa page says what it does publish.
The facts
- HVAC contractors in this metro
- 142
- Per 10,000 residents
- 1.93 per 10,000
- Records first appearing in the last 12 months
- 2
- Records flagged closed in the last 12 months
- 0
- Licensed share
- Not published for this metroThere is no license source for this trade in Iowa. No HVAC record on this page is described one way or the other on the strength of a missing file.
- Employment and pay for this trade
- 900 employed, $62,640 median annual wageOccupation as the Bureau of Labor Statistics titles it: Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers. Median hourly wage $30.11. SOC 49-9021 pools heating and air conditioning work with commercial refrigeration, so this employment figure and this wage cover both together.
- Independent, franchise, corporate
- 142 independent, 0 franchise brand, 0 corporate owned, 0 awaiting chain review
- Universe quality
- 1.39% of source records merged as duplicates, 0.00% carry no street address
Sources and dates: Foursquare Open Source Places, release August 11, 2026. Population 737,164, Census Bureau Vintage 2023 population estimates, as of July 1, 2023. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 OEWS, published May 15, 2026, SOC 49-9021.
Row definitions: methodology page.
What these numbers say about HVAC in Des Moines-West Des Moines
By record count, HVAC is the third largest of the 11 trades this site counts in Des Moines-West Des Moines, behind landscaping and ahead of roofing. That ordering is a property of the source data's categories rather than a judgement about which trade matters most in Des Moines-West Des Moines.
Per resident, Des Moines-West Des Moines carries far fewer HVAC records than Iowa as a whole.
The independent share of Des Moines-West Des Moines's HVAC records is close to the Iowa figure, so the mix of independent, franchise-brand and corporate-owned records here is ordinary for the state.
Iowa publishes no business-level licence source for HVAC that a listing can be matched against, so the licensed share for Des Moines-West Des Moines is shown as not published rather than as zero, and no HVAC record on this page is described one way or the other on the strength of a file that does not exist.
No licence issuance or lapse figure is published for HVAC in Des Moines-West Des Moines, so no churn figure appears on this page rather than a zero standing in for one.
The occupational series the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes for this trade counts 900 workers across Des Moines-West Des Moines, and this site publishes 142 HVAC records here. The two count different things, one an occupation across every employer and the other the businesses on this site, so they stand side by side rather than one against the other.
No Des Moines-West Des Moines HVAC record is classified as a franchise brand or a corporate-owned location, so the chain split here is independent records and records still in review.
No Des Moines-West Des Moines HVAC record is waiting on chain review, so the independent, franchise and corporate counts above account for the whole list.
More HVAC records first appeared in Des Moines-West Des Moines over the last twelve months than were flagged closed, so the file for this trade and metro grew. A record appears when the source learns of a business, which is a different event from a business opening.
No city inside Des Moines-West Des Moines differs from the metro enough on HVAC to carry a page of its own, so every record here is answered on this page.
Among the 3 Iowa metro areas this site publishes a HVAC page for, Des Moines-West Des Moines carries the fewest records per resident. The field is the metro areas this site publishes a HVAC page for rather than every metro area in Iowa.
Ordered by HVAC records per resident across every metro area this site publishes a HVAC page for, the hubs either side of Des Moines-West Des Moines are Naples-Marco Island above it and Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura below it.
HVAC contractors, A to Z
141 publishable contractors. Ordering never depends on payment, claim status, license status, or any commercial relationship.
- A J's Heating & CoolingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- ABC PlasteringCarlisle, IAListed in open place data
- ACI MechanicalAnkeny, IAListed in open place data
- Acoustical Ceiling DesignUrbandale, IAListed in open place data
- Action Plus Plumbing Heating & CoolingElkhart, IAListed in open place data
- Air Control ProductsClive, IAListed in open place data
- Air Control ProductsUrbandale, IAListed in open place data
- Air Duct Cleaning of IowaClive, IAListed in open place data
- Air Free Duct CleaningGrimes, IAListed in open place data
- All Around Dry Wall & Plaster Repair ServiceTruro, IAListed in open place data
- All Insulation & RemodelingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- All Seasons HvacNorwalk, IAListed in open place data
- Allen Akers Septic InstallationsWinterset, IAListed in open place data
- Allen Plumbing And HeatingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- American Health FiltrationUrbandale, IAListed in open place data
- American Heating & Cooling ServiceDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Anthony Mechanical Heating & CoolingNewton, IAListed in open place data
- Arnie's Plumbing Heating & AcPanora, IAListed in open place data
- B & J Plumbing, Heating & A.C.Winterset, IAListed in open place data
- Bendon Plumbing, Heating & AirIndianola, IAListed in open place data
- Bill Jensen Heating & CoolingWinterset, IAListed in open place data
- Bill Rhiner's Plumbing Heating & CoolingClive, IAListed in open place data
- Bob Oliver Heating & Air ConditioningWest Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Bob Oliver Heating & Air ConditioningClive, IAListed in open place data
- Bob Oliver Heating and CoolingWest Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Bobst ConstructionPleasant Hill, IAListed in open place data
- Brooker CorporationNewton, IAListed in open place data
- Buchanan BuildersWest Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Bussanmas Heating & CoolingIndianola, IAListed in open place data
- Calvert Heating & CoolingNorwalk, IAListed in open place data
- Capital City Boiler & MachineDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- CB SolarDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- CE Sundberg Co.Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Central Iowa Duct CleaningWest Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Cheers Quality RepairIndianola, IAListed in open place data
- Clean & ClearDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- CMR, Construction Mechanical RemodelingWinterset, IAListed in open place data
- Combustion Control Co.Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Comfort Pro Heating & CoolingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Comfort SystemsDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Controlled EnvironmentsPanora, IAListed in open place data
- Controlled EnvironmentsPanora, IAListed in open place data
- Country Propane Heating & CoolingMilo, IAListed in open place data
- Current Renewable EfficienciesWest Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Custom AirAltoona, IAListed in open place data
- D & D Plumbing & HeatingPerry, IAListed in open place data
- Dahl Air Conditioning & Heating Co.Van Meter, IAListed in open place data
- Dayton Heating & Air ConditioningUrbandale, IAListed in open place data
- DdviIndianola, IAListed in open place data
- Deremiah PlumbingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Des Moines ComfortDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Doug's Plumbing & HeatingGuthrie Center, IAListed in open place data
- Elite Heating And CoolingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Excel MechanicalDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Freestone Heating & CoolingMinburn, IAListed in open place data
- G & A MechanicalDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Gasche Electric & ControlPerry, IAListed in open place data
- General Construction ServicesWest Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Geothermal ProductsAnkeny, IAListed in open place data
- Golden RuleGrimes, IAListed in open place data
- Golden Rule Plumbing Heating & CoolingIndianola, IAListed in open place data
- Green Light Renewable ServicesDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Greens Appliance, Heating & CoolingGrimes, IAListed in open place data
- Greenwood's Sewer ServiceDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Halsey Plumbing Heating Cooling & ElectricalWest Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Hansen's MechanicalNewton, IAListed in open place data
- Heating & Cooling Co.Indianola, IAListed in open place data
- Heating and Air Conditioning Service Guthrie Center IAGuthrie Center, IAListed in open place data
- Hilsabeck SchachtWest Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Hinds MechanicalMilo, IAListed in open place data
- Hoss Heating And CoolingWest Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Huff & SonWinterset, IAListed in open place data
- Huss PlumbingDallas Center, IAListed in open place data
- Inside Out Duct SealingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- J Z RefrigerationDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Jacobus EnergyDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Jansen PlumbingPerry, IAListed in open place data
- John Boyt Industrial SewingClive, IAListed in open place data
- K & E DistributingDallas Center, IAListed in open place data
- Kohles MechanicalJohnston, IAListed in open place data
- Leonard Tinker Heating & CoolingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Lewis PlumbingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Lundin L E Roofing & InsulationNewton, IAListed in open place data
- M D Patterson Construction Co.Clive, IAListed in open place data
- Madison County Plumbing & HeatingWinterset, IAListed in open place data
- Mayer Equipment Co.Winterset, IAListed in open place data
- Mid Land Heating & CoolingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Midwest Comfort Heating & CoolingClive, IAListed in open place data
- Midwest Comfort Heating & CoolingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Midwest Comfort Heating & Cooling CoUrbandale, IAListed in open place data
- Midwest GeothermalPolk City, IAListed in open place data
- Midwest Star RepairsWest Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Miller Plumbing & HeatingDallas Center, IAListed in open place data
- Miller Plumbing Heating & ElectricMenlo, IAListed in open place data
- Mitchell-West Heating & CoolingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Mr. Freeze Heating & AirDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Nook Heating & CoolingNewton, IAListed in open place data
- Omega Test & Balance of IowaAdel, IAListed in open place data
- Overman's Indoor Comfort SystemsDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- P1 ServiceAnkeny, IAListed in open place data
- Pike MechanicalDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Polk County Heating & CoolingAnkeny, IAListed in open place data
- Practical Plumbing, Heating, and CoolingBondurant, IAListed in open place data
- Precision Comfort Heating-CoolingAltoona, IAListed in open place data
- Punelli Heating & Air ConditioningDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Quality Plumbing & HeatingIndianola, IAListed in open place data
- R D EnterprisesDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Rays Plumbing & Heating & ACDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Redden Custom PlumbingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- River To River Onsight Septic SolutionsWaukee, IAListed in open place data
- Roberts Heating & Cooling PlumbingCarlisle, IAListed in open place data
- Rocket ManMilo, IAListed in open place data
- Schaal Heating and CoolingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Service Solutions GroupUrbandale, IAListed in open place data
- Sherman CompanyAdel, IAListed in open place data
- SIMS Plumbing Co.Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Sims Plumbing Co.Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Sneller Plumbing Heating ServicePrairie City, IAListed in open place data
- Solar ConsultantsDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Suburban Heating & CoolingWest Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Sully Plumbing & HeatingSully, IAListed in open place data
- Supreme Air Duct CleaningAnkeny, IAListed in open place data
- Systems Management & BalancingWaukee, IAListed in open place data
- T & S Plumbing & HeatingPerry, IAListed in open place data
- Terpstra Plumbing Heating & ElectricLynnville, IAListed in open place data
- The Electric CompanyIndianola, IAListed in open place data
- Thompson & Son ElectricGuthrie Center, IAListed in open place data
- Trabue Industrial SystemsWest Des Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Trembly Plumbing Heating & AirIndianola, IAListed in open place data
- True Comfort Heating, Cooling and PlumbingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- United Heating and Air ConditioningDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Valley Plumbing Co.Clive, IAListed in open place data
- Van Ryswyk Plumbing & HeatingMonroe, IAListed in open place data
- Van Zante's HardwareMonroe, IAListed in open place data
- VHF SalesGrimes, IAListed in open place data
- Vos Plumbing & HeatingSully, IAListed in open place data
- Vratsinas John Commercial BuildersDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- WHV Inc.Urbandale, IAListed in open place data
- Wyckoff IndustriesDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
- Yeager MechanicalNewton, IAListed in open place data
- Zupan Heating & CoolingDes Moines, IAListed in open place data
Other trades in Des Moines-West Des Moines
- Cleaning 85
- Electrical 92
- Flooring 74
- Landscaping 175
- Painting 79
- Pest control 53
- Plumbing 82
- Roofing 105
- Other home service 1,330
- All trades in Des Moines-West Des Moines
Pool has fewer than 8 publishable records in Des Moines-West Des Moines, so it is answered on the overview above instead.