Metro fact page
HVAC contractors in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
The Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area has 96 HVAC contractors, or 2.59 per 10,000 residents.
What HVAC work involves and how it is licensed is written once on the national HVAC page. North Carolina publishes no business-level licence source for HVAC, so this page shows no licensed share; the North Carolina page says what it does publish.
The facts
- HVAC contractors in this metro
- 96
- Per 10,000 residents
- 2.59 per 10,000
- Records first appearing in the last 12 months
- 1
- Records flagged closed in the last 12 months
- 1
- Licensed share
- Not published for this metroThere is no license source for this trade in North Carolina. 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
- 300 employed, $50,300 median annual wageOccupation as the Bureau of Labor Statistics titles it: Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers. Median hourly wage $24.18. 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
- 92 independent, 0 franchise brand, 2 corporate owned, 2 awaiting chain review
- Universe quality
- 2.04% of source records merged as duplicates, 0.00% carry no street address
Sources and dates: Foursquare Open Source Places, release August 11, 2026. Population 370,030, 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 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton
By record count, HVAC is the third largest of the 11 trades this site counts in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, behind landscaping and ahead of electrical. That ordering is a property of the source data's categories rather than a judgement about which trade matters most in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton.
Per resident, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton sits close to the North Carolina rate for HVAC, so the count at the top of this page reads as ordinary for the state.
The independent share of Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton's HVAC records is close to the North Carolina figure, so the mix of independent, franchise-brand and corporate-owned records here is ordinary for the state.
North Carolina publishes no business-level licence source for HVAC that a listing can be matched against, so the licensed share for Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton 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 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, 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 300 workers across Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, and this site publishes 96 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.
Of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton HVAC records that are not independent, 0 are franchise brands and 2 are corporate-owned locations. The two are given as counts and not compared, because records here are still waiting on chain review.
Part of Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton's HVAC records are still waiting on chain review, which is what a name that meets the chain threshold and has not been classified yet is called. While that is true the franchise-to-corporate ratio here is incomplete and is not published as a ratio, and none of those records is described as independent.
HVAC records first appearing in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton and records flagged closed were close to level over the last twelve months, so the file for this trade and metro held its size.
No city inside Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton 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 9 North Carolina metro areas this site publishes a HVAC page for, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton is 3rd of 9 by records per resident, around the middle. The field is the metro areas this site publishes a HVAC page for rather than every metro area in North Carolina.
Ordered by HVAC records per resident across every metro area this site publishes a HVAC page for, the hubs either side of Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton are Fort Wayne above it and Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent below it.
HVAC contractors, A to Z
95 publishable contractors. Ordering never depends on payment, claim status, license status, or any commercial relationship.
- A & J Heating & Air ConditioningMorganton, NCListed in open place data
- AAA Steam Carpet CareHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Air Force One Heating & CoolingTaylorsville, NCListed in open place data
- Air Force One Heating & CoolingConover, NCListed in open place data
- Air Masters Heating & CoolingValdese, NCListed in open place data
- Alan's Furnace RepairMorganton, NCListed in open place data
- All ClimatesMaiden, NCListed in open place data
- All Star PlumbingDenver, NCListed in open place data
- Allison Air Conditioning & HeatingLenoir, NCListed in open place data
- Alltemp Heating & Air ConditioningMorganton, NCListed in open place data
- Anderson Septic Tank Cleaning ServiceValdese, NCListed in open place data
- Arctic Air Heating & Air CondConnelly Springs, NCListed in open place data
- Artisans ConstructionMorganton, NCListed in open place data
- Benfield MechanicalHudson, NCListed in open place data
- Benfield Mechanical ServiceHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Bowman Heating & A/C Co.Hickory, NCListed in open place data
- Byrd Electrical ServiceHudson, NCListed in open place data
- C & R Plumbing Heating and ACLenoir, NCListed in open place data
- Carswell Heating & Air & SupplyMorganton, NCListed in open place data
- Carter's Heating & Air Conditioning ServiceLenoir, NCListed in open place data
- Catawba County Mental HealthNewton, NCListed in open place data
- Central Heating & Air ConditioningHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Charlie's Plumbing & DrainNewton, NCListed in open place data
- Cloer's Backhoe & Grading ServiceHudson, NCListed in open place data
- Coffey's Insulation & GutteringLenoir, NCListed in open place data
- Cole AirHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Comfort Control SystemsGranite Falls, NCListed in open place data
- Comfort First Heating & AirHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Comfort First Heating and CoolingConover, NCListed in open place data
- Comfort Zone Heating Air and RefrigerationMorganton, NCListed in open place data
- Complete Comfort Heating & COOHiddenite, NCListed in open place data
- Complete Comfort Heating & CoolingTaylorsville, NCListed in open place data
- Corey D Jones PlumbingHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Dean's Heating & Air ConditioningHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Foothills Comfort Specialists Heating & AirLenoir, NCListed in open place data
- Fulbright Heating & Air ConditioningConnelly Springs, NCListed in open place data
- Gemaire DistributorsHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Graggs Heating & AC Co.Lenoir, NCListed in open place data
- Granite Electric & MerchandisingGranite Falls, NCListed in open place data
- Gregory Heating & CoolingHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Grogan's Heating & AirLenoir, NCListed in open place data
- H L Heating And Air ConditioningHudson, NCListed in open place data
- Hickory Heating and Cooling RepairHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Hickory MechanicalHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Hickory MechanicalHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Hickory Plumbing & Heating Co.Hickory, NCListed in open place data
- Hickory Sheet Metal CoHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Hoffman MechanicalNewton, NCListed in open place data
- Honey-Well Septic Tank ServiceMorganton, NCListed in open place data
- Hudson Plumbing & ElectricConnelly Springs, NCListed in open place data
- Huffman Heating & Air CondConover, NCListed in open place data
- Huffman Heating & Air ConditioningNewton, NCListed in open place data
- Ingrams Appliance RepairHickory, NCListed in open place data
- J & J Sheetmetal Heating & AirMaiden, NCListed in open place data
- Jody Lail Heating & CoolingNewton, NCListed in open place data
- John Burns PlumbingMorganton, NCListed in open place data
- Johnson Electric Co.Lenoir, NCListed in open place data
- Keever Heating & Cooling CompanyTaylorsville, NCListed in open place data
- Keller's Heating & Air Conditioning RepairMorganton, NCListed in open place data
- Lambert's Cable Splicing Co.Hickory, NCListed in open place data
- Leatherman Harvey Septic Tank ServiceLincolnton, NCListed in open place data
- Lonon Heating, A/C And Air QualityValdese, NCListed in open place data
- McMillon Electric CoLenoir, NCListed in open place data
- Mike's Appliance RepairLenoir, NCListed in open place data
- Mitchell ServicesHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Mr Heating & AirGranite Falls, NCListed in open place data
- Mr. Heating and AirGranite Falls, NCListed in open place data
- Old Man & Son Heating & AirMorganton, NCListed in open place data
- Page Heating & Air Cond ServiceFerguson, NCListed in open place data
- Piedmont Service GroupHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Piedmont Service GroupConover, NCListed in open place data
- Piedmont Service GroupConover, NCListed in open place data
- Pringles Heat & AirNewton, NCListed in open place data
- Protect PlusHickory, NCListed in open place data
- R & A ServicesGranite Falls, NCListed in open place data
- R.L. White Heating & Air Service & RepairLenoir, NCListed in open place data
- Ramsey Heating & Air ConditioningLenoir, NCListed in open place data
- RDC Heating & CoolingGranite Falls, NCListed in open place data
- Rogers Mechanical SystemsConnelly Springs, NCListed in open place data
- Southern AirLenoir, NCListed in open place data
- Southern Air of Granite FallsGranite Falls, NCListed in open place data
- Specialty Metal WorksHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Spencer Plumbing Hickory BrConover, NCListed in open place data
- Starnes Heating & AirGranite Falls, NCListed in open place data
- Starnes Heating & AirGranite Falls, NCListed in open place data
- Superior Drywall And PaintingNewton, NCListed in open place data
- Table Rock Heating & Air SystemsValdese, NCListed in open place data
- Table Rock Heating & Air SystemsMorganton, NCListed in open place data
- Thermal ValleyLenoir, NCListed in open place data
- Tommy Abernethy Heating & A/CMaiden, NCListed in open place data
- Trane SupplyHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Vandenburg Heating & CoolingHickory, NCListed in open place data
- Whisnant Well ServiceHickory, NCListed in open place data
- William C Reynolds Co.Hickory, NCListed in open place data
- Yankton Heating & AirLenoir, NCListed in open place data