Metro fact page
HVAC contractors in Columbia, SC
The Columbia, SC metro area has 181 HVAC contractors, or 2.11 per 10,000 residents.
What HVAC work involves and how it is licensed is written once on the national HVAC page. South Carolina publishes no business-level licence source for HVAC, so this page shows no licensed share; the South Carolina page says what it does publish.
The facts
- HVAC contractors in this metro
- 181
- Per 10,000 residents
- 2.11 per 10,000
- Records first appearing in the last 12 months
- 4
- Records flagged closed in the last 12 months
- 0
- Licensed share
- Not published for this metroThere is no license source for this trade in South 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
- 1,220 employed, $57,610 median annual wageOccupation as the Bureau of Labor Statistics titles it: Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers. Median hourly wage $27.70. 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
- 175 independent, 0 franchise brand, 1 corporate owned, 5 awaiting chain review
- Universe quality
- 0.55% of source records merged as duplicates, 1.66% carry no street address
Sources and dates: Foursquare Open Source Places, release August 11, 2026. Population 858,302, 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 Columbia
By record count, HVAC is the third largest of the 11 trades this site counts in Columbia, behind landscaping and ahead of flooring. That ordering is a property of the source data's categories rather than a judgement about which trade matters most in Columbia.
Per resident, Columbia sits close to the South Carolina rate for HVAC, so the count at the top of this page reads as ordinary for the state.
The independent share of Columbia's HVAC records is close to the South Carolina figure, so the mix of independent, franchise-brand and corporate-owned records here is ordinary for the state.
Far more of Columbia's HVAC records carry no street address than across South Carolina. What a blank street line is and is not is set out on the methodology page.
South Carolina publishes no business-level licence source for HVAC that a listing can be matched against, so the licensed share for Columbia 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 Columbia, 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 1,220 workers across Columbia, and this site publishes 181 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 Columbia HVAC records that are not independent, 0 are franchise brands and 1 are corporate-owned locations. The two are given as counts and not compared, because records here are still waiting on chain review.
Part of Columbia'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.
More HVAC records first appeared in Columbia 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 Columbia 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 5 South Carolina metro areas this site publishes a HVAC page for, Columbia 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 South Carolina.
Ordered by HVAC records per resident across every metro area this site publishes a HVAC page for, the hubs either side of Columbia are Greenville-Anderson-Greer above it and Madison below it.
HVAC contractors, A to Z
181 publishable contractors. Ordering never depends on payment, claim status, license status, or any commercial relationship.
- 1st Choice PlumbingBatesburg-Leesville, SCListed in open place data
- A & S Electric & Heating & Air Conditioning ServiceWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- A BC Heating and AirWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Accu TempIrmo, SCListed in open place data
- Adams Heating Air & Appliance RepairColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- AggrekoLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Air Advance Heating & Air ConditioningColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Air Smith Heating & CoolingColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- AircareBlythewood, SCListed in open place data
- Airstream Energy SolutionsColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Airtec ServicesColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Airtight InsulationCamden, SCListed in open place data
- Airtime Climate ControlIrmo, SCListed in open place data
- Airwaves Heating & AirColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- All Spas Repair & Service Co.Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Allergy & Air Quality CenterLexington, SCListed in open place data
- American Hermetics Of South CarolinaWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- American Home ShieldColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Andrew's Heating & CoolingLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Arctic Air Heating & CoolingBlythewood, SCListed in open place data
- Asap MechanicalIrmo, SCListed in open place data
- Barnhardt Heating and CoolingColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Bear Equipment-The CarolinasLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Bickley CoolingChapin, SCListed in open place data
- Bishop's Heating & Air ConditioningLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Blackwelder Heating & AirWinnsboro, SCListed in open place data
- Bob's Plumbing ServiceLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Bouknights Heating & CoolingIrmo, SCListed in open place data
- Brasington Plumbing Heating & Air ConditioningLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Breeze Heating and CoolingElgin, SCListed in open place data
- Brian's Heating & CoolingLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Bryant Heating CompanyCayce, SCListed in open place data
- C-MechLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Capital City Heat Air ElectricColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Capital CoolingColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Carolina Air & Water BalancingColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Carolina ComfortColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Carolina FiltersColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Carolina Refrigeration ServiceLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Cassel BrothersIrmo, SCListed in open place data
- Cassell Controls Heating & ACIrmo, SCListed in open place data
- CeColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Central Heating & Air Conditioning ServiceColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Chapin RefrigerationChapin, SCListed in open place data
- Chillers CarolinaWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Climate DesignsWinnsboro, SCListed in open place data
- Cmech CommericalLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Cobb Climate ControlCamden, SCListed in open place data
- Columbia WinairColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Comfort Control Air Conditioning & HeatingColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Comfort Control Heating & AirColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Conditioned Air of Carolina - Heating and Air Conditioning ContractorLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Cook Plumbing Co.Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Cool Appliance And Heating & AirEastover, SCListed in open place data
- Cool Care Heating, Air, Plumbing & RefrigerationColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Cool Flow Heating & Air IncLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Cool Operations Heating & AirColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Coolback hvac maintnanceWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Cooling CarolinaGilbert, SCListed in open place data
- Corporate AirLeesville, SCListed in open place data
- Crew Heating Air Electrical & PlumbingColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Crout's Cooling & HeatingBlythewood, SCListed in open place data
- Cullum Mechanical ConstructionLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Dan's Heating & AirLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Dennis O'NeillColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Design Air SystemsColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Dickson C C Co.Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Dixon Heating & Air ConditioningLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Efficiency FirstColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Elite Air & Heat of ColumbiaColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Elite Heating, Air & RefrigerationLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Emergency Heating And Air ConditioningColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- ERHvac & MaintenanceColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Ernie Hall & SonGilbert, SCListed in open place data
- Evans Heating & CoolingElgin, SCListed in open place data
- Fallaw Heating & Air ConditioningGilbert, SCListed in open place data
- First Class HVAC & ElectricLugoff, SCListed in open place data
- First Class ServicesWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Flowers Heating & CoolingCamden, SCListed in open place data
- Fogel ServicesColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Four Seasons Heating & Air Conditioning ServiceColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Frick's Heating & Air Conditioning Co.Ridgeway, SCListed in open place data
- Gaines Heating & Air Cond Co.Lexington, SCListed in open place data
- Gaston Refrigeration AC & HeatingGaston, SCListed in open place data
- Gold MechIrmo, SCListed in open place data
- Green Dot Heating & AirColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- GS Heating and AirWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Gunter Heating & Air ConditioningCayce, SCListed in open place data
- Hammond Service CompanyPelion, SCListed in open place data
- HBS Foam InsulationColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Hoffman Mechanical SolutionsCayce, SCListed in open place data
- Holley O L & SonsBatesburg, SCListed in open place data
- Holliday Heating & CoolingCamden, SCListed in open place data
- Holsenback ServiceMonetta, SCListed in open place data
- HoneywellColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- HRF Heating And AirWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Hulon Service CompanyLexington, SCListed in open place data
- HVAC Filters & SuppliesColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- HVAC Filters and SuppliesIrmo, SCListed in open place data
- HVAC RepairLexington, SCListed in open place data
- International Insulation FabricatorsLexington, SCListed in open place data
- J P Plumbing Heating & Air Cond ServiceColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- J R Fallaw Mechanical ServicesGilbert, SCListed in open place data
- James Pleasants Co.Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- JDI Heating & AirHopkins, SCListed in open place data
- Karim Plumbing & HeatingColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Keefes Cooling & Heating Co.West Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Killman Heating & AirLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Kneece Heating & AirGilbert, SCListed in open place data
- L & B Drywall & PaintingGaston, SCListed in open place data
- LCB Contracting Solutions, LLCColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Lexco Comfort ServicesLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Lexington Heating & Air CondLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Lynn Heating & Air ConditioningWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Mansell Air Conditioning & HeatingColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Max Aire Heating & CoolingLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Maximum Air FlowColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- MC Mechanical Heating & AirLexington, SCListed in open place data
- McCalls Inc.West Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Midland Air Service ExpertsLexington, SCListed in open place data
- National Heat & AirColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- North Valley Heating & AcColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Nuway EnterpriseLexington, SCListed in open place data
- O'neill Heating & Air Conditioning ServiceColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Palmetto Air Conditioning Co.Lexington, SCListed in open place data
- Palmetto Home Service SolutionsRidgeway, SCListed in open place data
- Panther AirIrmo, SCListed in open place data
- Pardee's Refrigeration & AcColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Partee Heating & AirLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Perry's RefrigerationWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Precision Air ServiceColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Preferred Comfort Heating and CoolingLeesville, SCListed in open place data
- Prime State InsulationGaston, SCListed in open place data
- Pugubys Heating & AirElgin, SCListed in open place data
- Puzzled Comfort SolutionsLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Quality Plus Heating & Air ConditioningLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Rawhide Heating And Air ServiceEastover, SCListed in open place data
- Recycle CityCamden, SCListed in open place data
- Refrigeration Service Co.Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Rite Way PlumbingColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Ron Johnson Heating & AirWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Rush Air Heating & CoolingLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Rutland AirRidge Spring, SCListed in open place data
- Ryan's Heating & ACCamden, SCListed in open place data
- S & S Electrical/Heating & AirColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- S C Association of Heating & Air Conditioning ContractorsColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Second Opinion Heating & AirColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Self's Heating & Air ConditioningCamden, SCListed in open place data
- Serenity Heating & CoolingSwansea, SCListed in open place data
- Shannon Heating & Air ConditioningWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Shirey Mobile Home Heating & AcWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Simons Heating & Air ConditioningEastover, SCListed in open place data
- Smarr Heating & Air ConditioningGreat Falls, SCListed in open place data
- Smith & SonsColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Southern Atlantic Mechanical ContractorsIrmo, SCListed in open place data
- Southern Heating & Air ConditioningWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Southern Heating & Air ConditioningColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Southern Services Heating and Air ConditioningLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Southern Vacuum CoolingIrmo, SCListed in open place data
- Sparling Gale InsulationCayce, SCListed in open place data
- Spires Heating And AirSaint Matthews, SCListed in open place data
- Standard Heating & Air ConditioningCayce, SCListed in open place data
- Starr Mechanical ServicesLexington, SCListed in open place data
- State Mechanical ContractingWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Stoudenmire Heating & Air ConditioningColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Sunbelt RentalsColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Sunbelt Rentals Climate controlColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Superior Plumbing & GasColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Swat Heating and Air, LLCLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Taylor ServicesLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Trane-Carolina PlainsWest Columbia, SCListed in open place data
- Tri-County Heating & CoolingSaint Matthews, SCListed in open place data
- Tri-County Heating & CoolingSaint Matthews, SCListed in open place data
- TroubleshooterLexington, SCListed in open place data
- True Comfort of the CarolinasColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- United RefrigerationColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- US HVAC Home Service ColumbiaColumbia, SCListed in open place data
- Wainwright Heating & A/CLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Walker & Son PlumbingLexington, SCListed in open place data
- White Knoll Heating & CoolingLexington, SCListed in open place data
- Wilson Air Conditioning & HeatingLexington, SCListed in open place data
Other trades in Columbia
- Cleaning 111
- Electrical 118
- Flooring 128
- Landscaping 230
- Painting 81
- Pest control 82
- Plumbing 110
- Pool 20
- Roofing 106
- Other home service 1,555
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