Arkansas HVAC leads

How Arkansas homes are heated

No single fuel holds a majority of Arkansas owner homes. Of 800,864 owner-occupied units in the Census Bureau’s table B25117 for 2020-2024, electricity is the main heating fuel in 380,704 (47.5%) and utility gas in 326,099 (40.7%). Propane and wood together account for another tenth.

Across all occupied homes, owners and renters together, the electric share rises to 53.7% and utility gas falls to 36.7% in table B25040 (2020-2024 ACS). For an HVAC buyer the near-even owner split means two kinds of replacement job: a gas furnace with a split air conditioner in one house, a heat pump or electric air handler in the next. The table shows housing, not where any request comes from.

Arkansas HVAC contractor licensing

Arkansas licenses HVAC work at the state level through the HVACR Licensing Board, which sits in the Department of Labor and Licensing. Ark. Code 17-33-303 says that, outside the chapter’s exemptions, every individual who designs, installs, maintains, services, repairs or modifies an HVACR system in the state must hold one of these license classes:

• Class A: HVACR work with no limit on BTUH or horsepower capacity.
• Class B: air conditioning systems of no more than 25 tons of cooling capacity or 1,000,000 BTUH heating input per unit, and refrigeration systems of 15 horsepower or less per unit (Ark. Code 17-33-303, checked October 8, 2026).
• Class D: sheet metal ductwork for HVACR systems; the holder may not sell, install or service the equipment itself.
• Class E: refrigeration work; the holder may not sell, install or service comfort heating and air conditioning equipment.
• Class L: a restricted lifetime license for current licensees aged 65 or older.

Workers who are not license holders can perform HVACR work under a Class A, B, D or E holder by registering with the department (17-33-303(c)). Under 17-33-104, a state licensee or registrant does not need a city or county license for HVACR work, though local permits and inspections still apply. Section 17-33-103 lets licensees do the gas fitting on an HVACR job and connect units to a disconnectDisconnectA lead whose phone number is not in service. Glossary within 75 feet.

The HVAC/R Board page states that the board adopted the 2021 International Mechanical Code effective July 1, 2022. Refrigerant handling also falls under federal certification through EPA Section 608. For a buyer, the class on a contractor’s license sets the size of system it can quote.

Arkansas counties by owner-occupied homes

These are the ten Arkansas counties with the most owner-occupied homes, with the share heated by utility gas and by electricity, from the ACS 5-year 2020-2024 county tables B25003 and B25117. The figures describe housing only and say nothing about where leads come from.

The statewide split hides a sharp county pattern. Pulaski, Washington, Sebastian and Benton all heat a majority of owner homes with utility gas, led by Pulaski at 64.2%, while Lonoke (64.0%) and Garland (63.3%) lean the other way toward electricity, in the same county data (2020-2024 ACS).

What Arkansas HVAC buyers filter on

Arkansas HVAC buyers usually narrow requests with four filters, each tied to a figure on this page:

• Project type: for example install, replace or repair, for heating or cooling. Arkansas logged 1,989 cooling and 3,047 heating degree days in 2025, so both kinds of request occur (NOAA NCEI, 2025).
• Homeowner status: 800,864 owner-occupied homes, the households that approve a system replacement (ACS 2020-2024, B25003).
• Timeframe: whether the job is urgent, such as a failed condenser in July, or a planned replacement.
• ZIP code: a gas furnace crew in Pulaski County and a heat pump installer in Lonoke County can each pick their own ZIP codes.

When HVAC opens, Arkansas buyers will set these filters per campaign, down to the ZIP code, as on Summit’s other home services leads. Once HVAC opens, HVAC leads will be exclusive by default, with shared delivery on request. The fields on a request are shown on the sample HVAC lead.