Florida HVAC leads

How Florida homes are heated

In the Census Bureau’s table B25117 (ACS 5-year 2020-2024), 5,318,650 of Florida’s 5,918,647 owner-occupied homes use electricity as their main heating fuel: 89.9%, the highest share of any state. Gas of any kind is a small slice, and a further 124,707 owner homes report using no heating fuel at all.

An HVAC buyer reads this table for the equipment it implies: electric heat means a heat pump or electric resistance heating rather than a furnace burning gas or oil, which tells a buyer what kind of system most replacement requests involve. The fuel share describes the housing, not how many leads come from any group.

Florida HVAC contractor licensing

Florida licenses heating and air-conditioning contractors at the state level through its contracting statute. Section 489.105 (2026 Florida Statutes) places them in Division II and defines four classes that cover HVAC work:

• Class A air-conditioning contractor (paragraph (3)(f)): unlimited scope to install, maintain, repair, alter or design central air-conditioning, refrigeration, heating and ventilating systems, including duct work that completes an air-distribution system.
• Class B air-conditioning contractor (paragraph (3)(g)): the same kinds of work, limited to 25 tons of cooling and 500,000 Btu of heating in any one system (Section 489.105 (2026 Florida Statutes), checked October 8, 2026).
• Class C air-conditioning contractor (paragraph (3)(h)): servicing only, and issued only to contractors who held the certification or registration on October 1, 1988.
• Mechanical contractor (paragraph (3)(i)): the Class A scope plus boiler and unfired pressure vessel systems and lift station equipment and piping.

The class matters to a buyer that places requests with contractors, because the contractor on a job needs the license that covers its size and type. Technicians who handle refrigerant also need federal certification under EPA Section 608, which applies in every state.

Florida counties by owner-occupied homes

The ten counties with the most owner-occupied homes, with the share of those homes heated by utility gas and by electricity. Source: ACS 5-year 2020-2024, tables B25003 and B25117 at county level. The table describes housing only; it says nothing about where leads come from.

Brevard stands out with 10.7% of owner homes on utility gas in the 2020-2024 ACS county data, the highest gas share in the ten, while Duval is the most electric at 94.0%.

What Florida HVAC buyers filter on

HVAC buyers filterFilterA rule that decides which leads a buyer is offered, based on fields such as vertical, sub-type, state, ZIP code, homeownership or accident details. Glossary on the same kinds of fields as other home services buyers. In Florida, these are the ones that tie back to the facts above:

• Project type: for example install, replace or repair, for heating or cooling. With cooling degree days this high, most buyers lean toward cooling repair and replacement.
• Homeowner status: owners approve a new system; see the owner count above.
• Timeframe: whether the homeowner wants work now or is planning ahead.
• ZIP code: buyers choose the ZIP codes their technicians can reach.

When HVAC opens, Florida 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 full field list is on the sample HVAC lead.