Louisiana HVAC leads

How Louisiana homes are heated

Most Louisiana owners heat with electricity, but utility gas is a large second. In table B25117 of the 2020-2024 ACS, 713,366 of the state’s 1,216,127 owner-occupied homes, 58.7%, name electricity as the main heating fuel, the fifth-highest share among the states, and 459,115, or 37.8%, name utility gas. Propane and every other fuel together account for less than 4%.

Counting renters as well, table B25040 (2020-2024 ACS) puts electricity at 64.7% and utility gas at 32.1% of 1,804,780 occupied homes. Why an HVAC buyer looks at fuel: an electric home usually means a heat pump or an air handler with electric heat, while a gas home pairs a furnace with its air conditioner, and the two call for different replacement quotes. The split is a fact about housing, not about lead share.

Louisiana HVAC contractor licensing

The Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors (LSLBC) lists HVAC work inside its Mechanical classification. On the board’s classification list:

• Mechanical (major classification 6, trade exam): hydraulic and pneumatic systems, with components that include heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, hydronic and steam systems, gas piping and mechanical equipment.
• Heat, Air Conditioning, Ventilation, Duct Work, and Refrigeration (subclassification 6.1, trade exam): installation, maintenance or repair of air conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, coolers and freezers.
• Threshold: for both entries the list says a license is required when the value exceeds $10,000, and the board’s Types of Licenses page names electrical, mechanical and plumbing projects above $10,000, including labor and materials (checked October 8, 2026).
• Plumbing within mechanical work: the list adds that a mechanical contractor doing plumbing work over $10,000 must hold a master plumber license from the State Plumbing Board of Louisiana (classification list, checked October 8, 2026).

A buyer that routes Louisiana requests to installers can look up a contractor’s classifications in the LSLBC contractor search. Technicians who open refrigerant circuits also need federal certification under EPA Section 608. Home improvement registration and the residential license thresholds are covered on the Louisiana window replacement page.

Louisiana parishes by owner-occupied homes

Louisiana counts parishes rather than counties. The ten parishes with the most owner-occupied homes are below, with the share of owner homes heated by utility gas and by electricity, from the ACS 5-year 2020-2024 county-level tables B25003 and B25117. The table is about housing; it does not show where leads come from.

Gas outweighs electricity in three of the ten: Jefferson Parish at 56.3%, Caddo at 52.7% and Orleans at 50.3%, in the parish-level ACS data (2020-2024 ACS). Lafayette Parish is the most electric of the group at 72.8%.

What Louisiana HVAC buyers filter on

Louisiana 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. The ones that connect to the Louisiana data above:

• Project type: for example install, replace or repair, for heating or cooling. Given the cooling load, many Louisiana buyers set cooling repair and replacement first.
• Homeowner status: the 1,216,127 owner-occupied homes are where replacements get approved (ACS 2020-2024, B25003).
• Timeframe: a failed air conditioner in August is a different job from a planned spring replacement.
• ZIP code: buyers choose the ZIP codes their crews reach, for example the gas-heavy Jefferson and Orleans parish ZIP codes for furnace work.

When HVAC opens, Louisiana 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. Every field is shown on the sample HVAC lead.