Texas HVAC leads

How Texas homes are heated

No single fuel dominates Texas heating. The 2020-2024 ACS table B25117 counts 3,514,621 owner-occupied homes on electricity (51.1%) and 3,014,786 on utility gas (43.8%), out of 6,879,255 owner homes. Bottled, tank or LP gas heats another 258,424, and every other fuel together accounts for less than 1.5%.

Counting renters too, the all-occupied series (table B25040) (2020-2024 ACS) puts electricity at 61.2% of 10,992,816 Texas homes, because rented units lean electric. For a buyer, the split decides which crew a request needs: a gas furnace swap calls for gas piping and venting skills, while an electric home points to a heat pump or an air handler with electric heat strips. The table counts homes; it does not show where any requests come from.

Texas HVAC contractor licensing

Texas licenses this trade at the state level through the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Its air conditioning and refrigeration program page (checked October 8, 2026) says contractors who install, repair or maintain air conditioning, refrigeration or heating systems must hold a TDLR license, and each company must employ a licensed contractor at every permanent location.

• Class A: work on any size unit, according to TDLR’s contractor application page.
• Class B: cooling systems of 25 tons and under and heating systems of 1.5 million Btu per hour and under, a ceiling set in tons of cooling and Btu of heating per system.
• Endorsements: each license carries one endorsement, such as environmental air conditioning for comfort cooling and heating, commercial refrigeration, or process cooling or heating.
• Experience: 48 months of supervised work in the past 72 months, or 36 months plus 12 months holding a technician certification.

Helpers need their own credential. TDLR’s technician registration page says anyone who assists a licensed contractor with maintenance or repair must register, must work under that contractor’s supervision and may not advertise services. Refrigerant handling also requires federal certification under EPA Section 608.

Texas counties by owner-occupied homes

Ten Texas counties with the largest owner-occupied housing counts, with the share of owner homes on utility gas and on electricity, from the ACS 5-year 2020-2024 county tables B25003 and B25117. These columns describe the housing in each county and nothing about lead counts.

The two ends of the list sit at the state’s borders. El Paso heats 78.8% of owner homes with utility gas, the most of the ten, while Hidalgo in the Rio Grande Valley heats 89.5% with electricity and only 5.8% with gas, in the same county data (2020-2024 ACS). Most of the other eight have more gas than the statewide 43.8%.

What Texas HVAC buyers filter on

Texas buyers use the standard home services filters, and each one connects to a figure on this page:

• Project type: for example install, replace or repair, for heating or cooling. The cooling degree day count points most Texas work toward air conditioning.
• Homeowner status: the 6,879,255 owner households are the ones who sign for a new system (ACS 2020-2024, B25003).
• Timeframe: an urgent repair during a heat wave versus a planned replacement later in the year.
• ZIP code: lets a gas-furnace crew or a heat pump crew match the county fuel mix above.

When HVAC opens, Texas 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. See the fields in the sample HVAC lead.