Utah HVAC leads

How Utah homes are heated

Utah heats with natural gas more than any other state. The Census Bureau’s table B25117 (ACS 5-year 2020-2024) shows 660,818 of Utah’s 790,144 owner-occupied homes on utility gas, or 83.6%, the largest gas share of the 50 states. Fuel oil barely registers: 1,014 owner homes, a share that ranks 49th.

Across all occupied homes, renters included, table B25040 (2020-2024 ACS) gives utility gas 78.7% and electricity 16.8% of 1,124,822 households, so gas leads among renters as well.

What the table tells an HVAC buyer is the kind of system in most Utah houses: a gas furnace, often paired with central air, and gas piping and venting that any replacement has to connect to. It is a description of the housing stock, not a measure of how many requests come from gas or electric homes.

Utah HVAC contractor licensing

Utah licenses HVAC contractors at the state level through the Division of Professional Licensing, and its rule changed in 2026. R156-55a, the Construction Trades Licensing Act Rule (effective August 7, 2026), now defines the license as the H100 HVAC Contractor in section 301g. The main points of the rule:

• Scope: fabrication and installation of complete warm air heating, air conditioning and ventilating systems, installation of refrigeration equipment, and connecting a condensate drain to an existing receptacle. Electrical and plumbing trade work are excluded.
• Gas line work: allowed only when both the H100 qualifier and the technician doing the work are Certified Natural Gas Technicians. The rule’s definition of that certification covers gas piping, combustion air, venting and derating gas input for altitude.
• Transition from S350: anyone holding an active S350 HVAC Contractor license in good standing on January 1, 2026 is treated as holding an H100 license for the licensing period ending November 30, 2027.
• Qualifier experience: an H100 qualifier applicant needs 4,000 hours within five years with licensed contractors, at least 90% of it HVAC work under direct supervision, or a journeyman or master plumber license (section 302g) (R156-55a, checked October 8, 2026).

For a buyer working with Utah contractors, the gas technician rule is the practical one: in a state where most homes heat with gas, a furnace replacement nearly always touches gas piping and venting. Refrigerant work also requires federal technician certification under EPA Section 608.

Utah counties by owner-occupied homes

The ten Utah 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 by county. This is housing data; it does not show where leads originate.

The four Wasatch Front counties, Salt Lake, Utah, Davis and Weber, all sit between 86% and 90% gas. The exception is Washington County in the southwest, where 31.3% of owner homes heat with electricity in the county data (2020-2024 ACS), close to three times the statewide 11.8%.

What Utah HVAC buyers filter on

Utah 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 Utah, each connects to a fact on this page:

• Project type: for example install, replace or repair, for heating or cooling. Gas furnace replacement is the common heating case in a state this reliant on utility gas.
• Homeowner status: the owner approves a new system; the count of owners is above.
• Timeframe: whether the work is urgent, such as a furnace out in winter, or planned.
• ZIP code: buyers list the ZIP codes their crews reach, along the Wasatch Front, around St. George or elsewhere.

When HVAC opens, Utah 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 sample HVAC lead for the complete field list.