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Local SEO for HVAC Companies
Heating and cooling searches follow the weather. The first hot week of summer and the first cold snap of winter send search volume up sharply, and the companies that prepared their profile and pages beforehand take the calls.
What customers type
- AC repair near me
- furnace not working your city
- air conditioning installation cost
- heat pump installer near me
- HVAC maintenance plan
Example search patterns. We research the real phrases and volumes for your city before any work starts.
How customers search for HVAC companies
HVAC has the strongest seasonality of any trade. Air conditioning repair peaks in the first heatwave, heating repair in the first frost. Between the peaks, people research replacements and maintenance plans at their own pace.
That gives the work a calendar. Service pages and profile services for cooling should be in place before summer, and heating before winter, because Google needs time to index them.
See how Map Pack ranking works for how Google decides which listings appear.
Google Business Profile setup for HVAC companies
Depending on your main revenue, the primary category is usually HVAC contractor, or the more specific air conditioning or heating contractor category. The others go in as secondaries.
Category names vary a little between countries and Google updates the list, so we check what is available for your profile and what the businesses outranking you use. Everything stays inside Google’s guidelines.
This is the core of Google Business Profile ranking service.
- Seasonal posts and photos. Update the profile before each season with the service people are about to need.
- Repair and installation both listed. They are different searches. Someone with a broken unit and someone pricing a new system should both find a match.
- Emergency availability. If you offer same-day or out-of-hours repair, say so in hours, services and attributes.
- Brands and system types. Heat pumps, ducted and ductless systems, boilers or furnaces. Name what you install and service.
Website pages that work for HVAC companies
- Separate pages for AC repair, AC installation, heating repair and heating installation
- A maintenance plan page with what is covered and what it costs
- A heat pump page if you install them
- Financing or payment options, if offered
Each page has one job and is written around the search it answers. The profile links to the site, and the site confirms what the profile says.
That is what we build with a website built for search, with domain, hosting, on-page SEO and schema included.
Reviews for HVAC companies
Ask after the system is running again, and again after an installation has been through its first season. Reviews that mention response time during a heatwave are the ones the next customer in a heatwave looks for.
More in our guide on how reviews affect local SEO.
Mistakes we often see
Each of these is fixable, usually within the first week of work.
Updating the site for summer in the middle of summer
One page covering both heating and cooling
Listing a huge service area that dilutes relevance
What it costs
One-time prices, the same for every industry. No retainer.
Profile ranking · $499
Google Business Profile optimization, keyword research, citations and review routine. 90 days of optimization.
Profile ranking in detailSEO website · $499
Custom site with domain and hosting for the first year, on-page and technical SEO. 90 days of updates.
SEO websites in detailBoth · $947
Profile and website built to match, plus landing pages and a monthly report during the 90 days.
See what each plan includesLocal SEO for HVAC companies: common questions
When should an HVAC company work on local SEO?
Before the season, not during it. Pages and profile changes need weeks to be indexed and to settle, so cooling content should be ready in spring and heating content in autumn.
Which Google category should an HVAC business use?
The one closest to the work that brings most revenue, such as HVAC contractor or air conditioning contractor, with the others as secondary categories.
Do maintenance plans help local SEO?
Indirectly. A maintenance plan page targets a distinct search, and regular visits give you regular, natural opportunities to ask for reviews.
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See the pageLocal SEO for Roofers
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See the pageUseful guides: How to Rank for Near Me Searches · SEO Website vs Normal Website · all industries
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