Marketing for HVAC Companies

HVAC Marketing That Keeps You Booked All Year

Ranking contractors on Google since 2010.
We put HVAC companies in the Google Map Pack, organic results, and AI answers for the calls that pay: AC repair, no-heat emergencies, heat pumps, and full system replacements.
5.0★
Client Rating
16+
Years in Business
$1,000
One-Time Quick Start
$1,500
Per Month, No Contracts

Built for HVAC companies

AC Repair·Heating·Heat Pumps·Ductless·Replacements
MANHRI

HVAC Companies We’ve Moved

Real HVAC clients, real phones ringing. Every number below is from a New England HVAC company we worked with.
214%
More peak-season calls
A 15-year-old company that couldn’t compete with national franchises. Now 40 to 50 calls a week from Google in AC season, and 5 new hires.
Climate Control Experts, Lowell, MA
15 → 47
Peak-month leads in 75 days
From not ranking to #2 in the Map Pack, 31 new five-star reviews, and 23 new maintenance agreements from online leads.
Bay State Heating & Cooling, Salem, MA
4.3x
More monthly calls
Was spending $4,500 a month on Google Ads for 15 to 20 website calls. Cut ad spend 62% and still quadrupled the calls.
HVAC company, Southern New Hampshire

See Exactly Where You Rank

Ranking #1 at your shop doesn’t mean you rank #1 across town. We scan a grid of points over your service area and check where you show up in the Map Pack for the searches that bring in calls.
  • Green is the top 3, where the calls come from.
  • Yellow and red are where a competitor is taking your calls.
  • We track every keyword that brings you work, and re-scan every month so you see exactly what moved.

Get Your Free Visibility Audit

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HVAC Calls Follow the Weather

Your phone doesn’t ring the same way in July as it does in January. We build your visibility for each season before it arrives, so you’re ranking when the calls start.
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Cooling season

May to September
The first heat wave floods Google with AC calls. The companies in the top 3 of the Map Pack get them, and everyone else waits for overflow.
What we have ready
  • Map Pack positions locked in before May
  • AC repair and install pages that load fast on a phone
  • Reviews that mention same-day AC service

Shoulder season

April, October, November
The quiet months are when replacement shoppers do their homework. This is where heat pump, ductless, and full-system jobs are won or lost.
What we have ready
  • Heat pump and ductless pages that answer cost and rebate questions
  • Maintenance agreement pages that turn one call into a customer
  • Content that ranks before the next season starts

Heating season

December to March
A cold snap hits and every call is an emergency. Homeowners call the first company they trust, usually straight from the Map Pack.
What we have ready
  • Emergency heating pages built for one-tap calling
  • Furnace, boiler, and heat pump repair pages for each system
  • Google profile posts and hours updated for the cold
Most HVAC marketing reacts to the weather. By the time the heat wave hits, it’s too late to start ranking. We work a season ahead, so you get steady revenue all year instead of feast or famine.

How We Build Year-Round HVAC Demand

Four phases, in order. The Map Pack first because it drives the most calls, then every system you sell, every town you serve, and the reviews that hold it all in place.
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Map Pack Foundation

Win the near-me calls
  • Google profile categories, services, and service areas set for HVAC
  • Hours and emergency service shown correctly
  • Seasonal posts and job photos on a schedule
  • Map Pack tracking across every town you serve
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Equipment & Service Pages

Rank for every system you sell
  • AC repair and central air installation
  • Furnace and boiler repair and replacement
  • Heat pump and ductless mini-split pages
  • Cost, rebate, and financing questions answered
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Town Pages

Expand your radius
  • A page for every town you want work from
  • Real local detail, not copy-and-paste pages
  • Local citations built in each market
  • Reviews that name the towns you work in
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Reviews & Recurring Revenue

Turn every job into ranking power
  • A review request after every job
  • Reviews that mention the equipment installed
  • Maintenance agreement pages that rank
  • Monthly ranking re-checks across your towns
The result: full schedules in peak season and booked replacements in the slow months.

What We Do for HVAC Companies

No generic marketing packages. Every piece is built around how homeowners search for heating and cooling.
What happens when a homeowner Googles “ac repair worcester ma”
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Google’s AI answer
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Websites

Google’s AI answer
Names 2 competitors. Not you.
The map · most calls come from here
Websites · organic results
Illustration, not a specific client or a promise of results. How far and how fast depends on your market and where you start.

Google Business Profile & Map Pack SEO

Categories, service areas, hours, services, seasonal posts, and install photos set up the way Google ranks HVAC companies, then tracked across every town you serve.
For: AC and no-heat emergency calls

Equipment Pages That Rank

A dedicated page for AC, furnaces, boilers, heat pumps, and ductless mini-splits, each written to rank for repair and replacement searches.
For: high-ticket replacements

Town Pages for Your Service Area

A page for each town you want work from, with real local detail, so you rank in the next town over, not just your own.
For: expanding your radius

Reviews That Rank

A review request after every job, with a nudge to mention the equipment and the town, which is the language Google and AI tools look for.
For: Map Pack rank and trust

AI Search Visibility

Consistent listings, structured data, and question-answering content so ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews name your company.
For: replacement shoppers doing research

Tracking & Monthly Reporting

Map grid tracking across your towns, Search Console monitoring, and a monthly report on the work done and where you rank, season over season.
For: knowing what you pay for

Climate Control Experts, Lowell, MA

15 years in business, losing to the national franchises

Climate Control Experts had a strong reputation offline but was barely visible in Google Maps. Even in peak season they were getting just 8 to 12 organic leads a month.
What we did:
  • Rebuilt their Google Business Profile with seasonal posts and a wider service area
  • Set up review requests for maintenance agreement customers
  • Built 15 town pages plus equipment-specific pages
  • Earned local citations and links from Lowell business associations
  • Launched Local Services Ads two weeks before AC season
  • Planned content ahead of both the cooling and heating seasons

See our Lowell contractor marketing

214%
Increase in peak-season calls
#1
Map Pack in Lowell plus 12 surrounding towns
63
New Google reviews in 5 months
$287K
Added revenue in the first year
“We went from struggling to get leads to having to hire 3 additional techs and 2 installers. During peak AC season, we were getting 40 to 50 calls per week from Google alone.”

Jim Patterson, Owner, Climate Control Experts
15→47
Peak-month leads, 75 days

Quick win: Bay State Heating & Cooling, Salem, MA

From not ranking to #2 in the Map Pack for HVAC Salem MA, 12 reviews to 43, 178% more website traffic heading into AC season, and 23 new maintenance agreements. “We’ve already booked 2 weeks in advance, and we’re getting calls about maintenance agreements, which generate recurring revenue.” Dave Morrison, Bay State Heating & Cooling.

Pricing

Simple Pricing. No Long-Term Contracts.

Start with a one-time Quick Start, or go straight to ongoing SEO. Same pricing for every trade we serve.
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Google Visibility Quick Start

We review your website and Google Business Profile, establish a local visibility baseline, make the priority improvements, and review visibility again approximately 30 days later.
Includes optimization of the primary website pages and one Google Business Profile. Larger websites, multiple locations, or extensive page work may require a custom quote.
Built for roofers, plumbers, HVAC companies, electricians, remodelers, and other local contractors.
$1,000one-timeNo monthly commitmentStart With the Quick Start(978) 577-5800
Ongoing Contractor SEO

Website + Google Business Profile SEO

Many contractors come to us after paying $2,000+ a month for SEO without seeing enough calls. This plan is focused on the towns, services, and local visibility that can actually produce work.
$1,500/monthMonth-to-month
No long-term contract
The Quick Start fixes the priority issues and gives you a measured baseline. Ongoing SEO is for contractors who want to keep expanding and defending visibility across the towns and services they want to win.
✓Google Business Profile optimization for the service areas you want jobs from
✓Website SEO built around contractor services and target towns
✓Service-page and city-page improvements based on ranking opportunities
✓Google Maps visibility tracking across the areas you want to win
✓Organic ranking and Search Console monitoring
✓Competitor monitoring in the local markets you are trying to take business from
✓Technical and on-page corrections as issues appear
✓Content and location updates tied to contractor search demand
✓Monthly work and visibility reporting
✓Direct communication with the person doing the work
Built for roofers, plumbers, HVAC companies, electricians, remodelers, and other local contractors.
The $1,000 Quick Start is a one-time service. Ongoing SEO is month-to-month with no long-term contract.

Marketing From Someone Who Came Up in the Trades

Local Contractors Marketing is run by Paul Leary, who spent decades in the trades before he started ranking contractors on Google in 2010. He knows why AC searches jump with the first heat wave, why replacement shoppers take weeks to decide, and what a slow shoulder season does to your crews.
We only work with home service contractors. You talk directly to the person doing the work, not an account manager reading from a script.
2010
Ranking contractors since
5.0★
Client rating on Google
3 seasons
Planned ahead, every year
$0
Long-term contract required

What Contractors Say About Working With Us

Straight from our Google reviews, in their own words.
★★★★★
“It’s not hype it’s just the first time the online side of our business has actually felt useful.”
Justin P. · Google review
★★★★★
“It’s nice knowing there are people finding us even when nobody’s passing our name around.”
Sekou C. · Google review
★★★★★
“They didn’t just throw keywords at the wall, they dug into what actually moves the needle and got us ranking for terms that bring in real business.”
Jake F. · Google review
★★★★★
“Paul answers or returns my call in a timely manner. If I have questions, he has answers as well as a clear plan.”
Sandra P. · Google review

HVAC Marketing in Your Town

We market HVAC companies across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. See how we approach your local market, or see every town we serve.

HVAC Marketing Questions

Straight answers to what HVAC company owners ask us most.
How do HVAC companies get more calls from Google?
Most HVAC calls from Google come from the Map Pack, the three business listings under the map. To show up there in the towns you serve, your Google Business Profile needs the right categories, accurate hours and service areas, seasonal posts, photos from real installs, and a steady flow of reviews that mention the equipment and the town. Your website backs it up with a dedicated page for each service (AC repair, heating repair, heat pumps, ductless mini-splits, and system replacement) and a page for each town you want work from.
When should an HVAC company start SEO?
Before the season you want to win, not during it. New service and town pages usually take a few months to earn page-one rankings, so starting in late winter sets you up for AC season, and starting in summer sets you up for the first cold snap. Google Business Profile changes can move Map Pack positions within weeks, so the Quick Start helps even when a season is close.
How much does HVAC marketing cost with Local Contractors Marketing?
There are two options. The Quick Start is $1,000 one-time: we review your website and Google Business Profile, set a visibility baseline, make the priority fixes, and re-check about 30 days later. Ongoing Website and Google Business Profile SEO is $1,500 per month, month-to-month, with no long-term contract.
How do I get more heat pump and system replacement jobs online?
Replacement buyers research before they call. Give each system type its own page (heat pumps, ductless mini-splits, central air, furnaces, and boilers), answer the questions homeowners ask about cost, rebates, financing, and timelines in plain language, and ask replacement customers for reviews that name the equipment you installed. That is what Google and AI tools match to replacement searches.
Should an HVAC company use Local Services Ads or SEO?
They do different jobs. Local Services Ads put you at the top of the page right away, but you pay for every lead and the spot disappears when you stop paying. SEO and Google Business Profile work build Map Pack and organic rankings that keep producing calls without a per-lead fee, season after season. Many HVAC companies run ads during peak weeks while their organic visibility grows. Our plans focus on the SEO and Google Business Profile side.
How do I get my HVAC company recommended by ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews?
AI tools recommend businesses they can confirm across many sources. That means consistent name, address, and phone details everywhere you are listed, service pages that answer real homeowner questions in plain language, reviews that describe the specific jobs you did, and structured data that tells search engines exactly what you do and where. We build all four into the pages and profiles we work on.

Be the HVAC Company They Find First

Free visibility audit for HVAC companies. We’ll show you where you rank, who’s taking your calls, and what to fix before the next season hits.
Map Pack position in your towns
Who’s outranking you and why
Equipment pages you’re missing
Google profile gaps
Review count and velocity vs. competitors
Your fastest wins before peak season