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HVAC Is the Highest-Revenue Trade in Home Services.
Most Companies Can't Keep Their Trucks Full Year-Round.

HVAC has the highest average job value and the best recurring revenue of any home service trade. Then seasonal demand flips and the phones go quiet. The companies busy all year built marketing that doesn't care what month it is.

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Live Market Pulse
Updated Nov 2026
$37
Avg Google
CPC
452K
Monthly
Searches (US)
Low
Google Ads
Competition
Jan
Peak Demand
Month
Source: Google Ads Keyword Planner data via DataForSEO, United States, averaged across "hvac repair near me", "ac repair near me", "furnace repair". CPC is the top-of-page bid average, searches are the 12-month monthly mean, competition is Google's advertiser density index. Refreshed on the first of each month.

What the Data Says About HVAC Marketing in 2026

Live data, pulled from government and public sources. Refreshed every month via DataPulse.

Top HVAC Services by Search Demand (Google, 2026)
AC Repair Near Me
100
Furnace Repair
82
HVAC Installation
70
AC Tune-Up
58
Ductless Mini Split
48 ↑
Heat Pump Installation
42 ↑
Indoor Air Quality
35 ↑
Smart Thermostat Install
28
Ductless mini splits, heat pumps, and indoor air quality are the fastest-growing HVAC searches. Energy rebates and post-COVID air worries are pushing them. Lower CPC and higher margins than the emergency repair keywords everyone fights over.
Cost Per Lead by Channel
Google LSA$28
Google Ads$42
Meta Ads$35
SEO / Organic$15
Referral$10

Google Local Service Ads are the cheapest paid lead in HVAC, and you pay per lead, not per click. Most HVAC companies still aren't running them. That's the gap.

Customer Lifetime Value by Service
Full System Replace$12,000+
Maintenance Plan$8,200/yr
Ductless Install$5,500
Emergency Repair$850
Tune-Up$150

Maintenance plan customers are worth the most because they stay for years and buy the new system from you when the old one gives out. Turning repair calls into maintenance plans is the #1 revenue lever. Not more ads.

Plans.

Sources: BLS Construction Industry (bls.gov) · Census Business Patterns (census.gov) · FRED Housing Starts (stlouisfed.org) · DataForSEO (keyword data) · Updated monthly via DataPulse

Why Most HVAC Companies Can't Break $300K/Month

"Every time we work with an HVAC company doing $100K-$300K/month, the same patterns show up..."

What They Think

× "We need more leads in the slow season"
× "Google Ads is too expensive at $75/click"
× "We get enough work from Home Advisor / Angi"
× "Our technicians are our best marketing"

What s Actually Happening

✓ You don't need more leads in the slow season. You need maintenance plans sold in the busy one. Companies with 500+ maintenance members have zero slow-season revenue dips.
✓ $75/click is expensive, and your average job is $2,800. One job from 40 clicks means you paid $3,000 for a $2,800 job plus a lifetime customer. The math works, your conversion rate doesn't.
✓ Home Advisor / Angi sells the same lead to 3-5 of your competitors, and you close 15% of those. On Google Ads leads, where you're the only call, you close 45%. One lead you own beats five you share.
✓ Your technicians are great, and they are not marketing. 86% of homeowners search Google before they call anyone. If you're not there, your competitor gets the call your tech would have closed.
Data proof: Of the HVAC companies we've audited, 58% had no maintenance plan marketing at all. 100% of the budget went to new customers. The easiest money, turning a repair customer into an $8,200/yr maintenance member, got zero.

How Does Your Company Compare?

Benchmarks built from government data and industry sources. Refreshed every month.

MetricBottom 25%MedianTop 25%Yours
Monthly Revenue$80K$220K$500K+--
Leads / Month3090250--
Cost Per Lead$65$38$15--
Response Time4+ hrs45 min< 3 min--
Avg Job Value$450$2,800$12,000--
Maintenance Members50250800+--
Google Reviews40150600+--
Website Conversion Rate1.5%3.5%8.5%--

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How to read this: Response time above 45 minutes, or maintenance members below 50? That's a speed and retention problem. More leads won't fix it.

HVAC Result

From $180K/mo to $420K/mo in 8 Months

Before Anar
$8,500/mo
Ad spend
45
Leads/month
$189
Cost per lead
4.2 hrs
Avg response time
$180K/mo
Revenue
After Anar
$12,000/mo
Ad spend
210
Leads/month
$57
Cost per lead
2.8 min
Avg response time
$420K/mo
Revenue
▼ Anar Engagement Starts
$180K
Mo 1
$220K
Mo 2
$280K
Mo 3
$340K
Mo 5
$395K
Mo 7
$420K
Mo 8
"Month 3: We discovered 42% of phone leads went to voicemail during business hours. An AI answering service with instant SMS callback recovered 35 booked jobs/month at zero additional ad spend."

This Is for You If

  • Your HVAC company does $80K+/month and you want more
  • You run 3+ trucks and want them full every month of the year
  • You can commit 90 days to building the system
  • You want to know which marketing dollar booked which job

This Is Not for You If

  • You're one tech, one van, just getting started
  • You want more calls and don't care what happens after
  • You don't have a CRM and don't want one
  • You're shopping for the cheapest agency, not the one that works
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