How do I verify an HVAC contractor license?
Use TDLR's free public license search: enter the contractor's number and check the name, license type, and status. Three comparisons, about two minutes.
Use TDLR's public license search. First get the contractor's license number from their website, truck, or paperwork. TExas needs it on advertising and documents. Enter the number in the search. Then confirm three things: the record matches the company's name, it shows the right license type, and it is current. The check takes about two minutes.
What you can safely check
The license search itself. It is free, public, and takes about two minutes:
- Go to TDLR's Air Conditioning and Refrigeration program page (tdlr.texas.gov/acr/) and open the license search.
- Search by license number — for Texas Heat & Air, TACLB00051450E (Q91).
- Compare the record on three points:
- Name.The business name on the record should match the company you are hiring. A number that belongs to a different business is the classic borrowed-license trick. It takes ten seconds to catch.
- Type.The license should be an ACR contractor license. The category that allows contracting for AC and refrigeration work.
- Status.The record should show a current, unexpired license.
How this works
This check protects you with every contractor, not just this one. It works because it bypasses everything the contractor controls. A claim on a website is marketing. The state record is the regulator's own account of who is licensed.
Then watch for the red flags, which apply beyond HVAC. No license number anywhere. Not on the site, the truck, the quote, or the invoice. Pressure to skip paperwork. A strong preference for cash with no documents. A number given only verbally that "the office handles" when you ask where it is printed. A legitimate business can produce each of these things easily. Each one becomes strangely difficult exactly when it matters.
Why insist? Because the license is your recovery path as much as your screening tool. An unlicensed operator may quote cheaper, for clear reasons: no accountability to a regulator if the work fails, possible problems with permits and inspections. Possible complications with maker warranties and insurance claims if unpermitted work is involved. A licensed contractor can be complained about to a body with enforcement power. That difference is the entire value of the two minutes. A legitimate company will never be offended that you looked.
When to call a professional
If you cannot find a matching record, ask the contractor for the correct number. If it still does not match, contact TDLR before hiring. Do not let work begin on a number that belongs to someone else.
What happens next
Once a contractor checks out, the normal protections apply. You should receive a written diagnostic report and a written repair estimate. You approve the work before any repair begins. If a company resists putting things in writing after passing the license check, that is its own warning sign.
Texas Heat & Air next step
Verify us first if you like — TACLB00051450E — then call (682) 438-8127. That order of operations is exactly right.
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- https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/acr/ — TDLR's Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors program page and public license search.