Local market report · November 2026

HVAC and plumbing in Jersey City, NJ: who shows up online

HopperCat measured 16 HVAC and plumbing businesses in Jersey City, and 13 have a website, or 81%. Every audited site uses HTTPS, works on mobile and has tap-to-call links. The gaps are in the details: 77% have LocalBusiness schema, 54% have analytics and 31% have llms.txt.

The top 16 hvac and plumbing on Google, measured

  • 81%have a website
  • 77%of sites use LocalBusiness markup
  • 31%of sites publish llms.txt
  • 54%of sites run Google Analytics or Tag Manager
  • 4.7★average Google rating
  • 47median Google reviews

16 businesses from the Google results for “HVAC and plumbing company in Jersey City, NJ”. 13 list a website; we checked the homepage of the 13 that loaded.

Who ChatGPT recommends

“Who is the best HVAC or plumbing company in Jersey City, NJ?”

  1. Bargotti Co. Plumbing & HVAC
  2. Royal Heating & Cooling
  3. Aumenta Plumbing & Heating Co.
  4. Universal HVAC Services, LLC
  5. Lou Guarini Plumbing & Heating

4 of the 16 businesses in the Google results were named. 1 recommendation was for businesses outside that list.

The review leaders

BusinessRatingReviewsNamed by ChatGPT
Palomino Heating LLC4.9222No
Aeromark Mechanical Inc5216No
Universal HVAC Services, LLC4.9188Yes
William J. Guarini Inc.4.5159No
Bargotti Co. Plumbing & Hvac4.983Yes

What this means for your shop

  • 9 of the 16 businesses have under 50 reviews and the median is 47, so each new review helps you close the gap.

  • Only 54% of audited sites run analytics, so many owners cannot see which visitors turn into calls.

  • 0% of audited sites block AI crawlers, and only 31% have llms.txt, so adding that file is a step most competitors have skipped.

HVAC and plumbing in Jersey City: questions

How do I get recommended by ChatGPT in Jersey City?

We asked ChatGPT who the best HVAC or plumbing company in Jersey City, NJ is. It named 5 businesses, including Royal Heating & Cooling and Aumenta Plumbing & Heating Co.

How many reviews do the leaders have?

Palomino Heating LLC has 222 reviews at 4.9. Aeromark Mechanical Inc has 216 at 5, and Universal HVAC Services, LLC has 188 at 4.9.

What are most local sites missing?

Analytics and llms.txt. Only 54% have analytics and 31% have llms.txt, while 77% already have LocalBusiness schema.

Where does your business stand?

This page shows the market. The free diagnostic shows you: 42 points on your site, your Google profile and what ChatGPT and Claude say about you, with the competitors beating you by name. Usually in under an hour.

Method: HopperCat pulled the top Google results for “HVAC and plumbing company in Jersey City, NJ” on November 6, 2026, checked each business homepage for HTTPS, mobile setup, LocalBusiness markup, llms.txt, AI-crawler rules and analytics, and asked ChatGPT the question above with web search on. Ratings and review counts are Google's at that date.