Local market report · October 2026

HVAC and plumbing in Portland, OR: who shows up online

We looked at the top 20 HVAC and plumbing companies Google shows for Portland. 100% have a website, and 88% of those sites tell search engines what kind of business they are.

The top 20 hvac and plumbing on Google, measured

  • 100%have a website
  • 88%of sites use LocalBusiness markup
  • 35%of sites publish llms.txt
  • 88%of sites run Google Analytics or Tag Manager
  • 4.8★average Google rating
  • 1771median Google reviews

20 businesses from the Google results for “HVAC and plumbing company in Portland, OR”. 20 list a website; we checked the homepage of the 17 that loaded.

Who ChatGPT recommends

“Who is the best HVAC or plumbing company in Portland, OR?”

  1. Cornel's Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning
  2. Specialty Heating & Cooling
  3. Sutherland Plumbing
  4. Jacobs Heating & Air Conditioning
  5. Wolfer's Home Services

5 of the 20 businesses in the Google results were named. 3 recommendations were for businesses outside that list.

The review leaders

BusinessRatingReviewsNamed by ChatGPT
Sunset Heating & Cooling4.86515No
3 Mountains Home Services4.86301No
Apollo Plumbing, Heating, AC & Electric4.84499No
Sky Heating, AC, Plumbing & Electrical4.93641No
Cornel's Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning4.93157Yes

What this means for your shop

  • Only 35% of the sites we checked publish an llms.txt file for AI assistants.

  • The median shop in this list has 1771 Google reviews.

  • ChatGPT named 5 of these 20 businesses when asked for a recommendation.

HVAC and plumbing in Portland: questions

What do most HVAC and plumbing companies in Portland miss online?

Structured data and AI files. 88% of sites have LocalBusiness markup and 35% have llms.txt.

How many reviews do the leading HVAC and plumbing companies in Portland have?

The median in this list is 1771 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8.

How do I find out where my own business stands?

Request the free 42-point check. It checks 42 points, including what ChatGPT and Claude answer about your city.

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 Portland, OR” on October 21, 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.