HVAC, plumbing and electrical firms in the Virginia Beach area, Virginia
Every HVAC, plumbing and electrical firms business holding a current state licence in the 15 counties and cities of the Virginia Beach area, Virginia, as of November 10, 2026. Counted by county or city from public licence records, before any ownership research.
- Niche
- Home services: HVAC, plumbing, electrical
- Region
- Virginia Beach area, Virginia
- Records read
- November 10, 2026
1,822 firms, none with a confirmed owner yet.
Headline counts
Where the 1,822 firms are, by county
- Virginia Beach city 483 electrical 220, HVAC 208, plumbing 172, Class A 239
- Chesapeake city 380 electrical 191, HVAC 178, plumbing 108, Class A 195
- Norfolk city 181 electrical 93, HVAC 86, plumbing 57, Class A 101
- Newport News city 135 electrical 61, HVAC 57, plumbing 48, Class A 59
- Hampton city 129 electrical 58, HVAC 57, plumbing 50, Class A 51
- Suffolk city 90 electrical 52, HVAC 36, plumbing 22, Class A 49
- James City County 87 electrical 38, HVAC 35, plumbing 35, Class A 41
- Portsmouth city 80 electrical 34, HVAC 44, plumbing 28, Class A 39
- Gloucester County 74 electrical 38, HVAC 29, plumbing 20, Class A 25
- York County 68 electrical 32, HVAC 29, plumbing 30, Class A 31
- Isle of Wight County 59 electrical 30, HVAC 21, plumbing 14, Class A 25
- Poquoson city 22 electrical 13, HVAC 7, plumbing 8, Class A 12
- Mathews County 20 electrical 10, HVAC 7, plumbing 5, Class A 6
- Surry County 14 electrical 10, HVAC 5, plumbing 3, Class A 4
- Owner not yet identified1,822
What the records show
No firm is named on this page.
- Where they cluster
Virginia Beach city holds 483 of the 1,822 firms, 27 percent. The three largest counties and cities hold 57 percent together, and 14 counties and cities have at least one firm.
- Trades on the licence
359 of the 1,822 firms, 20 percent, hold more than one trade on their licence. By trade: electrical work on 880, HVAC on 799, plumbing on 600.
- Family names on the door
87 of the 1,822 firm names, 5 percent, carry a family marker: a possessive surname, or words such as Sons, Brothers or Family.
- The core city and the rest
459 firms, 25 percent, list an address in Virginia Beach itself. Towns with the most firms: Virginia Beach (459), Chesapeake (377), Norfolk (181), Newport News (135), Hampton (128).
What the counts say
- 42 towns and cities appear on the licence addresses. Largest first: Virginia Beach 459, Chesapeake 377, Norfolk 181, Newport News 135, Hampton 128, Suffolk 90, Portsmouth 80, Williamsburg 71, Yorktown 54, Gloucester 51, Smithfield 24, Poquoson 22, Hayes 20, Toano 16, Windsor 15, Seaford 13, Carrollton 12, Virginia Bch 12, Va Beach 9, Zuni 7, Cobbs Creek 5, Elberon 5, Mathews 5, Spring Grove 4, Gloucester Point 3, Hudgins 3, North 3, Surry 3, Virgina Beach 2, Carrsville 1, Cheapeake 1, Cheaspeake 1, Chesapeakechesapeake 1, Claremont 1, Dendron 1, Dutton 1, Foster 1, Grafton 1, Hamtpon 1, James Store 1, Port Haywood 1, Virginia 1.
- Virginia Beach alone: 459, 25 percent. Top five: 1,280, 70 percent. The other 542 firms spread over 37 places.
- By licence class: A 877 (48 percent), B 437, C 508.
- Electrical 880, HVAC 799, plumbing 600.
- 261 firms hold two of the three trades; 98 hold all three, 74 of them in Class A.
- Share in Class A: electrical 54 percent, HVAC 54 percent, plumbing 50 percent.
- Virginia Beach city holds 483; the remaining 13 counties and cities hold 1,339.
- Leading places by trade. electrical: Virginia Beach 205, Chesapeake 190, Norfolk 93, Newport News 61, Hampton 58, Suffolk 52, Portsmouth 34, Williamsburg 30; HVAC: Virginia Beach 198, Chesapeake 176, Norfolk 86, Hampton 57, Newport News 57, Portsmouth 44, Suffolk 36, Williamsburg 30; plumbing: Virginia Beach 160, Chesapeake 107, Norfolk 57, Hampton 49, Newport News 48, Williamsburg 31, Portsmouth 28, Yorktown 24.
What stands out here
Here the city and the postal name line up. All 459 firms with a Virginia Beach address sit inside Virginia Beach city, which counts 483 once the firms printing another town name are added. That makes the city the anchor of this sample, at 27 percent of the list.
Hampton city breaks the pattern on licence tier. Among the five largest jurisdictions it is the only one where Class C holders, at 52, outnumber Class A holders, at 51.
Chesapeake city comes next with 380 firms and Norfolk city adds 181. Family names turn up often: 87 firm names look family run, the highest count of any sample on this site, and Virginia Beach city accounts for 22 of them.
City lines and postal names agree further down the list too. Each of the six leading towns, from Virginia Beach to Suffolk, is the postal name of its own city, and the six of them hold 1,370 firms, 75 percent of the list. HVAC also runs close behind electrical here, at 799 firms against 880, a tighter gap than the 657 against 873 around Richmond.
From 12,634 raw names to 1,822 companies
12,634 licence records read, 0 folded as a second licence of one firm, 10,812 set aside as expired, personal or outside the 15 counties and cities.
What counts as a firm here
A firm counts here if it holds a current state contractor licence that carries an HVAC, plumbing or electrical specialty, with an address in one of the 15 counties and cities of the Virginia Beach area, Virginia. Licences without one of those three specialties, individual tradespeople and expired licences are left out.
How to read this
- One amber square per firm: Virginia Beach city has the longest row at 483, Surry County the shortest at 14.
- All 1,822 are marked owner not yet identified on November 10, 2026. Unknown does not mean independent.
What has not been done yet
- No ownership research on the 1,822 firms, no website read, no revenue or owner age.
- County comes from the ZIP code: 82 of the 1,822 firms sit in a ZIP shared by two jurisdictions, so theirs is the likeliest match.
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