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How do you check an HVAC license in Texas?

Use the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation search and choose the contractor category for air conditioning. The form accepts a name or business name as well as a numeric license search. For a company, the permanent-office rule connects the business to an individual license holder; Class A and Class B have different scopes.

Source: TDLR empty search form, read 4 November 2026.
Source: Texas Legislature, Chapter 1302, read 4 November 2026.

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By InstaBids editorial team with AI research agents. Sources last read: 4 November 2026

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Key facts

How do you search by name in Texas?

The TDLR form accepts a name or business name. Its field label is "Inquire by Name (Last, First) or by Business Name"

Source: TDLR empty search form, read 4 November 2026.

Choose the contractor category for air conditioning in the license-type field. Keep this separate from the technician category.

Source: TDLR empty search form, read 4 November 2026.

Open the official TDLR search, read 4 November 2026. Read the status exactly as the record shows it.

Source: TDLR empty search form, read 4 November 2026.

Who holds the license for the contracting company?

The company rule refers to an individual holder assigned to the company. Texas Occupations Code section 1302.252(a): "An air conditioning and refrigeration contracting company must employ full-time in each permanent office a license holder who holds an appropriate license assigned to that company."

Source: Texas Legislature, Chapter 1302, read 4 November 2026.

For the underlying requirement, Texas Occupations Code section 1302.251(a): "A person may not engage in air conditioning and refrigeration contracting unless the person holds an air conditioning and refrigeration contractor license under this subchapter or Subchapter G."

Source: Texas Legislature, Chapter 1302, read 4 November 2026.

Read the company and individual clauses, read 4 November 2026.

Source: Texas Legislature, Chapter 1302, read 4 November 2026.

What separates Class A from Class B in Texas?

Class A and Class B differ in equipment capacity within the endorsement. Texas Occupations Code section 1302.253(b): "A Class A license entitles the license holder to engage in each type of air conditioning and refrigeration contracting that is endorsed on the license in relation to a system, a product, or equipment of any size or capacity."

Source: Texas Legislature, Chapter 1302, read 4 November 2026.

For Class B, Texas Occupations Code section 1302.253(c): "A Class B license entitles the license holder to engage in each type of air conditioning and refrigeration contracting that is endorsed on the license in relation to a system, a product, or equipment of not more than: (1) 25 tons cooling capacity; or (2) 1.5 million British thermal units per hour output heating capacity."

Source: Texas Legislature, Chapter 1302, read 4 November 2026.

Read the capacity clauses, read 4 November 2026.

Source: Texas Legislature, Chapter 1302, read 4 November 2026.

Can someone without a license work on mini-splits?

TDLR answers no in its mini-split FAQ. The agency distinguishes a split system from a self-contained product: "No. There is an exemption for persons who engage in air conditioning contracting regarding “a portable or self-contained ductless air conditioning product that has a cooling capacity of three tons or less”. However, this is referencing window units, self-contained thru-the-wall units such as in hotel rooms, or self-contained portable ductless units. A “Mini-Split” AC unit is not self-contained, it is a split AC system, therefore requiring a Air Conditioning Contractor’s License to perform any contracting work for the public. See"

Source: TDLR air conditioning FAQ, read 4 November 2026.

Read the mini-split answer, Procedures and Practices question 5, read 4 November 2026.

Source: TDLR air conditioning FAQ, read 4 November 2026.

Where can you file an air-conditioning complaint in Texas?

Use TDLR’s complaint page and its Air Conditioning & Refrigeration option under Building & Mechanical. The paper route is also documented: "Alternately, mail-in complaints are accepted. Please read the directions in the document and fill out appropriately to submit a complaint via mail."

Source: TDLR complaint page, read 4 November 2026.

Open TDLR complaints, read 4 November 2026.

Source: TDLR complaint page, read 4 November 2026.

For fiscal year 2025, the program column records "Total Licensees 60,552". This is the program-wide report label, not a count of contractors available for a job.

Source: Program statistics for fiscal year 2025, read 4 November 2026.

The same ACR column records "Consumer complaints 791". The second numeric column is the whole agency and is not the ACR figure.

Source: Program statistics for fiscal year 2025, read 4 November 2026.

Read the program report, page 1, fiscal year 2025, read 4 November 2026.

Source: Program statistics for fiscal year 2025, read 4 November 2026.

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One point about InstaBids follows. There is no cost to see a request or bid.

Describe the job once on InstaBids, and contractors can bid in writing on one written scope. Homeowners pay InstaBids nothing.

Homeowners anywhere in the US can post a job; once you send it, InstaBids finds contractors to bid on it.

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