Trust first.
Then book the visit.

Hiring someone to repair or replace your AC means letting them into your home and trusting their diagnosis, and most people ask a neighbor. AC Repair Scout is for when you don’t have one to ask — or want to double-check the one you got. We show what you can verify for yourself: that the business is real, the Florida licence number it publishes, the certifications and insurance it states, whether it offers a maintenance plan or 24/7 service, and its published prices. No invented ratings, and anything featured is clearly labeled.

AC Repair Scout helps homeowners find residential AC repair and HVAC companies, compare what they publish, and contact them directly. We’re starting with Tampa Bay, Florida.

A first collection, with room to grow.

Our collection includes 641 AC companies across 26 areas. It is a researched starting point, not a complete inventory of Tampa Bay AC companies. Many of these businesses serve customers at their homes and publish no street address; we say so on the profile rather than guess one. Owner-verified profiles are marked individually after review.

Sourced facts only.

We use each business’s own website and location pages, and official business listings. Where direct retrieval was unavailable, we reviewed search-indexed pages from the official website. Every profile links to its sources and shows when we checked them. A source-check date does not mean the business updated the page that day.

Published opening hours use Tampa Bay local time (Eastern). Unknown hours stay unknown. Map pins are approximate, and for service-area businesses they show the area served rather than an address. Your location is only used in your browser to sort by distance — it is never sent to us. Initials appear when we have not sourced a usable business logo.

The trust check.

Every profile shows the same nine items, each as plain yes or not-yet-confirmed. It is a checklist, not a rating.

1. Real, sourced business. Contact details from official sources.
2. Florida contractor licence shown. The licence number the company publishes. Florida licenses air conditioning and mechanical contractors through DBPR: check that it is active on myfloridalicense.com. See how to check a licence.
3. EPA 608 certified technicians. Whether the company says its technicians are EPA 608 certified to handle refrigerant.
4. NATE-certified technicians. Whether the company says it employs NATE-certified technicians. NATE is a voluntary industry certification.
5. Insured, as stated. The insurance statement the company publishes. We don’t see the policy: ask for a certificate of insurance.
6. Service-call or tune-up price published. A visit price the company publishes, in its own words.
7. Maintenance plan offered. Whether the company offers a plan of regular tune-ups.
8. 24/7 emergency service. Whether the company says it answers emergencies around the clock.
9. Published prices. Recorded only when the company publishes them. We don’t estimate prices.

Statements appear as the business makes them, linked to the page where it says so. We don’t verify them independently, and they can change, so confirm before you rely on one.

A closer look at each company.

Photos come from official business websites and linked business profiles. We label them, and link every image to its source. We don’t use stock images or map imagery. Images may show an earlier appearance of the work. Owners can request a replacement or removal through the correction form.

Reviews, with their sources.

Profiles link to matching review pages where we can identify them. We don’t copy star ratings or review counts from other platforms — we link to them, so you always read the current reviews in their own context. Testimonials the business selected are kept separate from independent reviews.

What a listing means.

Inclusion is not an endorsement, partnership, or quality rating. We have no ratings of our own. We don’t invent reviews, star ratings, prices or credentials. Nothing on AC Repair Scout is legal or insurance advice. Business names and logos identify the businesses and belong to their respective owners.

What “Featured” means.

Some owner-verified pros are Featured. Featured pros have taken a free strategy call with Winback Engine, the company behind AC Repair Scout, about its customer-reactivation service, and may be Winback Engine customers. Featured pros carry a “Featured” label and can appear first in the default sort. Featuring never changes a pro’s trust check, credentials, photos or review sources, and every other sort and filter works exactly the same for every pro.

For business owners.

Claim requests and suggested corrections are free. Requests are held for review; submitting a form does not change a public profile or prove ownership. Ownership should be established through a business contact that was independently published before the request.

Why Winback Engine?

This directory is a Winback Engine project. Alongside helping homeowners find local pros, we want to meet business owners who need help reconnecting with past customers. Owners can choose to ask about that service. It is separate from a free directory listing.

Questions about choosing a pro or how the trust check works? Read the FAQ.