When Austin plumbers, HVAC, roofers and electricians close (2026 data)
On October 30, 2026 we read the opening hours that 170 plumbers, HVAC companies, roofers, electricians and garage door companies in Austin list on Google Maps. At 7 pm on a Tuesday, 30% of them are closed, the same as across all 20 cities (the 11th most closed of 20 cities).
29% are closed all Sunday and 22% at 3 pm on a Saturday. 54% list 24-hour service; the rest typically close at 6 pm on weekdays.
Of the 134 home pages we could read, 30% offer neither a chat nor online booking, against 37% across all 20 cities.
Austin by trade
| Trade | With listed hours | Listed 24/7 | Closed Tue 7 pm | Closed Sat 3 pm | Closed all Sunday | Typical weekday close (not 24/7) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roofers | 40 | 48% | 43% | 25% | 38% | 6 pm |
| Electricians | 31 | 42% | 42% | 39% | 45% | – |
| HVAC | 31 | 45% | 29% | 16% | 29% | – |
| Plumbers | 38 | 61% | 29% | 21% | 21% | – |
| Garage door companies | 30 | 73% | 3% | 10% | 10% | – |
What a closed office means for a call
Listing 24-hour service on Google is a promise about the phone, and more than half of these businesses make it. Whether a person picks up at 9 pm is what listed hours cannot show: the only way to know is to call.
For the businesses that list a closing time, a call after it reaches whatever the line is set to do: voicemail, a forward to someone's cell, or nothing.
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Build my phone demoHow we measured
- Google Maps search, "<trade> in <city>", for five trades in 20 metros, the first 40 results each, read through Google's Places API on October 30, 2026. Operating businesses only, each counted once (3,415 businesses; 3,404 list their hours).
- Hours are the regular weekly hours each business lists, in its own local time. "Closed at 7 pm on a Tuesday" means no listed opening covers that minute.
- Home pages: each business's website, read once on the same day, checked for a chat widget or an online booking or scheduling link. A page we could not load is left out.
- Every figure here is computed from the data file; a city, a trade or a figure appears only with 20 or more businesses behind it.
- Listed hours are not calls answered. We did not call any business.
- Google Maps shows its own top results, not a random sample, and the first 40 per trade and city lean towards businesses with more reviews.
- A chat or booking tool we could not see in the home page's code (one added later by a script, or on another page) counts as missing.
- One reading, on one day. Holiday hours are not included.
For reporters and researchers
The numbers per city and trade are free to reuse with credit and a link (CC BY 4.0). For a city that is not here, or the method in more detail: thiago@betterlaneagency.com.