A O Reed & Co LLC
Licensed plumber, HVAC contractor in San Diego, California
A O Reed & Co LLC holds CSLB licence 7731, active, licensed since 22 Jul 1931, rated 4.3 from 36 Google reviews. Bonded for $25,000 with Argonaut Insurance Company. Clean CSLB record, with no citations, complaints or legal actions disclosed.
Report card
- Licence activeCSLB #7731, class A, B, C-4, C16, C20, C36, C42, C43, C60, HAZ. Issued 22 Jul 1931, expires 31 Oct 2027.
- Licensed 95 yrsSince 22 Jul 1931.
- Bonded$25,000 with Argonaut Insurance Company, since 26 Oct 2023. California requires the same $25,000 bond of every contractor.
- Workers' comp insuredZurich American Insurance Company, policy WC434074805, valid to 20 Jun 2027.
- Liability insuredLiability insurance on the CSLB record.
- Clean CSLB recordNo citations, complaints or legal actions disclosed.CSLB record
- Website shows the licenceTheir own site displays licence #7731.
- BBB AccreditedIts BBB rating, complaints and reviews are on its Better Business Bureau profile.BBB profile Complaints Reviews
- 5 building permits since 2020Pulled under this licence (City of Los Angeles, LADBS), most recently 3 Oct 2022.
Checked against the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) register on 3 Nov 2026.
About A O Reed & Co LLC
A.O. Reed & Co. provides commercial HVAC, plumbing, and service work in Southern California, with offices in San Diego, Santa Ana, and Los Angeles.
- Founded
- 1914
- People on the licence
- Steven Brent Andrade (qualifier, CEO and president), David Anthony Clarkin (manager)
From A O Reed & Co LLC's own website, read 3 Nov 2026. We only show what the site states.
Google reviews
4.3(36 reviews)Gabriel G.★★★★ a year ago
I used to like this company for back-flow testing every year but they would raise their prices every year. At first I didn’t think much of it because everything is going up on price. However I contacted several plumbing companies who do back flow testing and this company was the most expensive! Not by a little but by a lot!! So I switched. Very sad because I liked their customer services.
Jeffrey Nash★★★★★ 5 years ago
I have an annual contract with A.O. Reed & Co. for quarterly maintenance of the HVAC system at my business downtown. This is the fourth HVAC maintenance company I've worked with since 2017, and it is SO REFRESHING to work with the professional experts at A.O. Reed & Co. Omar was in my shop this morning for quarterly maintenance. It was good to see him again. He knows exactly what he's doing, and always explains it to…
Barry Schechter★ 12 years ago
I visited the store today as I needed a plumbing fixture after going to Ace and the Home Depot, both of whom recommended that I visit A O Reed as they were plumbing specialists. Ace and Home Depot were experienced,pleasant and helpful. The opposite was true of the elderly person behind the counter at A O Reed, he was unhelpful, unpleasant and generally clueless and useless. With his kind of service it will only be a …
Laura Pederson★ 12 years ago
Bought 2 drains at their plumbing supply store. Were "helped" by a gruff older salesman who told us this was the "only one they sold" and that "any idiot could put it in". Well, guess what? We must have been idiots, and our plumber also as neither drain fit our new sinks. When I tried to return them (I am female), I was "helped" by another gruff old man who treated me like a simpleton when he told me he couldn't acce…
Carl Bowles★★★★★ 5 years ago
We've had them forever, a few newbies fall short in respecting the customer. You are in someone's home respect is everything. Overall I give high marks to AO Reed. They do an excellent job. They don't hire thieves.
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Recent permits
Building permits pulled under licence #7731, from City of Los Angeles, LADBS open data. Locations are shown to ZIP code only.
- 3 Oct 2022 · Plumbing · ZIP 90071Commercial
- 12 Aug 2022 · Pressure Vessel · ZIP 90071Commercial
- 11 Aug 2022 · Pressure Vessel · ZIP 90071Commercial
- 1 Feb 2022 · Plumbing · ZIP 90071Plumbing TI. Provide new gas lines to each mechanical room to support
- 6 Jan 2022 · HVAC · ZIP 90071(2) ENGINEERED POWERED FLUE VENT SYSTEMS FOR (10) BOILERS.
OSHA inspections
- 14 May 2025 · Accident5 violations, $61,810 penalty · case
- 1 Oct 2021 · Accident2 violations, $970 penalty · case
- 20 Jul 2017 · Accident1 violation, $5,000 penalty · case
US Department of Labor enforcement data, matched by business name and city.
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Score 86.6 / 100. Claiming this listing or using Theo never changes it. How we rank
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