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Best Plumbers in Minneapolis, MN — 2026 Picks
By Lior Mechlovich, Co-founder & CEO, localpicks.ai · Last updated
We picked the 10 Minneapolis plumbers below by scoring their Google Business Profile against the 14 things our audit checks — Map Pack rank, real review velocity, photo activity, and how often AI tools cite them for local plumbing questions. No pay-to-play. Anyone listed scored above the 75th percentile for the Twin Cities metro on both sides of the river.
Editorial: we don't accept payment for placement. Methodology at /methodology.
About the author
Lior Mechlovich — Co-founder & CEO, localpicks.ai
14 years running local SEO for home-services businesses · TEDx speaker
Lior co-founded localpicks.ai to put the same playbook he ran by hand for 14 years across hundreds of home-services businesses into software that any owner can use in five minutes. Before localpicks he founded Alventra Marketing and gave a TEDx talk on the execution order that actually moves the Google Map Pack. The audits behind every guide on this site come from that playbook.
How we picked these
Our composite score is documented in full at /methodology. For Minneapolis plumbers it weights:
- Map Pack signals (55%) — categories, attributes, services, review velocity + response, photos, posts, NAP consistency across the top 30 directories. Pulled live from Google Business Profile via Bright Data.
- AI Visibility (45%) — how often each business is cited when we ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews the 6 questions a Twin Cities homeowner would type to find a plumber.
Minneapolis is freeze-and-license sensitive in ways most metros aren't. The state requires a Master Plumber license to pull permits, and the journeyman-and-apprentice tiers are independently verifiable on the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry site — the plumbers below all show a valid Master license. The frost line sits at 42 inches in the metro and sewer-line repair work runs deeper and more expensive than warmer markets because of it. Winter brings 4-6 stretches of sub-zero overnight lows per year, and frozen-pipe service is its own season. We give bonus weight to shops whose service pages reflect the freeze-thaw cycle, the sump-pump-and-battery-backup work the high water table demands, and the basement crawlspace freeze-prevention the older Powderhorn and Northeast housing stock needs.
We re-verify quarterly. If a business slips below 70 or picks up a string of 1-2 star reviews, we drop them. We don't take money for placement; if a listed business contacts us with a correction or removal request, we honor it within 48 hours.
Minneapolis entries below are first-pass — we've audited the top 3 in full and have public Google data for the rest. The next quarterly refresh will replace public-data placeholders with fully-audited scores for every entry.
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Bonfe Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical
Best overall — review depth, AI visibility, multi-trade · 455 Hardman Ave S, South Saint Paul, MN 55075
★ 4.8 · 8,200 reviews · localpicks score 90/100
Bonfe is the most-cited Twin Cities plumber across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews when we ran our 6 buyer questions (cited in 5 of 6). Operating since 1927, family-owned across four generations, with the dispatch out of South Saint Paul keeping them tight on the east-metro plus full Minneapolis coverage. 8,000+ Google reviews at a 4.8 average is the deepest review history in the metro. Plumbing, heating, cooling, and electrical under one brand with separately-licensed crews per trade — the Master Plumber license shows on every plumbing invoice. Negative reviews flag the same pattern across every multi-trade brand this size: upper-mid-market pricing and occasional upsells on installation jobs. Get the written quote before the work starts.
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Verified via Bright Data Maps + localpicks 14-audit scoring on 2026-05-13. AI citation count from our 6-question Minneapolis plumber prompt set.
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Genz-Ryan Plumbing Heating Cooling Electrical
Best for south metro + same-day dispatch · 2200 Hwy 13 W, Burnsville, MN 55337
★ 4.7 · 5,600 reviews · localpicks score 86/100
Genz-Ryan has been operating since 1950 and the Burnsville dispatch puts them strongest on the south metro (Edina, Bloomington, Apple Valley, Eagan, Lakeville), with Map Pack rank in the 55337 / 55124 ZIP cluster sitting top 3 most weeks. 5,600+ Google reviews at a 4.7 average. Same-day response on water heater and frozen-pipe calls shows up across the review text in winter months. They run plumbing, HVAC, and electrical out of separately-credentialed crews. The trade-off is they don't cover the north metro as fast as the in-Minneapolis brands; if you're north of I-394, Hero or Norblom will dispatch quicker.
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Verified via Bright Data Maps + localpicks 14-audit scoring on 2026-05-13.
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Hero Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical
Best for west metro + 24/7 dispatch · 8401 Wayzata Blvd, Golden Valley, MN 55426
★ 4.8 · 4,100 reviews · localpicks score 85/100
Hero runs out of Golden Valley and the dispatch keeps them strongest on the west metro (St. Louis Park, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Maple Grove). 4,100+ Google reviews at a 4.8 average. Genuinely 24/7 with staffed pickup, which is what you want for a January frozen-supply-line call at 3am. Reviewers consistently name specific techs and call out the freeze-prevention diagnostic work (wrapping rim joists, heat-taping vulnerable supply runs, sealing the basement air-leak that's letting cold reach the pipe in the first place), which is the marker of a shop that actually solves the underlying problem rather than just thawing the run that already burst.
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Verified via Bright Data Maps + localpicks 14-audit scoring on 2026-05-13.
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Norblom Plumbing
Best for old-house residential and Saint Paul coverage · 1465 Selby Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55104
★ 4.9 · 580 reviews
Norblom has been operating from Selby Avenue since 1917 — over 100 years, the longest tenure on this list and one of the oldest active plumbing businesses in the country. The Saint Paul location keeps them tight on Summit Hill, Cathedral Hill, Mac-Groveland, and the rest of the older Saint Paul housing stock that still runs galvanized supply and cast-iron drains. 580+ reviews at a 4.9 average — lower volume than the franchises, exceptional rating density. Reviews repeat the same beat: third-generation techs who actually know the Selby Avenue 1910 housing stock from memory. Best when you have an older home and want a shop where the same family has been working on the same houses for generations.
Public Google Maps data + Bright Data SERP scan on 2026-05-13. Audit completion next quarterly pass.
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Soderlin Plumbing, Heating & Air
Best for south Minneapolis and Powderhorn old-house work · 3612 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407
★ 4.8 · 720 reviews
Soderlin runs out of Cedar Avenue in south Minneapolis and the dispatch keeps them tight on Powderhorn, Longfellow, and the Nokomis ring. Map Pack rank inside 55407 / 55406 sits top 3 most weeks. 720+ reviews at a 4.8 average. They are one of a small number of shops with deep depth on early-1900s residential galvanized-supply replacement and cast-iron drain work, which is what the Powderhorn housing stock actually needs. Reviewers repeatedly name techs and call out fair diagnosis on whether old galvanized actually needs replacement or can keep running. Less suited to 24/7 emergency dispatch than Hero or Bonfe; better for scheduled supply-line repipe and slow-drain diagnostic work.
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Public Google Maps data + Bright Data SERP scan on 2026-05-13. Audit completion next quarterly pass.
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McQuillan Bros Plumbing, Heating & Air
Best for full-service multi-trade across both Cities · 1727 Marshall Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55104
★ 4.8 · 1,900 reviews
McQuillan Bros has been operating since 1883 — the longest tenure of any shop on this list by a margin, and one of the oldest active plumbing operations in the upper Midwest. The Marshall Avenue dispatch in Saint Paul puts them centrally between downtown Minneapolis and downtown Saint Paul. 1,900+ Google reviews at a 4.8 average. Plumbing, heating, and air under one license; the freeze-season frozen-pipe response shows up across review text repeatedly. Pricing sits at upper-middle. Reviews split the way you'd expect at this scale, strong on technician quality and named-tech relationships, with the typical large-shop friction on follow-up scheduling during peak winter weeks.
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Public Google Maps data + Bright Data SERP scan on 2026-05-13. Audit completion next quarterly pass.
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Marsh Heating & Air Conditioning
Best for north metro and HVAC-plumbing combo work · 6248 Lakeland Ave N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55428
★ 4.8 · 1,300 reviews
Marsh started as an HVAC shop and the plumbing side has grown alongside it — the combination matters in Minneapolis winters because frozen pipes and underperforming heat are usually the same emergency call. The Brooklyn Park dispatch covers the north metro and the I-694 corridor faster than the south-metro brands. 1,300+ reviews at a 4.8 average. Reviewers consistently call out the diagnostic work: techs explain what actually failed rather than just replacing the obvious symptom. Less depth on standalone repipe-and-remodel plumbing than Bonfe or Soderlin; strongest for the combination call where the boiler and the pipes are both in trouble.
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Public Google Maps data + Bright Data SERP scan on 2026-05-13. Audit completion next quarterly pass.
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Tonka Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
Best for Lake Minnetonka cabin and lake-house work · 210 Water St, Excelsior, MN 55331
★ 4.9 · 290 reviews
Tonka runs out of Excelsior and the dispatch puts them on top of the Lake Minnetonka ring (Wayzata, Mound, Orono, Shorewood) where the seasonal-property work is its own market. 290+ reviews at a 4.9 average. Reviewers repeatedly call out the fall winterization and spring de-winterization service for second-home and lake-house owners, which is the cabin-country revenue line the metro brands won't drive out to handle. Smaller crew than the in-Minneapolis franchises, which limits same-day overnight emergency capacity. Best for booked seasonal work in the southwest lake suburbs.
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Public Google Maps data + Bright Data SERP scan on 2026-05-13. Audit completion next quarterly pass.
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Lookout Plumbing Heating & Cooling
Best small-shop quality, no-upsell residential · 6428 96th Pl N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445
★ 4.9 · 240 reviews
Lookout is the smaller-shop play. Family-owned out of Brooklyn Park, 240+ Google reviews at a 4.9 average, and owner-responses to negatives that actually read as the owner. Reviewers repeat the same theme: fair quote, no pressure on the bigger job, will tell you when the part can keep running. Smaller crew means weeker same-day capacity during peak weeks (post-freeze, post-thaw spring), but for scheduled residential repair work in the north and northwest metro where you want the owner involved, this is the call.
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Public Google Maps data + Bright Data SERP scan on 2026-05-13. Audit completion next quarterly pass.
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Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup
Best for 2am drain and sewer emergencies · 5012 Hillsboro Ave N, New Hope, MN 55428
★ 4.7 · 2,200 reviews
Roto-Rooter is the national franchise and the brand recall is strong across the Twin Cities. The New Hope facility runs full 24/7 dispatch across both metros from a single hub. 2,200+ Google reviews at a 4.7 average. Strong on the drain-and-sewer side, which is what the brand is built for, and the franchise carries the freeze-season call volume well because the dispatch scales overnight in a way smaller shops can't. As with every national franchise, pricing varies by technician and multiple reviewers flag final invoices well above the verbal quote — get a written quote before the cabling starts. Worth calling at 2am for an active sewer backup; less suited to non-urgent quotes where a Soderlin or Norblom will bid lower.
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Public Google Maps data + Bright Data SERP scan on 2026-05-13. Audit completion next quarterly pass.
About Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis plumbing gets shaped by cold, depth, and water table. The frost line sits at 42 inches across most of Hennepin County, which means sewer-line and water-service repair work has to go deeper than almost any other major US metro — the labor cost on a main-line replacement is significantly higher here than the same job in Kansas City or Indianapolis. The older housing stock in Northeast, Powderhorn, Camden, and the early-1900s rings around Lake Nokomis still runs galvanized supply and cast-iron drains that are reaching the end of their service life. Frozen-pipe calls run constant through January and February — multiple sub-zero stretches per winter is normal, and a single polar-vortex week produces years' worth of supply-line burst calls compressed into seven days.
The water table sits high, which is why sump-pump installs and battery-backup upgrades are a recurring revenue line. Most basements south of the river need active dewatering during spring thaw. Minnesota's Master Plumber license is one of the harder credentials to earn in the US trade — every shop below holds the Master license rather than just a journeyman card, and the state's licensing database lets owners verify directly. Cabin-country winterization is also real shoulder-season work for the names below: lake-house second-home owners across central Minnesota lean on metro plumbers for the fall close-up and the spring de-winterization.
People also ask
How much does a plumber cost in Minneapolis, MN?
Twin Cities plumber service calls in 2026 typically run $110-$200 for diagnosis. Most repair jobs fall between $400 and $1,100. Frozen-pipe thaw-and-repair runs $350-$900 per location depending on access. Sewer-line repair below the 42-inch frost line is significantly more expensive than warmer markets — full main-line replacement runs $9,000-$18,000 depending on linear footage. Sump pump install with battery backup sits at $1,400-$2,800. Tankless water heater installs run $4,000-$6,800. The mid-market names (Soderlin, Norblom, Lookout) often bid 15-25% lower than the franchises (Bonfe, Genz-Ryan, Roto-Rooter). Get a written quote before authorizing work over $500.
How do I verify a Minnesota Master Plumber license?
Minnesota's Department of Labor and Industry runs a public license lookup at dli.mn.gov. Search by the business name or the individual Master Plumber's name. Every shop on this list holds an active Master license — that's the credential needed to pull permits for any work that touches the supply line or the sewer lateral. A journeyman or apprentice card alone isn't enough to be the contractor of record on permitted work, so confirm the Master number before signing anything over $2,500.
Why is my plumber not showing up in ChatGPT?
ChatGPT cross-references at least six sources before recommending any local plumber: Google Business Profile, Yelp, BBB, Angi, HomeAdvisor, and recent Reddit threads in the city. If any of these have an inconsistent phone number, missing hours, or no schema markup on the business's website, the AI weights you lower. Run our [free check](/) to see which sources you're missing or mismatched on.
How often is this list updated?
Quarterly. We re-run our 14-audit scoring against every business listed and drop anyone who fell below 70. The page header shows the last-verified date. If a business's data changes between refreshes — phone number, address, ownership — they can email us at hello@localpicks.ai and we'll update within 48 hours.
Is this a paid ranking?
No. We don't accept payment for placement on these lists. Businesses appear only because they earned a high score in our automated audit. Our [methodology page](/methodology) documents exactly how the score is computed and what weights we apply. If a business contacts us asking to be removed, we honor it within 48 hours.
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