About Focus HVAC
At Focus HVAC, we're more than just heating and air conditioning - we're committed to people. We value the relationships we build with our customers and our team. Our foundation is built on doing the right thing and a dedication to making every experience a positive one.
Our History
Two Brothers. One Vision.
Focus HVAC was founded in 2010 by brothers Chris and John with a simple belief: we could provide a better HVAC experience for customers in South Jersey.
Before starting Focus HVAC, John had spent approximately 11 years working in the HVAC industry, gaining extensive hands-on experience and developing a deep understanding of heating and cooling systems. Chris brought a different but complementary background to the business. After serving in the United States Air Force, where he managed a shop of aircraft technicians, he went on to work in the fire sprinkler industry as a service manager and later in sales and estimating. The timing seemed right and the opportunity to start a company of their own began to make sense.
We believed we could do things differently—with quality craftsmanship, reasonable pricing, faster service, and better customer service. We wanted to build a company where customers felt they were being treated fairly and where doing the job right mattered.
Starting From Scratch
When Focus HVAC opened its doors, it was just the two brothers.
John was in the field, handling service calls and installing heating and air conditioning systems. Chris was behind the scenes, answering the phones and building the foundation of the business—from marketing and the website to everything else required to get a new company off the ground.
Our operation was pretty simple: one used van, a spare room office, and a garage packed with HVAC materials. It wasn't much, but it was ours.
We initially served customers throughout South Jersey and Philadelphia, working to establish our reputation one customer at a time.
The Turning Point
For the first few years, Focus HVAC was a small operation. Then, in 2013, things began to change.
One of the clearest signs that the company was taking off happened while Chris was away on his honeymoon. John suddenly found himself overwhelmed with calls. Around the same time, we began establishing relationships with several important commercial customers.These new relationships brought opportunities that helped move Focus HVAC into a new stage of growth.
By then, we had also hired our first full-time technician employee and more would soon follow. What had started with two brothers, one used van, a spare room, and a garage full of material was quickly becoming a real company.
Building a Company
As the business grew, so did the team behind it. In 2015, we hired our first office administrative assistant, giving us the support we needed to keep up with a growing customer base and an expanding operation.
The following year brought another major milestone. In 2016, we purchased our own building—an old VFW—and began turning it into the home of Focus HVAC. We converted the former hall into our shop and warehouse, while the rest of the building became our offices. We're still in that building today. In fact, we've grown enough that we're starting to outgrow it.
We also introduced the Focus Group Maintenance Plan around 2016, giving customers an ongoing way to take care of their heating and cooling systems.
In 2017, we hired our first full-time estimator, continuing to build the infrastructure and team necessary to support the company's growth.
Then, in 2018, we made an important decision about the work we performed: we stopped servicing oil heating systems. It allowed us to focus our expertise and resources on the systems and services where we could provide the most value to our customers.
Growing From Within
As Focus HVAC continued to grow, we remained committed to developing our own people. In 2024, we promoted from within to select our first Administrative Operations Manager. It was an important milestone because it represented something we've always believed in: the people who help build the company should have opportunities to grow with it.
That same year, we also transitioned from Coleman products to Amana, another step in the continued evolution of our company and the products we offer our customers. We pride ourselves on quality work and we expect the products we offer to uphold the same standard.
In 2025, we introduced a new Focus HVAC branding, including a new logo and our mascot, Breezy. The new look represented where we were headed while still honoring the company we had spent 15 years building.
More Than a Business
As Focus HVAC has grown, one of the things we're most proud of isn't a number, a building, or a piece of equipment. It's the culture we've built. We want people to enjoy working with us—and that includes both our employees and our customers.
We've been through busy seasons, challenging times, and everything in between. Through it all, we've tried to remember that there are real people on the other side of every service call, every conversation, and every job. Our customers trust us with their homes and businesses, and our employees trust us with their careers. We don't take either responsibility lightly. We believe that caring about people is a big part of why Focus HVAC is still here today.
Our core values—Integrity, Quality, and Commitment—aren't words we came up with because they sounded good on a website. They're the standards we expect from ourselves and the way we try to operate every day. We don't always get everything perfect. No company does. But when things get difficult, our values matter even more. We believe in doing the right thing, taking care of our customers and our people, and standing behind the work we do. After all these years, that's what we're most proud of: building a company where people know they matter.
Giving Back to Our Community
Taking care of people extends beyond our customers and employees. Chris and John faced many challenges growing up, and there were times when getting food on the table wasn't easy. That experience has stayed with us.
Today, Focus HVAC continually supports the Food Bank of South Jersey, and we've also organized food drives of our own to help families in our local community. We believe that a business is part of the community it serves. We're fortunate to have grown a company that allows us to give back, and we believe it's important to do what we can to help people who may be going through some of the same struggles we experienced growing up.
Still Family-Owned. Still Focused.
More than 16 years after opening our doors, Chris and John are still at the helm of Focus HVAC. We've grown from two brothers with one used van into a team serving homeowners and businesses throughout South Jersey. We've changed our systems, expanded our team, moved into our own building, modernized our technology, evolved our brand, and continued to adapt to an ever-changing industry.
But the reason we started hasn't changed.
We still believe in quality work. We still believe customers deserve to be treated fairly. We still believe employees should be valued. And we still believe that doing the right thing matters—especially when things get difficult.
Integrity. Quality. Commitment.
They're not just words on our website.
They're how we built Focus HVAC, and they're how we intend to keep building it.