Stephen P O'Brien Jr Plumbing & Heating

Stephen P. O'Brien Jr. Plumbing & Heating is a Beverly, Mass. plumber and heating contractor that says its family has served the North Shore for three generations, doing gas and oil heating work, water heater replacement, drain clearing and bathroom remodeling. The one written account in its record — a review on a local business directory — described the company handling emergency heat and hot-water-heater failures without an upsell, at a fair rate. BuildZoom's permit-history profile shows a much larger footprint: 765 catalogued projects and a score BuildZoom ranks in the top 5% of Massachusetts licensed contractors, though its own permit records show project volume dropping off sharply after 2023 (159 permits that year, down to just one in 2025). With only a single detailed third-party account on file, there isn't much of a written track record to lean on — worth asking about recent job references directly.