Queen City Appliance Repair
7 yrs in businessCharlotte, NC
Refrigerator Repair · Washer Repair · Dryer Repair +2 more
Amana · North Carolina · Budgettier · 20th of 41 states
3 of the 25 businesses listed in North Carolina — 12% — name Amana among the brands serviced, across 3 cities with an index page. That is 20th of the 41 states with any, out of 117 nationwide. Ranked by rating, then review count.
Amana sits in the budget tier, so any qualified North Carolina technician can take the job. Have the model and serial number from the data plate ready — it is what decides whether the part is already on the van.
Sorted by rating, then review count. Call the number on the listing — no forms, no lead fees.
Charlotte, NC
Refrigerator Repair · Washer Repair · Dryer Repair +2 more
Durham, NC
Refrigerator Repair · Washer Repair · Dryer Repair +3 more
Raleigh, NC
Refrigerator Repair · Washer Repair · Dryer Repair +3 more
North Carolina ranks 20th of the 41 states carrying Amana, against 7 in Florida. Thin coverage here is a limit of this directory rather than a statement about the market: 22 other businesses are listed in North Carolina, and at this tier most of them can take a Amana job — ask when you call.
Counted from the 3 profiles above, not from a survey. Everything a business states about itself is reported as a claim.
North Carolina holds 3 listed Amana businesses, out of 117 nationwide. That ranks 20th of the 41 states with any, level with Montana and behind Florida on 7. They are 3 of the 25 businesses listed in North Carolina — 12% of the state directory.
Their ratings average 4.5, against 4.6 across all 117 listed nationwide, and 2 of the 3 sit at 4.5 or better. None holds a straight 5.0, and none sits below 4.0. Between them they carry 421 reviews, the largest single tally being 185 on Triangle Appliance Service in Raleigh. Rating and review volume are what the businesses' own public profiles report — treat a high average on six reviews differently from the same average on six hundred.
By review volume the group is led by Triangle Appliance Service in Raleigh (185 reviews, 4.4), Queen City Appliance Repair in Charlotte (124 reviews, 4.7) and Durham Appliance Repair in Durham (112 reviews, 4.5). By rating it is Queen City Appliance Repair at 4.7 on 124 reviews, Durham Appliance Repair at 4.5 on 112 reviews and Triangle Appliance Service at 4.4 on 185 reviews. Those are two different questions and they rarely give the same answer — volume tells you a company has been doing this at scale, a high average on a handful of reviews tells you much less.
All 3 state that they are licensed, and all state that they carry insurance. On top of that, 1 states a factory-authorised or factory-trained credential and 1 publishes a parts-and-labor warranty term in the profiles. None advertises round-the-clock emergency cover, but 2 advertise same-day service. All of that is self-stated in the listing, not verified here: ask for the license number and a current certificate of insurance, and for anything that opens a sealed refrigerant system ask to see federal EPA Section 608 certification, which is required in all fifty states.
3 of them publish a founding year: the longest-established has been trading since 1998, and the median across those that say is 11 years. Charlotte holds the most at 1 — 33% of the group — level with Durham, across 3 North Carolina cities with an index page. Between them they name 12 distinct towns, suburbs and neighborhoods in their stated service areas, so coverage reaches well past the cities listed here — give your address when you call rather than assuming.
| Measure | North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Listed prosof 117 nationwide for Amana | 3 |
| Rank among statesFlorida leads on 7 | 20th of 41 |
| Share of the North Carolina directory3 of 25 listed businesses | 12% |
| Average rating4.6 nationwide · 2 rated 4.5+ | 4.5 |
| Reviews on filemost on one profile: 185 | 421 |
| State licensing claimed3 also state insurance | 3 of 3 |
| Accreditation statedself-stated in the listing, verify before booking | 1 factory |
| 24/7 emergency2 advertise same-day | 0 of 3 |
| Longest trading sincemedian 11 years across 3 that publish one | 1998 |
| Cities with an index pageCharlotte leads on 1 | 3 |
| Towns named in service areasclaimed coverage, not a guarantee — confirm your address | 12 |
The brand decides the parts route and the labour skill; the state decides the labour rate and the drive time. Both matter, and only one of them is on the quote.
Amana is a mainstream American nameplate with mainstream American parts support, and the honest summary is that there is nothing unusual about servicing one. Components are catalogued, widely stocked and priced for the tier. Any licensed appliance technician can take the job, and nothing about the machine restricts who is allowed to buy the part. What decides the outcome is arithmetic rather than access. A drain pump or a door switch is a cheap component with an hour of labour behind it, and that repair is worth doing at almost any age. A control board or a sealed-system fault is a different conversation on a machine bought at this price, and it is one worth having before the technician starts rather than after.
Components are inexpensive and stocked by every general parts retailer, so a pump, a lid switch or a thermal fuse is a same-week fix. The trap is labour: a $250 repair bill against a $450 machine is rarely worth authorising, so ask for the parts figure and the labour figure separately. Compare parts suppliers before you agree to an OEM-only quote.
Category prices lifted to the budget tier at 0.7×, the same multiplier the value estimator uses. The line is half the replacement price: above it, on a machine past two-thirds of its life, replacing usually wins. National figures, not North Carolina quotes.
| Category | Pros here | New at this tier | Repair-or-replace line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refrigeratortypical repair $200–$400 · lasts 14 yrs | 3 | $840 | $420 |
| Washertypical repair $150–$350 · lasts 11 yrs | 3 | $560 | $280 |
| Dryertypical repair $100–$350 · lasts 12 yrs | 3 | $525 | $263 |
| Dishwashertypical repair $150–$300 · lasts 10 yrs | 3 | $490 | $245 |
| Oven & Rangetypical repair $100–$500 · lasts 14 yrs | 3 | $700 | $350 |
| Microwavetypical repair $50–$200 · lasts 9 yrs | 1 | $175 | $88 |
The same 3 businesses also cover garbage disposal (1), which Amana does not build. That is useful rather than irrelevant: one visit can cover two machines, and a second job on the same call-out costs far less than a second call-out.
Price my Amana applianceCounts are listed businesses servicing Amana in that city. Charlotte holds 33% of the state's total.
Every place the 3 listed businesses name in their own service areas. Claimed coverage, not a guarantee — confirm your address on the call.
Chapel Hill · Durham · Cary · Charlotte · Concord · Hillsborough · Mebane · Morrisville · NoDa · Plaza Midwood · Raleigh · University City
6 of the 77 guides covering categories Amana builds. Faults that often resolve without a call-out — and a call-out to a budget-tier machine is the expensive kind.
Counts are North Carolina businesses naming that brand, out of the 25 listed statewide. Brands the corpus spells differently from ours appear without a link.
Every state with a listed Amana pro, most first. North Carolina sits 20th of 41 on 3.
Compare 3 listed businesses on rating, licensing and years in business — 3 state a license and 2 sit at 4.5 or better — then call directly.