33 solar installers filed 1,076 solar permits on homes in the City of Bend from October 2023 to September 2026; 21 filed one in the last 12 months. The most active in the last 12 months were National Solar Inc (73 permits), Sunlight Solar Energy Inc (63) and E2 Solar Limited Liability Company (48); busy is not the same as careful. Bend solar permits carry no filed job value, so this list compares firms on permits filed, finishing, license and recent activity only. Side by side: permits filed, share finished, license status and permits in the last 12 months for each firm. Pick what you value and the list re-orders.
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Top 5 by solar permits filed in the last 12 months. This is volume, not quality: a busy firm is not necessarily a careful one.
The 3 ZIP codes with the most solar permits on homes from October 2023 to September 2026. Each opens permits by trade and the most active firms there.
Before you move a slider, the list is in a default order built only from the permit record: how much of each firm’s record is this kind of job (weight 30), how often its permits reached completion (25), how many permits it filed in the last 12 months (15) and how quickly its permits closed (10). Each measure is ranked against the other 33 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short; a firm with a matched license problem is listed last.
The order comes from the Bend permit file, not from reviews: 21 of 33 solar installers filed a permit in the last 12 months and 98% of their permits a year or more old were finished. Nobody pays to be listed or to move up, and there are no star ratings or reviews. The sliders and presets change the weights, and the order changes with them. How the records work in Bend.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are National Solar Inc (248 permits, 100% finished), E2 Solar Limited Liability Company (171 permits, 100% finished) and Sunlight Solar Energy Inc (236 permits, 100% finished).
33 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 73 solar permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 4 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed, share of permits finished and license status. Pick what matters to you and the list re-orders, for example recent activity if you need someone soon. The order comes from the permit record only, and nobody pays to be listed or to move up.
33 firms filed at least one solar permit on homes in the City of Bend from October 2023 to September 2026; 21 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
24 of the 33 solar installers on the Bend permit file match an active license, and 9 we could not match. A firm we could not match is not proven unlicensed: the match is by company name. Look any firm up by name or license number with Oregon CCB license search; statuses show under each firm’s name above. How to check a contractor's license in Oregon →
Three you can check against this page: “How many solar permits have you filed in Bend?” (the middle firm here filed 4; 21 of 33 filed one in the last 12 months); “What does your quote include: the permit fee and the city inspection?”; “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (98% of older solar permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 33 firms filed 1,076 solar permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from City of Bend building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits on homes. To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Bend permit office. How the records work in Bend →
Bend solar permits carry no filed job value, so we can’t rank solar installers by price. Get two or three written quotes; ask whether the permit fee and the city inspection are included; shortlist from the 21 firms that filed in the last 12 months. What solar jobs cost in Medford →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 33 solar installers here is shown with its permit record: 1,076 permits, the share finished and license status. Read reviews on other sites and use this page to check them against the record. Reviews vs permit records →
Every number on this page comes from City of Bend building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits on homes: 33 firms filed 1,076 solar permits on homes in the City of Bend from October 2023 to September 2026, and 21 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 4 permits in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
No usable job value is recorded for this permit type, so no typical cost is shown. See how we compare records.
Most Bend solar permits are filed in September (122 against an average month of 100); February is the quietest (59). When each trade is busiest in Bend →