How much does solar panel installation cost in Cape Coral? The usual solar & battery job filed with Cape Coral is $30,378, from 1,034 priced permits (January 2025 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $23,145 and $37,523. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual solar & battery job filed with Cape Coral is $30,378, from 1,034 priced permits, January 2025 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $23,145 and $37,523. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A solar & battery permit here usually takes 49 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 1,034 priced permits across 88 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cape Coral solar & battery permits were filed between $21,700 and $41,700.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $13,900 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $21,700 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $30,500 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $41,700 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $56,300 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: the Florida Department of Revenue tax roll for Lee County (just value).
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $299,969 | $33,023 | 29 | 431 |
| Middle third | $299,969–$386,639 | $28,700 | 29 | 423 |
| Upper third | $387,133 and up | $35,254 | 30 | 180 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pjwd Energy LLC | 178 | 108 | $33,023 | $26,010–$44,580 | 99.7% |
| Momentum Solar | 107 | 71 | $32,898 | $24,010–$42,631 | 99.5% |
| Freedom Forever Florida LLC | 119 | 36 | $28,700 | $20,010–$38,353 | 94.5% |
| Sunvena Solar LLC | 39 | 36 | $30,701 | $26,588–$36,726 | — |
| American Solar Intallation Company LLC | 42 | 30 | $20,097 | $13,462–$28,895 | 98.8% |
| Spectrum Solar Power LLC | 30 | 30 | $23,145 | $16,807–$29,240 | — |
| Solar Energy Solutions of America Inc | 43 | 23 | $35,000 | $29,574–$51,349 | 99.2% |
| Affordable Solar Roof & Air LLC | 43 | 19 | $31,760 | $25,287–$39,550 | 92.6% |
| Stilwell Solar, LLC | 25 | 19 | $35,500 | $25,155–$50,000 | 7 of 7 |
| Lunex Power Inc | 33 | 16 | $27,878 | $22,464–$34,325 | 99.0% |
Line your quote up against the file. In Cape Coral, 1 in 10 solar & battery filed values sit under $13,900, the middle half between $21,700 and $41,700, and 1 in 10 over $56,300.
Cape Coral files the fewest solar & battery permits in January (57 against an average month of 100) and the most in December (156). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Cape Coral →
Source: City of Cape Coral building permits (the city's open permit table starts January 2025). The window is January 2025 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Cape Coral →
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