How much does solar panel installation cost in Cleveland? The usual solar job filed with Cleveland is $13,578, from 157 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $11,597 and $23,064. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual solar job filed with Cleveland is $13,578, from 157 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $11,597 and $23,064. 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 permit here usually takes 185 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 157 priced permits across 25 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cleveland solar permits were filed between $8,000 and $20,300.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $5,300 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $8,000 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $13,400 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $20,300 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $31,000 | 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: Cuyahoga County parcel values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $129,000 | $21,441 | 8 | 57 |
| Middle third | $129,000–$185,000 | $12,960 | 8 | 33 |
| Upper third | $208,500 and up | $8,885 | 9 | 67 |
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; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellowlite, Inc. | 55 | 32 | $8,885 | $6,694–$12,749 | 81.2% |
| Green Rack Contracting LLC. | 9 | 6 | $14,022 | $13,640–$16,523 | — |
| Sunergy Solar LLC. | 13 | 3 | $21,441 | $17,833–$32,210 | 76.9% |
| Cne Electrical Contractors LLC. | 4 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Kin Home LLC | 3 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Complete Solar, Inc. | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Power Up Renewable Energy | 18 | 1 | $23,064 | $17,095–$36,653 | 61.5% |
| Arizona Solar Solutions, Inc | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Empwr Solar, LLC | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Judd Solar, LLC | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In Cleveland, 1 in 10 solar filed values sit under $5,300, the middle half between $8,000 and $20,300, and 1 in 10 over $31,000.
Cleveland files the fewest solar permits in April (23 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (222). 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 Cleveland →
Source: City of Cleveland building permits. The window is October 2023 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.
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