How many quotes should I get for a solar job in Greensboro?

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Greensboro solar firms usually file between $18,822 and $33,940 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.8 times apart and both be normal for Greensboro. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.

What range is normal for solar jobs in Greensboro?

Half of permits were filed between $17,300 and $36,600; 8 in 10 between $11,800 and $49,100. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do solar installers charge in Greensboro?

The usual solar job is filed at $26,241; the middle half of firms usually file between $18,822 and $33,940. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $31,933, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job

Why is this different from the per-watt prices I see online?

Online prices are quoted per watt. A filed value is one number for the whole job on one permit, often many watts plus the work around them, and the Greensboro file does not record how many each job covered, so we can't turn $26,241 into a price per watt.

Do bigger houses get bigger bills?

In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $31,933, the lower third $26,702. That is firms, not single jobs.

Where does this data come from?

City of Greensboro building and trade permits, read October 2026. How the records work in Greensboro

Solar Panel Installation Cost in Greensboro, NC (2026)

How much does solar panel installation cost in Greensboro?

The usual solar job filed with Greensboro is $26,241, from 395 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $18,822 and $33,940. 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 103 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 395 priced permits across 33 firms, pooled into one. Half of Greensboro solar permits were filed between $17,300 and $36,600.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$11,800	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$17,300	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$26,100	the middle permit
75th	$36,600	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$49,100	1 in 10 filed above

By home value

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: Guilford County parcel values (matched by address).

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $175,100	$26,702	11	115
Middle third	$175,100–$258,600	$18,822	11	182
Upper third	$259,000 and up	$31,933	11	100

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

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
Luminasun Smart Home, LLC	93	29	$18,822	$15,772–$22,113	86.4%
NC Solar Now, Inc	27	13	$31,933	$27,903–$43,186	92.4%
8M Solar, LLC	27	12	$32,500	$26,850–$35,400	91.7%
Renu Energy Solutions, LLC	40	7	$38,622	$31,131–$48,205	83.7%
Palmetto Solar, LLC	15	5	$13,770	$11,700–$16,970	28.9%
Top Tier Solar Solutions, LLC	52	4	$33,940	$26,456–$47,160	73.1%
Complete Solar Inc	7	3	$5,340	$4,255–$6,900	—
Sun Service Specialists LLC	5	2	$18,488	$5,240–$25,000	—
Emerald Energy, LLC	4	2	—	—	—
Lgcy Installation Services LLC	4	2	—	—	—

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $31,933; the 23 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $24,200.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $259,000 and up) usually file $31,933, against $26,702 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 solar permits is filed under $11,800 and 1 in 10 over $49,100, 4 times as much.
99.5% of the 397 permits carry a value; the 2 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 395 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Greensboro, 1 in 10 solar filed values sit under $11,800, the middle half between $17,300 and $36,600, and 1 in 10 over $49,100.

$63,800Above $49,100: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Greensboro.
$26,241Right at the usual $26,241: in the middle of the file.
$8,300Below $11,800: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule solar installation in Greensboro

Greensboro files the fewest solar permits in December (42 against an average month of 100) and the most in September (166). 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 Greensboro →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Greensboro building and trade 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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Common questions

How many quotes should I get for a solar job in Greensboro?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Greensboro solar firms usually file between $18,822 and $33,940 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.8 times apart and both be normal for Greensboro. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
What range is normal for solar jobs in Greensboro?Half of permits were filed between $17,300 and $36,600; 8 in 10 between $11,800 and $49,100. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do solar installers charge in Greensboro?The usual solar job is filed at $26,241; the middle half of firms usually file between $18,822 and $33,940. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $31,933, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Why is this different from the per-watt prices I see online?Online prices are quoted per watt. A filed value is one number for the whole job on one permit, often many watts plus the work around them, and the Greensboro file does not record how many each job covered, so we can't turn $26,241 into a price per watt.
Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $31,933, the lower third $26,702. That is firms, not single jobs.
Where does this data come from?City of Greensboro building and trade permits, read October 2026. How the records work in Greensboro →

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