199 solar installers filed 1,339 solar permits on homes in unincorporated Marin County from October 2023 to September 2026; 70 filed one in the last 12 months. The middle filed job value was $29,222. The most active in the last 12 months were Sunrun Installation Services Inc (21 permits), Tesla Energy (21) and Bright Planet Solar Inc (19); busy is not the same as careful. The finished share isn't shown for solar permits here, so this list compares firms on permits filed, license and recent activity only. Side by side: permits filed, 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 8 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.
94903 (249) 94941 (224) 94904 (211) 94960 (97) 94949 (69) 94965 (58) 94945 (56) 94947 (46)
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) and how many permits it filed in the last 12 months (15). Each measure is ranked against the other 199 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 Marin County permit file, not from reviews: 70 of 199 solar installers filed a permit in the last 12 months. 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 Marin County.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are Tesla Energy (110 permits), Bright Planet Solar Inc (71 permits) and Earthwise Energy Solutions LLC (49 permits). By permits filed alone, the most active is Sunrun Installation Services Inc with 160.
199 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 21 solar permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 2 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed, usual filed job value 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.
199 firms filed at least one solar permit on homes in unincorporated Marin County from October 2023 to September 2026; 70 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
168 of the 199 solar installers on the Marin County permit file match an active license, 4 match one that is expired, suspended or inactive, and 27 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 CSLB license check; statuses show under each firm’s name above. How to check a contractor's license in California →
Three you can check against this page: “How many solar permits have you filed in Marin County?” (the middle firm here filed 2; 70 of 199 filed one in the last 12 months); “What value will you put on the permit?” (the usual filed value here is $29,222); “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?”. All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 199 firms filed 1,339 solar permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from Marin County Community Development Agency building permits on homes in unincorporated Marin (the County's open-data permit and inspection files). To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Marin County permit office. How the records work in Marin County →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 199 solar installers here is shown with its permit record: 1,339 permits, usual filed value 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 Marin County Community Development Agency building permits on homes in unincorporated Marin (the County's open-data permit and inspection files): 199 firms filed 1,339 solar permits on homes in unincorporated Marin County from October 2023 to September 2026, and 70 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 2 permits in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
The middle recorded permit value is $29,222. That is a filed estimate, not a quote or final bill. See how we compare records.
Most Marin County solar permits are filed in October (182 against an average month of 100); June is the quietest (69). When each trade is busiest in Marin County →