1,252 electricians filed 50,479 electrical permits on homes in New York City from October 2023 to September 2026; 957 filed one in the last 12 months. The most active in the last 12 months were Island Electric Corp (1,155 permits), Sunrun Solar Electl Corp (1,094) and Berger Quality Elec'l Con (640); busy is not the same as careful. New York City electrical 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 electrical permits filed in the last 12 months. This is volume, not quality: a busy firm is not necessarily a careful one.
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 1,252 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 New York City permit file, not from reviews: 957 of 1,252 electricians filed a permit in the last 12 months and 75% 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 New York City.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are Sunrun Solar Electl Corp (4,122 permits, 92% finished), Brookyln Solarworks, LLC (1,025 permits, 97% finished) and I.P. Electric Inc (357 permits, 96% finished). By permits filed alone, the most active is Berger Quality Elec'l Con with 5,619.
1,252 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 1,155 electrical permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 6 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.
1,252 firms filed at least one electrical permit on homes in New York City from October 2023 to September 2026; 957 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
The license file we match against for New York City rarely covers electrical firms (0 of 1,252 matched), so a missing status here says nothing about a firm. Ask for the license or registration number and check it with NYC Buildings. How to check a contractor's license in New York →
Three you can check against this page: “How many electrical permits have you filed in New York City?” (the middle firm here filed 6; 957 of 1,252 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?” (75% of older electrical permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 1,252 firms filed 50,479 electrical permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from NYC Department of Buildings permits and DOB NOW filings on one- and two-family homes (NYC Open Data). To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the New York City permit office. How the records work in New York City →
New York City electrical permits carry no filed job value, so we can’t rank electricians by price. Get two or three written quotes; ask whether the permit fee and the city inspection are included; shortlist from the 957 firms that filed in the last 12 months. What electrical jobs cost in Cambridge →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 1,252 electricians here is shown with its permit record: 50,479 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 NYC Department of Buildings permits and DOB NOW filings on one- and two-family homes (NYC Open Data): 1,252 firms filed 50,479 electrical permits on homes in New York City from October 2023 to September 2026, and 957 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 6 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 New York City electrical permits are filed in October (122 against an average month of 100); February is the quietest (80). When each trade is busiest in New York City →