87 solar installers filed 19,067 solar permits on homes in New York City from October 2023 to September 2026; 66 filed one in the last 12 months. The middle filed job value was $37,400. The most active in the last 12 months were Sunrun Installation Svc (1,114 permits), Momentum Solar (930) and Nyss LLC (431); busy is not the same as careful. 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 solar 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 87 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: 66 of 87 solar installers filed a permit in the last 12 months and 84% 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 Installation Svc (3,768 permits, 95% finished), Tom Petersen Architect, LLC (1,023 permits, 94% finished) and Sunation Solar Systems (108 permits, 99% finished).
87 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 1,114 solar permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 19 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed, share of permits finished, 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.
87 firms filed at least one solar permit on homes in New York City from October 2023 to September 2026; 66 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
66 of the 87 solar installers on the New York City permit file match an active license, 14 match one that is expired, suspended or inactive, and 7 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 NYC Buildings; statuses show under each firm’s name above. How to check a contractor's license in New York →
Three you can check against this page: “How many solar permits have you filed in New York City?” (the middle firm here filed 19; 66 of 87 filed one in the last 12 months); “What value will you put on the permit?” (the usual filed value here is $37,400); “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (84% of older solar permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 87 firms filed 19,067 solar 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 →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 87 solar installers here is shown with its permit record: 19,067 permits, the share finished, 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 NYC Department of Buildings permits and DOB NOW filings on one- and two-family homes (NYC Open Data): 87 firms filed 19,067 solar permits on homes in New York City from October 2023 to September 2026, and 66 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 19 permits in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
The middle recorded permit value is $37,400. That is a filed estimate, not a quote or final bill. See how we compare records.
Most New York City solar permits are filed in August (116 against an average month of 100); November is the quietest (82). When each trade is busiest in New York City →