423 solar installers filed 10,027 solar permits on homes in the City of San Diego from October 2023 to September 2026; 231 filed one in the last 12 months. The most active in the last 12 months were Sunrun (946 permits), Baker Electric Home Energy (294) and Stellar Solar (186); busy is not the same as careful. San Diego solar 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 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.
92114 (1,004) 92154 (742) 92117 (538) 92126 (508) 92129 (443) 92128 (422) 92139 (389) 92130 (383)
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 423 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 San Diego permit file, not from reviews: 231 of 423 solar installers filed a permit in the last 12 months and 74% 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 San Diego.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are GC Electric Solar (136 permits, 90% finished), Unique Solar (65 permits, 90% finished) and Baker Electric Home Energy (1,288 permits, 84% finished). By permits filed alone, the most active is Sunrun with 3,583.
423 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 946 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, 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.
423 firms filed at least one solar permit on homes in the City of San Diego from October 2023 to September 2026; 231 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
271 of the 423 solar installers on the San Diego permit file match an active license, 11 match one that is expired, suspended or inactive, and 141 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 San Diego?” (the middle firm here filed 2; 231 of 423 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?” (74% of older solar permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 423 firms filed 10,027 solar permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from City of San Diego Development Services approvals. To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the San Diego permit office. How the records work in San Diego →
San Diego solar permits carry no filed job value, so we can’t rank solar installers by price. Get two or three written quotes; ask whether the permit fee and the city inspection are included; shortlist from the 231 firms that filed in the last 12 months. What solar jobs cost in Anaheim →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 423 solar installers here is shown with its permit record: 10,027 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 City of San Diego Development Services approvals: 423 firms filed 10,027 solar permits on homes in the City of San Diego from October 2023 to September 2026, and 231 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.
No usable job value is recorded for this permit type, so no typical cost is shown. See how we compare records.
Most San Diego solar permits are filed in October (143 against an average month of 100); January is the quietest (87). When each trade is busiest in San Diego →