116 solar installers filed 441 solar permits on homes in the City and County of San Francisco from October 2023 to September 2026; 95 filed one in the last 12 months. The middle filed job value was $25,900. The most active in the last 12 months were Luminalt Energy Corporation (64 permits), Bright Planet Solar Inc (37) and Oxypower Inc dba Occidental Power (36); 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.
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.
94131 (48) 94121 (46) 94110 (43) 94114 (41) 94122 (38) 94112 (33) 94127 (33) 94116 (29)
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 116 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 Francisco permit file, not from reviews: 95 of 116 solar installers filed a permit in the last 12 months and 80% 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 Francisco.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are Bright Planet Solar Inc (37 permits), Tesla Energy Operations (31 permits) and Sutro Power (14 permits). By permits filed alone, the most active is Luminalt Energy Corporation with 75.
116 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 64 solar permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 1 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.
116 firms filed at least one solar permit on homes in the City and County of San Francisco from October 2023 to September 2026; 95 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
111 of the 116 solar installers on the San Francisco permit file match an active license, 2 match one that is expired, suspended or inactive, and 3 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 Francisco?” (the middle firm here filed 1; 95 of 116 filed one in the last 12 months); “What value will you put on the permit?” (the usual filed value here is $25,900); “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (80% of older solar permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 116 firms filed 441 solar permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from San Francisco DBI building permits on one- and two-family homes, with the contractor from the city's permit contacts file. To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the San Francisco permit office. How the records work in San Francisco →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 116 solar installers here is shown with its permit record: 441 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 San Francisco DBI building permits on one- and two-family homes, with the contractor from the city's permit contacts file: 116 firms filed 441 solar permits on homes in the City and County of San Francisco from October 2023 to September 2026, and 95 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 1 permit in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
The middle recorded permit value is $25,900. That is a filed estimate, not a quote or final bill. See how we compare records.
Most San Francisco solar permits are filed in April (136 against an average month of 100); October is the quietest (52). When each trade is busiest in San Francisco →