The 20 most active Solar contractors in San Jose, CA

Ranked by the number of solar permits each contractor pulled in San Jose, CA since February 2026. This is the raw public record — no editorial fluff, no pay-to-play rankings.

Rank	Contractor	Permits Filed	Status
#1	SUNRUN INC samantha Aguilar	251 permits	✓ Active
#2	TESLA ENERGY OPERATIONS Nina Tarplin	129 permits	✓ Active
#3	Logan Weinberg	46 permits	✓ Active
#4	RICHARD HEATH & ASSOCIATES, INC. Richard Heath	45 permits	✓ Active
#5	CINNAMON SOLAR TECHNOLOGY, INC TUYET CINNAMON	30 permits	✓ Active
#6	INFINIUM SOLAR, INC Dai Danh	23 permits	✓ Active
#7	ALMOND,JOHN III Semper Solaris	23 permits	✓ Active
#8	REGAL SOLAR ELECTRIC INC. Xavier McKee	22 permits	✓ Active
#9	CITADEL ROOFING & SOLAR Citadel Permits	19 permits	✓ Active
#10	NABU ENERGY LLC Nabu Energy	16 permits	✓ Active
#11	SUNRUN INSTALLATION SERVICES INC James Shields	14 permits	✓ Active
#12	NRG CLEAN POWER OREN TAMIR	14 permits	✓ Active
#13	ZECHMAN, RANDY Tiffany Simao	13 permits	✓ Active
#14	SOLARSESAME INC Kristin Zuppan	11 permits	✓ Active
#15	Peak Energy Group Matthew Bauer	10 permits	✓ Active
#16	LGCY INSTALLATION SERVICES LLC DBA LGCY Matthew Morales	10 permits	✓ Active
#17	Nexus Energy Systems Jesse Garay	9 permits	✓ Active
#18	SOLAR OPTIMUM Nataly Noriega	8 permits	✓ Active
#19	SIMPLY SOLAR JOSEPH ELDRIDGE	8 permits	✓ Active
#20	Home Front Contractors Niko Sotiriadis	8 permits	✓ Active

See every solar permit pulled this week

PermitGrab indexes every solar permit in San Jose, CA the day it's issued — homeowner names, addresses, and contractor info. Used by competing contractors, suppliers, and property owners researching who's reputable.

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Why this list matters more than Angi's "Top Pros"

If you're a San Jose, CA homeowner researching a solar contractor, the question is which one will actually do the work — not who paid the most for ad placement. Building permits are the most honest signal you can get:

Every entry pulled a real permit. No self-reporting. No "premium membership" rankings. The city issued these.
Permit count is a proxy for trust. Inspectors don't keep approving a contractor's work if the work is bad — they fail it. Repeat permit-pullers have repeatedly passed inspection.
Building-permit data is public record. It can't be gamed by review-buying or pay-to-rank algorithms.

Above is the raw ranking. If you want to see what each contractor is actually working on right now — addresses, permit types, when they pulled the permit — every solar permit is on the San Jose, CA permit feed.

For solar contractors: how to land on this list

If you run a solar business in San Jose, CA and don't see your company name here, it usually means one of two things:

You haven't pulled a permit in the last 180 days under your registered business name.
Your permits are filed under a homeowner's or licensee-individual's name rather than your business — which happens a lot in jurisdictions like San Jose, CA where the city permit system captures the licensee, not the firm.

Both are fixable. PermitGrab is built for the contractors on this list — daily permit alerts in your zip codes, owner phones where available, and a flat $149/mo with no annual contract. See how PermitGrab works for solar contractors in San Jose, CA →

Frequently asked

How is this ranking calculated?

We count every solar building permit filed in San Jose, CA over the last 180 days, group by contractor business name, and sort descending. No editorial weighting, no paid placements. The raw count is the rank.

Where does the permit data come from?

San Jose, CA's official permit portal. PermitGrab pulls daily — most permits show up within 24-48 hours of issuance. The full underlying records are visible on the San Jose, CA permit feed.

Is this better than Yelp or Angi reviews?

For one question — "is this contractor real and currently doing work?" — yes, by a wide margin. Reviews are great for catching catastrophic bad actors but can be gamed; permits are official-record proof of activity. Use both.

Why is contractor X not on this list?

Either they haven't pulled a permit in the last 180 days under their business name, or their permits filed under a licensee-individual's name instead. Both are common. The full search interface is on the San Jose, CA permit page.

I'm a solar contractor — how do I use this?

See who's pulling the most permits in your service area, watch what work they're doing, and use the daily permit feed to spot new jobs in your zip codes the day they're filed. PermitGrab is $149/month for the full San Jose, CA permit feed plus 770+ other US cities.