PermitsByBadaProducts / Chicago, IL solar permits
Who pulled solar permits in Chicago in the last 90 days
667 solar permits in the last 90 days, pulled by 32 named contractors. Here are the 10 biggest, with their last 30 days against the 30 days before. Public records, published by the City of Chicago. Updated 22 Oct 2026.
Chicago, IL, Solar
- Permits, last 90 days
- 667
- Contractors named, last 90 days
- 32
- New contractors, last 30 days
- 3
The top 10
| # | Contractor | Last 90 days | Last 30 days | 30 days before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUNRUN INSTALLATION SERVICES | 462 | 124 | 156 | −32 on the 30 days before |
| 2 | CERTIFIED ELECTRIC LLC | 64 | 22 | 25 | −3 on the 30 days before |
| 3 | SUNRISE SOLAR LLC | 40 | 8 | 11 | −3 on the 30 days before |
| 4 | ION DEVELOPER LLC | 19 | 6 | 7 | −1 on the 30 days before |
| 5 | WINDFREE WIND + SOLAR ENERGY DESIGN COMPANY | 11 | 3 | 4 | −1 on the 30 days before |
| 6 | CERTASUN LLC | 7 | 5 | 1 | +4 on the 30 days before |
| 7 | FUTURE RENEWABLES LLC | 6 | 6 | 0 | +6 on the 30 days before |
| 8 | SESENERGI ECO SOLUTIONS ENTERPRISE LLC | 5 | 0 | 1 | −1 on the 30 days before |
| 9 | TESLA, INC. | 4 | 4 | 0 | +4 on the 30 days before |
| 10 | ECO SPARK ENERGY LLC | 4 | 3 | 1 | +2 on the 30 days before |
Contractor names as the City of Chicago publishes them. Counts are permits issued in the window, by issue date. The arrows compare the last 30 days with the 30 days before.
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3 contractors pulled their first solar permit in our data in the last 30 days. The full report names them, with the date of the first permit and the ZIPs they work in. Names that read like a person's name are left out of this list.
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We email you the full report as a CSV. Public records, published by the City of Chicago, built on 22 Oct 2026.
- the top 32 contractors by permits in the last 90 days, with their last 30 days, the 30 days before, their share of all solar permits, the median declared value where the city publishes one, and their top 3 ZIPs
- the 6 biggest movers up and down over the last 30 days
- the 3 new contractors
- permits per ZIP in the last 30 days
- business contact columns where we could match the name: website, a general email from the company's own site, business phone and city. 30 of the top 32 have at least one.
Contact details are business details the company publishes itself. We never add homeowner names or contact details.
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How we count
- We read the last 12 months of permits the City of Chicago publishes and keep the solar permits, sorted by our keyword rules.
- A contractor's spellings are grouped by name, ignoring legal endings such as LLC or Inc and punctuation.
- Permits with no contractor named, and owner-pulled permits, are not credited to anyone.
- The report is rebuilt every morning after the daily collection.
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