Los Gatos Solar Permits
Fast answer: Los Gatos recorded 11 solar permits in October 2026 and 21 in this snapshot (August 3, 2026 to October 30, 2026). That is 8.0% of all Los Gatos permits in the snapshot.
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What this page is
This page counts Los Gatos permits whose work description matches PermitBriefly's solar filter. It is a market-activity page for Solar contractors and suppliers. It is not a list of available jobs, and it publishes no addresses or individual permit rows.
Permits by month
Records in this snapshot begin June 3, 2026, so June is a partial month, not a full month.
| Month | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 7 | 33.3% |
| September 2026 | 3 | 14.3% |
| October 2026 | 11 | 52.4% |
What the work descriptions show
The patterns below were built on San Jose's coded work descriptions and are applied to Los Gatos' descriptions unchanged; one record can match several patterns. A pattern with no row here matched no Los Gatos description, which can mean the same work is described in different words.
| Pattern in the city description | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ESS code: battery storage included | 6 | 28.6% |
| SUBPNL code: subpanel work included | 1 | 4.8% |
| PV code: photovoltaic array | 16 | 76.2% |
Reported project value
Los Gatos reports a valuation above $0 on only 12 of these 21 permits, which is too few to print a median that means anything. No typical-value figure is published for this trade; the dashboard shows reported values record by record where they exist.
Most active companies
Companies with the most Los Gatos Solar permits in this snapshot, after the cleaning pass described in Methodology.
| Company | Permits |
|---|---|
| Tesla Energy Operations | 4 |
What the numbers say
October 2026 recorded 11 solar permits against 3 in September 2026, up by 8 on the months this snapshot covers for Los Gatos. Treat the comparison as directional: each city publishes on its own timetable, and this snapshot's Los Gatos records run through 2026-10-30. The page updates with each Monday snapshot so the series can speak for itself over time.
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Methodology
- Source. Public building-permit records published by each city, collected by PermitBriefly in its Monday refresh. This page is built from the snapshot collected November 9, 2026. Los Gatos' own window in this snapshot is June 3, 2026 to October 30, 2026; the city publishes monthly reports, so its records lag the rolling-pull cities by one cycle.
- Counting. Every figure counts unique permits: records are deduplicated on city and permit number before any total, share, or valuation is computed, so a record a city lists twice is counted once.
- Trade categories. Assigned by PermitBriefly's automated filter over each record's work description. They are not classifications supplied by the city, and roughly half of all records land in "Other / unclassified" because their descriptions do not name a tracked trade.
- Valuations. The value the applicant reported to the city, printed only where at least 30 records in the group report a value above $0. A reported valuation is not a quote, a contract price, or a guarantee of project size.
- Company counts. Records are grouped with the same name normalization PermitBriefly uses in its own tooling, then matched against a hand-verified list of company names. Recorded names that are individuals, or that could not be verified as a company, are never printed.
- What is never published. Street addresses, property owner names, APNs, and individual permit rows stay off these public pages. They are the working data behind the subscriber dashboard.
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The same free worked sample offered at the top of this page: the five most recent Los Gatos solar permits from the current snapshot, emailed once.
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Questions
How many solar permits were filed in Los Gatos in October 2026?
11. The full snapshot, August 3, 2026 to October 30, 2026, holds 21 Los Gatos solar permits.
What does a typical Los Gatos Solar project cost?
Los Gatos reports a value on only 12 of these permits, too few for a typical figure. Anyone quoting a single typical solar cost from this data is overstating what the records say.
How do I get this list every week?
Start with the free Top 5 sample above. The full record set, with addresses and permit numbers, lives in the PermitBriefly dashboard for subscribers; public pages publish counts and cleaned company names only.
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Check TEST availabilitySource: Los Gatos building permit records, collected November 9, 2026 by PermitBriefly. Trade categories are automated filters of city work descriptions, not city classifications. Snapshot, not a live feed.