San Jose Solar Permits
Fast answer: San Jose recorded 53 solar permits in November 2026 and 491 in this snapshot (August 25, 2026 to November 7, 2026). That is 8.2% of all San Jose permits in the snapshot.
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What this page is
This page counts San Jose 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 August 25, 2026, so August is a partial month, not a full month.
| Month | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 46 | 9.4% |
| September 2026 | 196 | 39.9% |
| October 2026 | 196 | 39.9% |
| November 2026 | 53 | 10.8% |
What the work descriptions show
The patterns below were built on San Jose's coded work descriptions and are applied to San Jose's descriptions unchanged; one record can match several patterns. A pattern with no row here matched no San Jose description, which can mean the same work is described in different words.
| Pattern in the city description | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ESS code: battery storage included | 341 | 69.5% |
| SUBPNL code: subpanel work included | 91 | 18.5% |
| PV code: photovoltaic array | 456 | 92.9% |
Reported project value
Applicants reported a value above $0 on 30 of 491 permits. Median reported value: $39,189 (middle half between $281 and $138,000).
Busiest ZIP codes
| ZIP | Permits |
|---|---|
| 95120 | 24 |
| 95129 | 17 |
| 95124 | 16 |
| 95123 | 14 |
| 95125 | 14 |
Most active companies
Companies with the most San Jose Solar permits in this snapshot, after the cleaning pass described in Methodology.
| Company | Permits |
|---|---|
| Sunrun | 109 |
| Tesla Energy Operations | 57 |
| Citadel Roofing & Solar | 13 |
| Infinium Solar | 13 |
| Mars Home Solutions | 11 |
| Cinnamon Solar Technology | 9 |
| Five Pillars | 9 |
What the numbers say
November 2026 recorded 53 solar permits against 196 in October 2026, down by 143 on the months this snapshot covers for San Jose. Treat the comparison as directional: each city publishes on its own timetable, and this snapshot's San Jose records run through 2026-11-07. 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. San Jose's own window in this snapshot is August 25, 2026 to November 7, 2026; its records arrive as a rolling pull, accumulated weekly.
- 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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Questions
How many solar permits were filed in San Jose in November 2026?
53. The full snapshot, August 25, 2026 to November 7, 2026, holds 491 San Jose solar permits.
What does a typical San Jose Solar project cost?
The median reported value is $39,189, with the middle half between $281 and $138,000, from the 30 permits that report a value.
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Check TEST availabilitySource: San Jose 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.