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MBL & Sons, Inc.

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #46977 resolved from 29 public installation records.

Data through: California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data).

At a glance

MBL & Sons, Inc. is a solar installer with 29 recorded installations totalling 5.5 MW, dated 2009 to 2026. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 2680th of 6,163 profiled installers by volume and 4,529th of 10,840 nationally.

Recorded installs
29
Total capacity
5.5 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
116.3 kW
≈ $192,727
Median price
—
too few priced systems
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2026

Track record

Install volume by year

2009
10
2010
4
2012
3
2013
3
2018
3
2019
3
2020
1
2026
2

Recorded installs per year.

Equipment

Module, inverter and battery brands

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Jul 17, 2026Manteca, CA731.4 kW—Host-owned
Jul 17, 2026Manteca, CA600.1 kW—Host-owned
Jan 9, 2020San Jose, CA63.7 kW$145,550—
Nov 25, 2019San Jose, CA75.8 kW$145,250—
Sep 16, 2019Morgan Hill, CA325.5 kW$0—
Aug 30, 2019San Jose, CA583.3 kW$6,325,200—
Oct 12, 2018San Jose, CA182 kW$0—
Aug 2, 2018Sunnyvale, CA90.6 kW$239,904—
Aug 2, 2018San Jose, CA62.8 kW$0—
May 1, 2013Vacaville, CA116.3 kW——

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Service geography

Busiest cities

San Jose, CA 12Vacaville, CA 3Daly City, CA 2Burlingame, CA 2Campbell, CA 2Pacifica, CA 2Manteca, CA 2

Record

Installer ID
PC-46977
First recorded install
Sep 3, 2009
Last recorded install
Jul 17, 2026
Priced records
4
Also appears as
MBL & Sons Inc. · MBL & Sons, Inc

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How does MBL & Sons, Inc. compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations MBL & Sons, Inc. ranks 2680th among the 6,163 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 116.3 kW, is about 20 times the state median of 5.9 kW. 0% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 0% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include HIGH PERFORMANCE HEATING AND AIR (29), ILLUMINATE ELECTRIC SOLUTIONS (29) and Jaxson wright (29).

How has MBL & Sons, Inc.'s installation volume changed?

MBL & Sons, Inc.'s earliest dated installation on record is from 2009. It has recorded installations in 7 calendar years. The busiest year was 2009, with 10 installations. 2020, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $2.65/W in 2018 to $2.28/W in 2020. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jul 17, 2026.

Where does MBL & Sons, Inc. install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Jose, CA (12), Vacaville, CA (3), Daly City, CA (2), Burlingame, CA (2) and Campbell, CA (2).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has MBL & Sons, Inc. completed?

PanelCensus records 29 installations by MBL & Sons, Inc., from Sep 3, 2009 to Jul 17, 2026, totalling 5.5 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does MBL & Sons, Inc. charge for solar?

The median installed price across 4 priced systems from all years is $2.47/W before incentives (median system 116.3 kW, about $192,727). The California median is $4.26/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state programs, so they can include work billed with the solar.

Where does MBL & Sons, Inc. install solar?

All 29 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Jose.

Is MBL & Sons, Inc. still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to MBL & Sons, Inc. in the public records is dated Jul 17, 2026; 2020 has 1 recorded installation. Records here run California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data), so the newest installations may not appear yet.

Does MBL & Sons, Inc. install leased or PPA solar systems?

0 recorded installations by MBL & Sons, Inc. (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does MBL & Sons, Inc. install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by MBL & Sons, Inc. (0%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun (through 2025), monthly state program records (California DGStats, NYSERDA, NJ Clean Energy, Illinois Shines) and permit records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching and, for state program records, by the systems both sources share.

About this data

Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tracking the Sun, merged with city permit records, state incentive programs and the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database / EIA-860 plant registers, as published July 9, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: PanelCensus, “MBL & Sons, Inc., solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/mbl-sons-inc-46977 (data as of July 9, 2026).