Sunpower

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Solar installer based in California · active in 15 states · installer record #12480 resolved from 156,257 public installation records.

At a glance

Sunpower is a solar installer with 156,257 recorded installations totalling 1.3 GW, dated 2001 to 2025. Its records are concentrated in California (87%), where it ranks 3rd of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 3rd of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 150,544 priced systems is $4.44/W before incentives.

Recorded installs

156,257

Total capacity

1.3 GW

DC nameplate

Median system

4.2 kW

≈ $19,200

Median price

$4.44/W

pre-incentive

Third-party owned

25%

lease / PPA

Battery attach

First recorded

2001

Last recorded

2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2001

2002

6$7.66/W

2003

9$9.64/W

2004

15$8.73/W

2005

10$8.69/W

2006

18$7.64/W

2007

164$8.35/W

2008

793$8.18/W

2009

1,094$8.19/W

2010

727$7.63/W

2011

1,589$5.99/W

2012

2,747$4.94/W

2013

3,828$4.63/W

2014

3,546$4.50/W

2015

3,812$4.15/W

2016

4,469$3.96/W

2017

6,304$4.50/W

2018

10,023$4.50/W

2019

10,650$4.50/W

2020

13,766$4.30/W

2021

19,428$4.25/W

2022

26,574$4.25/W

2023

27,904$4.30/W

2024

16,184$4.43/W

2025

3,712$4.51/W

Bars: recorded installs · right column: this installer's median $/W that year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

Date	Location	Size	Price	Ownership
Dec 31, 2025	Fillmore, CA	4.6 kW	$38,689	Third-party · battery
Dec 31, 2025	Ventura, CA	2.6 kW	$12,049	Host-owned
Dec 31, 2025	Rosamond, CA	2.6 kW	$12,049	Host-owned
Dec 31, 2025	Goleta, CA	2.6 kW	$14,224	Third-party
Dec 31, 2025	Ontario, CA	3.2 kW	$16,459	Third-party
Dec 31, 2025	Covina, CA	2.9 kW	$12,346	Host-owned
Dec 30, 2025	Santa Rosa, CA	5.3 kW	$36,376	Host-owned · battery
Dec 30, 2025	El Dorado Hills, CA	5.7 kW	$24,098	Host-owned
Dec 30, 2025	Goleta, CA	2.6 kW	$14,224	Third-party
Dec 29, 2025	Madera, CA	4.2 kW	$17,850	Host-owned

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Service geography

California: 135,517
New York: 12,399
Arizona: 3,909
Connecticut: 2,846
New Jersey: 2,714
Massachusetts: 1,071
Florida: 175
Pennsylvania: 111

Busiest cities

Menifee, CA 3,110Staten Island, NY 3,010San Diego, CA 2,670Ontario, CA 2,604San Jose, CA 2,575Winchester, CA 2,258Victorville, CA 1,911Beaumont, CA 1,901

Record

Installer ID: PC-12480
First recorded install: Oct 13, 2001
Last recorded install: Dec 31, 2025
Priced records: 150,544

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How does Sunpower compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Sunpower ranks 3rd among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $4.44/W is roughly in line with the California median of $4.26/W (the installer's median covers every state it works in). Its median system, 4.2 kW, is about 29% below the state median of 5.9 kW. 25% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 7% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Sunrun (482,991), Tesla (376,072) and Freedom Forever (66,375).

How has Sunpower's installation volume changed?

Sunpower's earliest dated installation on record is from 2001. It has recorded installations in 25 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 27,904 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 3,712. Its median price per watt moved from $7.66/W in 2002 to $4.51/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 31, 2025.

Where does Sunpower install solar?

Recorded installations span 15 states: California (135,517, 87%), New York (12,399, 8%), Arizona (3,909, 3%) and Connecticut (2,846, 2%). The cities with the most of its installations are Menifee, CA (3,110), Staten Island, NY (3,010), San Diego, CA (2,670), Ontario, CA (2,604) and San Jose, CA (2,575).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Sunpower completed?

PanelCensus records 156,257 installations by Sunpower, from Oct 13, 2001 to Dec 31, 2025, totalling 1.3 GW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Sunpower charge for solar?

The median installed price across 150,544 priced systems is $4.44/W before incentives (median system 4.2 kW, about $19,200). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Sunpower install solar?

Recorded installs span 15 states, led by California (135,517), New York (12,399) and Arizona (3,909). Its busiest city is Menifee, CA.

Is Sunpower still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Sunpower in the public records is dated Dec 31, 2025; 2025 has 3,712 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Sunpower install leased or PPA solar systems?

38,292 recorded installations by Sunpower (25%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Sunpower install battery storage?

11,183 recorded installations by Sunpower (7%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

Dataset updated September 2026 . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + permit and program records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching.

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 September 21, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: PanelCensus, “Sunpower, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/sunpower-12480 (data as of September 21, 2026).