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Solar installations in Franklin County, OH

619 recorded installations in Franklin County, Ohio — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.

Homes with solar
0.10%
of 588,892 homes
Installations
619
Total capacity
13.0 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 7.5 hail and 0.7 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).

Search every recorded installation in Franklin County by installer, size, date and equipment.

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 2,253 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 27% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Franklin County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2006
1
30.00%
2007
2
50.00%
2008
1
60.00%
2009
6
120.00%
2010
10
220.00%
2011
27
490.01%
2012
24
730.01%
2013
28
1010.02%
2014
24
1250.02%
2015
38
1630.03%
2016
43
2060.04%
2017
17
2230.04%
2018
1
2240.04%
2019
9
2330.04%
2020
15
2480.04%
2021
70
3180.05%
2022
137
4550.08%
2023
67
5220.09%
2024
6
5280.09%
2025
91
6190.10%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Franklin County?

PanelCensus records 619 solar installations in Franklin County, Ohio (13.0 MW of capacity) — about 0.10% of the county's 588,892 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Ohio's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Franklin County?

Not enough priced records in this county to compute a reliable median.

Who installs solar in Franklin County?

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

County assignment is derived from installation ZIP codes via the Census 2020 ZCTA↔county crosswalk (primary county by land-area overlap) — approximate at county boundaries. Market penetration = recorded installations ÷ housing units (U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year, Table B25001); it undercounts where dataset coverage is partial. See methodology.