Lifestyle Solar

Lifestyle Solar appears in public records for 5,687 home solar installations from 2009 to 2026 in California. It installs a mix of owned and leased systems.

Installations on record: 5,6872,940 in the last 3 years
Years active in records: 182009–2026
Price vs. state average: −28%median $3.21/W (1,104 owned systems)
Leased or PPA systems: 47%of recent installs
With a battery: 4%recent installs
Typical system: 4.3 kWmedian size

Installations per year

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1,389

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487

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2026 is a partial year. Records cover only states that publish installer names.

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Period	Value
'10	19
'11	39
'12	50
'13	44
'14	143
'15	204
'16	134
'17	37
'18	76
'19	95
'20	54
'21	407
'22	758
'23	682
'24	1,064
'25	1,389
'26	487

Equipment they use most

Panels

Trina36%
Canadian Solar29%
LONGi13%
JA Solar11%
Mission Solar7%

Inverters

SolarEdge72%
Enphase24%
Shenzhen Eternalplanet Energy Pingshan Ltd.2%
SunPower/Maxeon1%

Microinverters on 24% and optimizers on 72% of recent systems. Equipment guide

Where they install

State	Installations	License lookup
California	5,687	Check license

California contractor license numbers in state records: 922659.0, 863999.0, 922569.0. Verify with the CSLB.

What the numbers suggest

Prices on owned systems run well below the average in the same state and year.
It installs a mix of owned and leased systems.
A long track record (18 years in records) is a good sign for honoring a workmanship warranty.

Before you sign with any installer

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Get at least three quotes and compare them in our quote comparison tool.
Ask who does the installation (their own crews or subcontractors) and who backs the workmanship warranty.
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SunPower 145,397 installs
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Bright OPS 15,565 installs
Citadel Roofing And Solar 19,239 installs
GAF Energy 9,795 installs
Sunnova 19,138 installs

Data: California DGStats (through Aug 2026). Installer names are normalized from public records and may combine related business names. We don't accept payment from installers. Something wrong? Request a correction.