Vivint Solar
Vivint Solar appears in public records for 87,684 home solar installations from 2012 to 2025 in California. It mostly installs systems owned by leasing or PPA companies.
Status: acquired. If you have a system from this company, see what to do when your installer goes out of business. Manufacturer warranties on panels and inverters usually still apply.
- Installations on record
- 87,68415 in the last 3 years
- Years active in records
- 142012–2025
- Price vs. state average
- —not enough priced records
- Leased or PPA systems
- 87%of recent installs
- With a battery
- 13%recent installs
- Typical system
- 7.9 kWmedian size
Equipment they use most
Panels
Inverters
Microinverters on 13% and optimizers on 87% of recent systems. Equipment guide
Where they install
| State | Installations | License lookup |
|---|---|---|
| California | 87,684 | Check license |
California contractor license numbers in state records: 973756.0, 750184.0, 976756.0. Verify with the CSLB.
What the numbers suggest
- It mostly installs systems owned by leasing or PPA companies. If you want to own your system, ask for a cash or loan quote and compare it with a lease carefully.
- A long track record (14 years in records) is a good sign for honoring a workmanship warranty.
Company background
- Founded
- 2011, headquartered in UT
- Offers
- lease, PPA, loan, cash
- Business model
- Former in-house door-to-door sales and install TPO.
- Warranties (stated)
- . Legacy contracts now administered by Sunrun.
- Regulatory actions
- 2019: New Mexico Attorney General. Lawsuit alleging deceptive door-to-door sales and racketeering; later resolved. Source
Background from public reporting as of October 2026. Verify current details with the company and your state regulators.
Before you sign with any installer
- Verify the contractor license and look for complaints with your state board and attorney general.
- 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.
- Read our solar sales red flags.
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- 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.