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Best solar installers in Tampa, FL, according to AI

We ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and 8 more AI assistants the questions real customers ask — like “Who are the best solar installers in Tampa, FL?” — and publish who they name. Here is this month's answer, ranked by how often they name each business.

Short answer · October 2026

As of October 1, 2026, Tampa Bay Solar is the solar installer AI assistants most recommend in Tampa, FL, named by 9 of the 11 assistants that answered (12 asked). Momentum Solar and Solar Source rank next.

Updated monthly · next update November 2026 · no business can pay to be listed

Covers Tampa and nearby areas including St. Petersburg, Brandon, Wesley Chapel, South Tampa, Clearwater.

AI's top solar installers in Tampa for October 2026

Every business below was named by the AI assistants themselves when we asked for solar installers in Tampa, FL. The more assistants that name a business — and the more often — the higher it ranks.

Tampa Bay Solartampabaysolar.com Named by 9 of 11 AIs · 17 times Google AI OverviewsChatGPTMicrosoft CopilotDeepSeekGeminiMeta AI+3 Open AI profile #2 Momentum Solarmomentumsolar.com Named by 5 of 11 AIs · 8 times AlexaDeepSeekGrokMeta AIMistral Open AI profile #3

Solar Sourcesolarsource.com Named by 5 of 11 AIs · 8 times Google AI OverviewsMicrosoft CopilotDeepSeekGeminiMeta AI Open AI profile

RankWho the AIs name most often, and most in agreement.
AIs that name itHow many of the 11 assistants that answered put this business in their answer. We asked all 12; 1 gave no usable answer for this city and category this month.
vs last monthUp, down or new since the previous monthly edition.

Every solar installer AI named (24)

Tap a name for that business's AI profile: rank history, which assistants name it, and who's just ahead.

Rank	Business & the AIs that name it	AIs that name it	Times named	vs last month
1	Tampa Bay Solar tampabaysolar.com Google AI OverviewsChatGPTMicrosoft CopilotDeepSeekGeminiMeta AIMistralPerplexitySiri AI profile Is this your business?	9 of 11	17	same
2	Momentum Solar momentumsolar.com AlexaDeepSeekGrokMeta AIMistral AI profile Is this your business?	5 of 11	8	new
3	Solar Source solarsource.com Google AI OverviewsMicrosoft CopilotDeepSeekGeminiMeta AI AI profile Is this your business?	5 of 11	8	▲ 12 places up
4	Tesla Solar tesla.com Microsoft CopilotDeepSeekGrokMeta AIMistral AI profile Is this your business?	5 of 11	7	new
5	SunVena Solar sunvena.com Microsoft CopilotDeepSeekMeta AIMistral AI profile Is this your business?	4 of 11	6	new
6	Florida Electric & Solar floridaelectricandsolar.com AlexaChatGPTGemini AI profile Is this your business?	3 of 11	5	▲ 6 places up
7	Freedom Solar Power gofreedompower.com Google AI OverviewsAlexaMicrosoft CopilotMeta AI AI profile Is this your business?	4 of 11	4	same
8	ADT Solar adtsolar.com DeepSeekMeta AIMistral AI profile Is this your business?	3 of 11	4	new
9	Affordable Solar, Roof & Air solarroofair.com ChatGPTMicrosoft CopilotPerplexity AI profile Is this your business?	3 of 11	4	▲ 1 places up
10	Sunrun sunrun.com DeepSeekGrokMistral AI profile Is this your business?	3 of 11	4	▼ 7 places down
11	Transform Solar transformsolarfl.com ChatGPTGeminiPerplexity AI profile Is this your business?	3 of 11	4	▼ 9 places down
12	Fused Solar and Roofing fusedsolarandroofing.com ChatGPTPerplexity Is this your business?	2 of 11	4	▼ 1 places down
13	Goldin Solar GeminiPerplexitySiri AI profile Is this your business?	3 of 11	3	new
14	Lunex Power lunexpower.com ChatGPTMicrosoft CopilotPerplexity AI profile Is this your business?	3 of 11	3	▼ 10 places down
15	Palmetto Solar palmetto.com DeepSeekGrokMeta AI AI profile Is this your business?	3 of 11	3	▲ 1 places up
16	Efficient Home Services of Florida Microsoft CopilotMeta AI Is this your business?	2 of 11	3	▲ 4 places up
17	Florida Power Services floridapowerservices.com GeminiSiri Is this your business?	2 of 11	3	new
18	Solar Bear solarbear.com GeminiMistral Is this your business?	2 of 11	3	same
19	May Electric Solar mayelectricsolar.com ChatGPTGemini Is this your business?	2 of 11	2	new
20	SEM Power Microsoft CopilotMeta AI Is this your business?	2 of 11	2	▼ 3 places down
21	Aspire Solar aspiresolarenergy.com Perplexity Is this your business?	1 of 11	2	▼ 15 places down
22	BeeGreen Solar Alexa Is this your business?	1 of 11	2	new
23	Florida Solar East floridasolareast.com Mistral Is this your business?	1 of 11	2	new
24	SunPower by Custom Solar Mistral Is this your business?	1 of 11	2	new

Sample: 33 answers from 11 of the 12 assistants asked, on 3 question phrasings, edition of October 1, 2026. 23 unverifiable names (likely hallucinations) dropped.

Business links point to each company's own website — found in what the assistants cited or wrote, a business listing that returned this exact business by name, or the business's own domain — and every one was loaded and checked to name that business before it was published. A name without a link is one we could not confirm.

Asked the ways customers actually ask

The same assistants, the same week, three phrasings of one need — ranked separately. A business that wins “best” but loses “most affordable” is losing a different customer each time.

I need a solar installer in Tampa, FL. Who do you recommend?

Who are the best solar installers in Tampa, FL?

Best affordable solar installer near Tampa?

28 sources the assistants read

Every site behind this month's answers, ranked by share of all citations, with how many assistants relied on each. Earning a mention on the pages near the top is what moves a ranking — and nothing on this page can be bought.

01 energysage.com 10% 3 of 11 assistants
02 ecowatch.com 6.7% 2 of 11 assistants
03 reddit.comDirectory & reviews 6.7% 2 of 11 assistants
04 expertise.comDirectory & reviews 5% 3 of 11 assistants
05 thumbtack.comDirectory & reviews 5% 2 of 11 assistants
06 bbb.orgDirectory & reviews 5% 2 of 11 assistants
07 angi.comDirectory & reviews 5% 2 of 11 assistants
08 trustanalytica.org 5% 1 of 11 assistants

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09 consumeraffairs.comDirectory & reviews 5% 1 of 11 assistants
10 tampaelectric.com 5% 1 of 11 assistants
11 todayshomeowner.com 3.3% 2 of 11 assistants
12 transformsolarfl.com Ranked #11 · Transform Solar 3.3% 1 of 11 assistants
13 myfloridalicense.comLicensing 3.3% 1 of 11 assistants
14 irs.govLicensing 3.3% 1 of 11 assistants
15 romanroofing.com 3.3% 1 of 11 assistants
16 yelp.comDirectory & reviews 3.3% 1 of 11 assistants
17 google.comDirectory & reviews 3.3% 1 of 11 assistants
18 fusedsolarandroofing.comRanked #12 · Fused Solar and Roofing 1.7% 1 of 11 assistants
19 bluettipower.com 1.7% 1 of 11 assistants
20 solarreviews.com 1.7% 1 of 11 assistants
21 mayelectricsolar.comRanked #19 · May Electric Solar 1.7% 1 of 11 assistants
22 agt.com 1.7% 1 of 11 assistants
23 m.yelp.comDirectory & reviews 1.7% 1 of 11 assistants
24 youtube.comDirectory & reviews 1.7% 1 of 11 assistants
25 solarinstallationtampa.com 1.7% 1 of 11 assistants

+ 3 more sites cited less often, together 4.9% of citations.

36assistant answers collected

60citations from 28 sources

47businesses named

3×11question phrasings × assistants

No business can pay to be ranked · how this is measured

Is your business in this answer?

12 assistants answered “Who are the best solar installers in Tampa, FL?” this month and named 24 solar installers in Tampa, FL. Which side of that list you are on decides whether a customer asking that question ever hears your name.

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Common questions

Who is the best solar installer in Tampa, FL, according to AI?

As of October 1, 2026, Tampa Bay Solar — named by 9 of the 11 AI assistants that answered (12 asked), 17 times in all. Momentum Solar and Solar Source rank next.

How many solar installers did AI assistants name in Tampa, FL?

47 businesses were named across 36 answers from 11 assistants, on 3 phrasings of the question. 24 of them were named often enough to rank.

How often is this ranking updated?

Every month. This edition covers October 2026; the next one publishes in November 2026. Each business's move since the last edition is shown in the "vs last month" column.

How is this ranking measured?

Fixed, unbranded consumer questions — including "Who are the best solar installers in Tampa, FL?" — are put to the same assistants every month. Named businesses are resolved to one entity, a name mentioned only once is dropped as unverifiable, and a cell publishes nothing until enough answers accumulate. No business can pay to appear or to rank higher.

The questions we ask

The prompt set is fixed and unbranded, so month-over-month movement means the assistants changed their answer — not that we changed the question.

Who are the best solar installers in Tampa, FL?
I need a solar installer in Tampa, FL. Who do you recommend?
Best affordable solar installer near Tampa?

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot answer in live, web-connected mode; Grok, Meta AI, DeepSeek, Mistral answer from model knowledge only, and Siri and Alexa through the voice stack. Each is labeled in the methodology.

More Tampa rankings

Every category we track in Tampa, FL, measured the same way.

Plumbers HVAC & Air Conditioning Electricians Roofing Pest Control Auto Repair Moving Companies Personal Injury Lawyers Real Estate Teams Med Spas Cosmetic Dentists Garage Door Repair Water Damage Restoration Window & Door Replacement Restaurants Hotels Business Litigation Lawyers Criminal Defense Lawyers Speeding Ticket Lawyers

Solar Installation in other cities

Miami, FL Orlando, FL Jacksonville, FL Fort Myers, FL Sarasota, FL West Palm Beach, FL Los Angeles, CA San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA Sacramento, CA Fresno, CA Bakersfield, CA Anaheim, CA Riverside, CA New York City, NY Long Island, NY Westchester, NY Buffalo, NY Rochester, NY Syracuse, NY Albany, NY Houston, TX Dallas, TX Fort Worth, TX San Antonio, TX Austin, TX El Paso, TX Corpus Christi, TX Birmingham, AL Huntsville, AL Montgomery, AL Mobile, AL Anchorage, AK Fairbanks, AK Phoenix, AZ Scottsdale, AZ Mesa, AZ Tucson, AZ Flagstaff, AZ Little Rock, AR Fayetteville, AR Fort Smith, AR Jonesboro, AR Atlanta, GA Savannah, GA Augusta, GA Macon, GA Columbus, GA Denver, CO Colorado Springs, CO Boulder, CO Fort Collins, CO Pueblo, CO Hartford, CT New Haven, CT Stamford, CT Bridgeport, CT Wilmington, DE Dover, DE Rehoboth Beach, DE Honolulu, HI Maui, HI Hilo, HI Kailua-Kona, HI Boise, ID Coeur d'Alene, ID Idaho Falls, ID Pocatello, ID

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