The Most Recommended Solar Companies in New York — Measured on Leading AI Assistants
Homeowners in New York don't just search anymore — they ask leading AI assistants who to call. In July 2026 we put the answer on record: 4 separate checks, phrased 4 different ways, run against 28 New York-area solar companies.
New York came back empty: across every check, AI never named one of the 28 local companies in our cohort. The first company to become visible to AI here takes the whole board.
Only 0 of 28
solar companies we track in New York were ever named, and none was named consistently enough to be listed: a company has to come up in most of the checks, every time we ask, before it earns a place here.
Rankings are measured and cannot be purchased — sponsored blocks are labeled advertising and sit outside the ranked list.
Ask AI the same question twice and the answer can change. So we do not crown a number one. We publish how many of the 4 checks named each company. Companies named in more checks are the ones AI keeps coming back to. Companies named in only one check are not listed: a single mention does not repeat reliably.
Solar installation companies
When the question is solar installation, AI names 0 of the 28 New York companies we verified.
No New York company was named for solar installation — all 28 in our cohort went unmentioned. Whoever becomes visible to AI first claims this board outright.
Measured July 2026 · 4 homeowner-style questions · This list is measured, never sold — no company can pay onto it. Groups are set by how many checks named each company; inside a group the order is alphabetical, because the measurement doesn't separate them.
The exact questions we asked
These are the verbatim homeowner phrasings behind the New York numbers — each answer's named companies were logged:
- “Who is the best solar company in New York, New York?”
- “I want to put solar panels on my house in New York, New York. Who should I hire?”
- “What is the most recommended local solar installer in New York, New York?”
- “What are the top rated solar panel installation companies near New York, New York?”
Inside the New York data
- This edition spans 30 metros; New York's 28-company cohort sits 25th by size.
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New York questions, answered
How many solar companies in New York show up in AI's answers?
Zero, in July 2026. We verified 28 companies around New York and ran 4 checks; AI never named any of them.
What questions were behind the New York checks?
4 checks built this list, using phrasings like "What are the top rated solar panel installation companies near New York, New York?". Every company AI named got counted; nothing else influenced the board.
Can solar companies buy their way onto this list?
No. This list is measured, never sold — a company appears only if AI actually recommended it, in more than one check, when we asked. Money cannot buy a place on this list. Paid messages on this page are labeled "Sponsored" and sit outside the measured list.
What does it mean if a New York company isn't listed?
Because AI didn't mention it more than once across the July 2026 checks. That's a visibility gap, not a quality verdict — and since each quarterly edition starts from zero, it's a fixable one.
New to New York? These solar companies are just getting started.
Everything above this line was measured. The list on this page comes from asking AI assistants real questions and counting who they named — no one can buy their way onto it.
This section is different, and we want to be plain about it. The businesses below are brand new. They have not been measured, they have no rank and no score, and they are not part of the list above. They are here because they asked to be, we checked that they are real, and a business that opened last month has no way to show up in a ranking built on history. Nobody paid for a spot here — it is free, and it is not an endorsement.
Just opened a company in New York? You can be the first one here.
Tell us who you are and we'll add you to this section — free. It is not a ranking and it will never say you are ranked, because you are not: you are new. When we re-run the benchmark, a real spot on the list above is something you earn, not something we hand out.
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