The Most Recommended Solar Companies in Tampa — Measured on ChatGPT

ChatGPT is becoming the first stop for Tampa homeowners choosing a solar company. To find out who it actually sends people to, we ran 8 checks in July 2026 — 8 question styles, a cohort of 35 area companies.

The result is a short list. Just 3 companies — 8.6% of the cohort — were ever named. Florida Electric & Solar led the field, coming up in 3 of the 4 checks.

Lunex Power and Transform Solar were the next most frequent answers.

Tampa fielded the 18th-largest cohort of the 30 metros we measured this edition — 35 solar companies.

Only 3 of 35

Tampa-area solar companies we benchmarked ever get recommended by ChatGPT — that's just 8.6%. These are the companies it names:

Solar installation companies

When the question is solar installation, ChatGPT names 3 of the 22 Tampa companies we verified.

1
Florida Electric & Solar
Tampa, FL · Recommended in 3 of 4 ChatGPT checks · 805 Google reviews
Florida Electric & Solar surfaced in 3 of the 4 checks when we asked. It has 805 Google reviews behind it.
2
Lunex Power
Tampa, FL · Recommended in 2 of 4 ChatGPT checks · 630 Google reviews
Spot 2 belongs to Lunex Power — named in 2 of the 4 checks. Google shows 630 reviews for it.
3
Transform Solar
Tampa, FL · Recommended in 2 of 4 ChatGPT checks · 185 Google reviews
Transform Solar was recommended in 2 of the 4 checks. It has 185 Google reviews behind it.

Solar panel cleaning companies

0 of the 13 Tampa-area companies we track for solar panel cleaning ever came up when we asked.

No Tampa company was named for solar panel cleaning — all 13 in our cohort went unmentioned. Whoever becomes visible to AI first claims this board outright.

8 checks, run July 2026. This board is measured, never sold; no company can pay to be listed. Rank order follows how often ChatGPT named each one.

The exact questions we asked

These are the verbatim homeowner phrasings behind the Tampa numbers — each answer's named companies were logged:

“Who is the best solar company in Tampa, Florida?”
“I want to put solar panels on my house in Tampa, Florida. Who should I hire?”
“What is the most recommended local solar installer in Tampa, Florida?”
“What are the top rated solar panel installation companies near Tampa, Florida?”
“Who is the best solar panel cleaning service in Tampa, Florida?”
“My solar panels are dirty and need cleaning at my house in Tampa, Florida. Who should I call?”
“What is the most recommended solar panel cleaning company in Tampa, Florida?”
“What are the top rated solar panel cleaning and maintenance companies near Tampa, Florida?”

Tampa, by the numbers

Florida Electric & Solar appeared in 3 of 4 checks — the closest thing Tampa has to a consensus answer.
The ranked companies hold 1,620 Google reviews between them.
Tampa's 8.6% named rate runs below this edition's overall average of 10%.

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Tampa questions, answered

How many Tampa solar companies does ChatGPT actually recommend?

In July 2026 we counted 3 Tampa companies that ChatGPT actually named, from a verified cohort of 35. That's a 8.6% hit rate; the other 32 never appeared.

Which solar company does ChatGPT recommend most in Tampa?

Florida Electric & Solar leads the July 2026 edition, surfacing in 3 of the 4 checks. Lunex Power follows. Positions are set by measured naming frequency alone.

How was the Tampa list generated?

The same questions real homeowners type — including "Who is the best solar company in Tampa, Florida?" and "I want to put solar panels on my house in Tampa, Florida. Who should I hire?" — and we recorded every company named in the answers. The full set of phrasings is listed on this page.

Can a company pay to be on the Tampa list?

No. This list is measured, never sold — a company appears only if ChatGPT actually recommended it when we asked. Money cannot buy a place on this list.

What does it mean if a Tampa company isn't listed?

It means ChatGPT never named it in our July 2026 checks — nothing more. That says nothing about the quality of the work, only that homeowners who ask AI are being sent elsewhere. Most companies haven't shown up in AI answers yet.

Full methodology: how these rankings are measured. Want the national picture? See every market we benchmark.