Solar installers in Cook County
166 companies have installed solar on 15,687 homes here since 2023 that we know of (Illinois's records name the installer for only 0% of systems). Covers Chicago, Cicero, Schaumburg, Evanston, Arlington Heights, Skokie and nearby towns.
Ranked by homes installed, which shows who’s active here, not who’s best. Prices are each company’s median for systems sold outright, shown when it sold at least 10.
Towns in Cook County: Chicago, Cicero, Schaumburg, Evanston, Arlington Heights, Skokie, Palatine, Des Plaines, Orland Park, Oak Lawn, Berwyn, Mount Prospect.
Other Illinois counties
How much does solar cost in Cook County, IL?
There weren't enough Cook County systems bought outright for a county figure. Across the U.S., homes paid a median $4.10/W installed in 2023–2025, about $26,700 for a 6.5 kW system.
Which solar companies install in Cook County, IL?
166 installers have put in home systems in Cook County since 2023, the busiest being Sunrun, Bright Planet Solar, Freedom Forever, Certasun, Fresh Coast Solar.
Installed prices and installers from public installation records: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Tracking the Sun (systems installed through 2025) and state program files from California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois and Oregon, which run into 2026. Prices are in dollars per watt of panel capacity (DC), before rebates and tax credits, for homes that bought their system; leased systems and systems with batteries are left out.