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The Rise of the Regional Solar Installer

According to GTM Research’s Q2 2016 U.S. PV Leaderboard, regional installers are now growing faster than top national installers such as SolarCity, Vivint Solar and Sunrun. This highlights a trend that has flipped in the past year — and which could lead to a less consolidated national market.

As the top-tier companies have seen a relative slowdown in growth, including leader SolarCity, which recently revised its installation guidance downward, they are also beginning to lose collective market share. The top three national installers today make up 47.5 percent of the residential market, a number that has gradually come down in the last few quarters.

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