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Solar Companies Reputation Management & Review Removal

Solar reputation management is the high-ticket, long-cycle program of generating verified homeowner reviews at PTO, monitoring every solar-and-trade directory, and legally removing defamatory content. Reputation Medics protects the reputation that closes every $25k+ residential solar contract.

Choose what you need removed

Pay upfront. If the specific Google review is not removed within 30 days of payment, or a Yelp review or other-platform item is not removed within 90 days of payment, we refund the removal fee to your original payment method. No claim or form needed. We review and issue it within 5 business days. Google, Yelp and the sites we file with make the final decision.

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ToS-based

Every removal we file for a solar company cites a documented platform policy violation. No volume outreach, no fake reviews.

30 / 90 days

The upfront refund windows for a solar company: 30 days for Google and 90 days for Yelp and other platforms.

$0 today

Upfront fees are refunded after our review if a Google review is not removed within 30 days of payment, or a Yelp review or other-platform item is not removed within 90 days. No claim or form needed. We review and issue it within 5 business days. Pay upon removal: save a card, pay $0 today, and pay $50 more per item only once each removal is documented. No refund term applies because nothing is charged before removal.

The stakes

Why reviews decide solar company revenue

The digital front door to every solar company is its review profile. Here's what's at stake.

$32k

Contract-Value Stakes

Residential solar contracts average $20k–$60k. A single suppressed rating reduces close rate on the highest-consideration residential purchase category.

4.8★

Consumer-Consideration Threshold

Solar prospects, burned by years of high-pressure sales stories, filter installers below 4.8★ before booking a design consult.

1

One PTO-Delay Complaint

A single 1-star PTO-delay, panel-defect, or utility-interconnection complaint can suppress an entire quarter of design-consult volume.

How buyers decide

When a solar company prospect decides

Home service calls are decided fast. The homeowner searches, calls the first solar company with a strong rating and a recent good review, and only calls a second if the first does not pick up.

  1. 01

    The emergency call

    When something is leaking, sparking or infested, the homeowner calls from the map results without opening a website. The rating and the first review are the entire pitch. A fresh one-star drops you to the second call, and there usually is no second call.

  2. 02

    The quote comparison

    For planned work, homeowners collect two or three quotes from Google and Angi, HomeAdvisor and Better Business Bureau. Price differences are small, so the newest reviews are what break the tie.

  3. 03

    The neighbourhood recommendation

    A Nextdoor or Facebook group recommendation still ends in a Google search. If the profile shows an unanswered accusation of overcharging or damage, the recommendation dies there.

Solar Company Revenue Loss

How Much Revenue Is Your Solar Company Losing?

Enter your rating and review counts. We score your profile against the 4.7★ threshold buyers use to filter, then show the revenue that may leak out below it.

Revenue per job

Median residential system is worth about $28,750 in revenue.

Median residential system
$28,750
Estimate: 11.5 kW median system × $2.50 per watt
Smaller system
$20,000
Estimate: assumed 8 kW system × $2.50 per watt
Larger system
$40,000
Estimate: assumed 16 kW system × $2.50 per watt

The 11.5 kW median system at the published $2.50 per watt.

Your solar company

Pre-filled with solar companies benchmarks. Adjust to match your numbers.

Losing to competitors
revenue at risk per month
$69,909
Range $52,431 – $87,386
Per year
$838,903
Conversion drag
7.5%
Recoverable / month
$41,945

Yelp or a harmful link instead?Yelp review removal — $697Harmful link removal — $497

How we calculate this
  • Star-rating drag on click-through tapers and caps at 18%. Negative sentiment is scored as a share of your total review volume and caps at 20%. Both compound, then apply only to the ~55% of buyers who read reviews and act on them.
  • No correctly typed margin is available for this industry, so the model shows revenue only.
  • Benchmarks for solar companies come from the published sources listed below.
  • Estimates only. Every market is different.

Sources

  • EnergySage, 20th Solar & Storage Marketplace Report (2025). Median residential price of $2.50 per watt in the second half of 2024 at a median 11.5 kW system size, which is about $28,750 before incentives. Limitation: reflects quotes on EnergySage's own marketplace, which skews toward price-competitive shoppers.
  • Reputation Medics editorial note, Missing margin note for solar installers (2026). SEIA and Wood Mackenzie keep installer margin inside a paid report, so the 25%–35% gross margin quoted by industry vendors is not a verified published benchmark. This page treats the system price as revenue rather than applying an unverified margin.
  • Siro, Home Improvement Close Rate Benchmarks (2026). Close rates measured from recorded in-home sales calls: 26.9% blended across home-improvement trades, 29.1% for windows and doors, 16.0% for decks and patios. Limitation: proprietary dataset drawn from one vendor's own client base, not an association or academic survey. No trade association publishes close-rate data for any of these trades.
  • BrightLocal, 2024 Local Consumer Review Survey. Star rating and review sentiment vs. click-through from search and maps. Used for the click-through drag curve.
  • Harvard Business School · Michael Luca, Reviews, Reputation, and Revenue. Peer-reviewed link between review sentiment and revenue. Used for the sentiment drag curve.

Loss by job type

Annual revenue at risk for each solar companies job type, using the rating, review counts and lead volume you entered.

Median residential system
$838,903
Smaller system
$583,585
Larger system
$1,167,169
View these numbers as a table
Annual revenue at risk by job type
Job typeAnnual revenue at risk
Median residential system$838,903
Smaller system$583,585
Larger system$1,167,169

What the rating is worth

Annual revenue at risk at every star rating from 3.0 to 4.9 for median residential system, with your rating and the 4.7★ cutoff marked.

View these numbers as a table
Annual revenue at risk by star rating
Star ratingAnnual revenue at risk
3.0★$1,801,408
3.1★$1,719,507
3.2★$1,639,545
3.3★$1,561,118
3.4★$1,483,899
3.5★$1,407,621
3.6★$1,312,704
3.7★$1,222,081
3.8★$1,134,687
3.9★$1,037,329
4.0★$944,873
4.1★$838,903
4.2★$740,785
4.3★$632,190
4.4★$521,755
4.5★$404,348
4.6★$282,718
4.7★$150,082
4.8★$69,557
4.9★$69,557

What removal recovers

Annual revenue at risk today next to the share this model treats as recoverable. It is the model's estimate, not a guarantee of any outcome.

Lost today
$838,903
Recoverable (model)
$503,342
Residual after removal
$335,561
View these numbers as a table
Annual revenue at risk today versus the model's recoverable share
MeasureAnnual amount
Lost today$838,903
Recoverable (model)$503,342
Residual after removal$335,561

What the number above means

Dispatch math for a solar company

Service businesses run on call volume and repeat customers. One review that costs you the first call costs the maintenance plan, the follow-on job and the neighbour referral that would have come with it.

  • Reviews from people you never served, estimate-only visits, and warranty disputes with the manufacturer are all common on trade profiles and often reportable.
  • Reviews that accuse a named technician of theft or damage without evidence are reportable as harassment on Google and Yelp.
  • Use your average ticket in the calculator above. Then think about how many of those tickets one review at the top of the profile turns away in a season.

Stop the leak at the review that causes it

One flat fee per item. Upfront fees are refunded after our review if a Google review is not removed within 30 days of payment, or a Yelp review or other-platform item is not removed within 90 days. No claim or form needed. We review and issue it within 5 business days. Pay upon removal: save a card, pay $0 today, and pay $50 more per item only once each removal is documented. No refund term applies because nothing is charged before removal. The platform makes the final decision.

Start Google Review Removal — $397Start Yelp Review Removal — $697Start Harmful Link Removal — $497

Full coverage

Where solar company buyers check reviews

We actively monitor, safeguard, and scale your solar company's digital footprint across every high-intent directory.

Google Business Profile

Single largest driver of same-day and emergency service calls: sub-4.7★ operators never reach the phone.

Remove a Google review, $397

Angi

High-intent homeowners pre-vetting providers before requesting quotes.

Angi removal is reviewed case by case.

See If You Qualify

HomeAdvisor

Verified-pro directory driving quote requests and same-day service calls.

HomeAdvisor removal is reviewed case by case.

See If You Qualify

Better Business Bureau

Trust anchor for higher-ticket install and system-replacement projects.

Remove a Better Business Bureau page, $497

Yelp

Consumer-facing discovery for residential trade services.

Remove a Yelp review, $697

Nextdoor

Hyper-local recommendations that convert first-time trade customers.

Nextdoor removal is reviewed case by case.

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How the work gets done

Protection built for solar companies

The Reputation Medics full-service solution suite for solar companies.

24/7 Review Monitoring & Alerts

Instant Slack, SMS, and email alerts the moment any solar company location is reviewed, so nothing simmers before you can respond.

AI-Assisted, Brand-Voice Responses

Every response is drafted in your brand voice, reviewed by a human strategist, and calibrated for solar company buyers reading between the lines.

ToS-Compliant Removal Escalations

We identify defamatory, fake, or ToS-violating reviews and drive them through a documented appeal, escalation, and legal-referral pipeline.

Review Generation That Converts

Post-visit review invitations timed to your solar company workflow: automated, personal, and consent-based.

Directory & Profile Optimization

GBP, category directories, and specialty platforms optimized so every solar company inquiry finds a complete, on-brand profile.

Multi-Location Governance

Location-level and portfolio-level dashboards for multi-market solar company operators, franchise groups, and enterprise brands.

Buyer psychology

What earns buyer trust in solar companies

When choosing a solar company, consumers weigh authentic, high-volume reviews as the deciding signal between you and a competitor a single click away.

Recency wins

Prospects weigh reviews from the last 90 days most heavily. A stale profile still loses to a competing solar company with fresh momentum.

Volume signals safety

Below 25 reviews, most local buyers filter a solar company out entirely: raw count is the fastest proxy for legitimacy.

Response builds trust

How a solar company responds to a 1-star review says more than the review itself. Silence reads as guilt, measured accountability reads as leadership.

One bad review, filtered forever

A single unaddressed 1-star can suppress a solar company's local pack rankings and cut click-through by 30% or more.

Compliance-first

ToS-aligned, defensible growth for solar companies

Every workflow, from response to removal filing, is built to keep your home services business on the right side of platform policy and consumer-protection law. We never post fake reviews, incentivize ratings, or violate directory terms.

ToS-AlignedFTC-Compliant OutreachAudit-Ready LogsSOC 2 Ready

The rules that apply to you

What the platforms and regulators actually say about solar companies

Every statement below is sourced. Read them before you decide how to handle a review.

Wrong company

Mistaken-identity reviews are common in the trades and clean to report

Similar company names, shared trade names and franchise territories mean a solar company regularly receives reviews about work another company performed. The estimate and dispatch record establishes it, and the filing cites the genuine-experience ground.

Source: Google Maps Help

Reading the newest first

Homeowners collect a few quotes and read the newest reviews before they call

BrightLocal's 2025 consumer survey tracks how people read local reviews during research, including the weight placed on recent negatives. A fresh one-star at the top of the profile is what a homeowner sees while they are still building the shortlist.

Source: BrightLocal, 2025

16 CFR Part 465

Buying reviews to bury a bad one is a federal violation, not a shortcut

Since October 21, 2024 the FTC rule on consumer reviews bans fake reviews, insider reviews presented as customer reviews, and paying for positive or negative reviews, with civil penalties available per violation. For a solar company that leaves two lawful moves: earn real reviews, and report the ones that break platform policy.

Source: U.S. Federal Trade Commission, 2024

Policy grounds only

Google removes reviews that break a policy, not reviews you dislike

Google's own help documentation says any review can be reported but only content that violates its policies is eligible for removal. That is why a case starts by matching the wording to a named policy: fake engagement, off topic, impersonation, harassment, personal information or conflict of interest.

Source: Google Business Profile Help

Timeline

What happens after a solar company opens a removal case

Nothing here is a promise of removal, because that decision belongs to the platform. Most Google removals take 7–21 days; Yelp and other platforms typically take 60–90 days. Complex cases use a Custom Care Plan with their own timeline.

  1. Day 0 · Free scan and eligibility read

    We pull the live review or page from Google and Angi and HomeAdvisor, quote it verbatim, and say which policy it breaks. If nothing breaks a rule we say so and take no fee.

  2. Days 1-3 · Filing with the job record

    The estimate, invoice or dispatch record shows whether the reviewer was ever a customer, and whether the job named in the review was yours or another company with a similar name.

  3. Platform moderation

    Google evaluates reports against its prohibited and restricted content policy; most Google removals take 7–21 days. Yelp and other platforms typically take 60–90 days. The platform decides the timing.

  4. Days 10-21 · Appeal where the first report is declined

    A declined report is not the end. Google provides an appeal route for reviews it decides to keep, and a second filing that cites a different policy ground and better evidence is often what moves it.

  5. Day 30 (Google) / Day 90 (Yelp & other platforms): refund deadline

    Upfront fees are refunded after our review if a Google review is not removed within 30 days of payment, or a Yelp review or other-platform item is not removed within 90 days. No claim or form is required. Refunds are issued within 5 business days of the deadline.

Before you start

What a solar company needs before starting a removal

The start form takes a few minutes if you have these four things in front of you. Nothing else is required to open the case.

  1. The exact link to the review or page

    On Google, open the review, use the three-dot menu and choose Share to copy its direct link. On Yelp, use the share icon under the review. For a harmful page, paste the full URL from the address bar.

  2. Your business name exactly as it appears on the profile

    Copy the name from the Google listing. Multi-location operators need the specific branch name that carries the review, not the parent brand.

  3. Why the item breaks the platform's rules

    One or two sentences is enough. Typical grounds for a solar company: the reviewer was never a customer, the review is about a different company with a similar name, a former employee or competitor posted it, or it makes a specific accusation of theft or fraud with nothing behind it.

  4. Your preferred payment option

    Pay upfront: $397 for Google, $697 for Yelp, or $497 for another site or harmful link. Pay upon removal: save a card, pay $0 today, and pay $50 more per item only once each removal is documented. No refund term applies because nothing is charged before removal. Pay upfront. If the specific Google review is not removed within 30 days of payment, or a Yelp review or other-platform item is not removed within 90 days of payment, we refund the removal fee to your original payment method. No claim or form needed. We review and issue it within 5 business days.

The full solar companies removal guide

Job-type economics, the grounds a case gets filed on, what to have ready, and every source behind the numbers on this page.

Read the Solar Companies guide

Solar Companies review removal FAQs

A review of our solar company is actually about a different company with the same name. Can it come down?+

Yes. Misdirected reviews violate the relevance rules on both Google and Yelp. We document the other company, the location mismatch and anything in the review that cannot apply to you, and file it as off-topic content.

Someone we never served left a one-star on our solar company profile. What now?+

That is the most common removal case in home services. We file it under the platform's genuine-experience policy with a note that no service record, invoice or contact exists for the reviewer. Upfront fees are refunded after our review if a Google review is not removed within 30 days of payment, or a Yelp review or other-platform item is not removed within 90 days. No claim or form needed. We review and issue it within 5 business days. Pay upon removal: save a card, pay $0 today, and pay $50 more per item only once each removal is documented. No refund term applies because nothing is charged before removal.

What if the reviewer of our solar company is a real customer who is exaggerating?+

A real customer's exaggeration is an opinion, and opinions are not removable. What is reportable are specific false facts and rule violations inside the review: threats, private information, or accusations about a named employee. The free scan separates the two before you decide to pay.

How long does solar companies review removal typically take?+

Most Google removals: 7–21 days. Yelp and other platforms: typically 60–90 days. The platform decides the timing. Complex cases are quoted individually through the Custom Care Plan with their own timeline.

Do you remove legitimate negative reviews?+

No. We only pursue reviews that violate a platform's Terms of Service: fake, off-topic, defamatory, extortive, or conflict-of-interest. Legitimate complaints are addressed via a response strategy, not deletion.

Can you remove reviews from non-clients or competitors targeting a solar company?+

Yes. Non-client, competitor-planted, and coordinated defamation campaigns targeting solar companies are among the highest-success ToS-violation categories we successfully remove.

Is this compliant with FTC and platform policy?+

Yes. Every workflow (outreach, invitations, responses, removal appeals) is aligned with the FTC Endorsement Guides and each platform's ToS. We keep audit-ready logs of every action.

How quickly can monitoring find new reviews?+

Monitoring can surface newly published reviews after platform feeds update. It does not promise review volume or ranking changes.

How is pricing structured?+

Removal is priced per item: $397 Google, $697 Yelp, or $497 other sites and harmful links upfront. Pay upon removal: save a card, pay $0 today, and pay $50 more per item only once each removal is documented. No refund term applies because nothing is charged before removal. Upfront fees are refunded after our review if a Google review is not removed within 30 days of payment, or a Yelp review or other-platform item is not removed within 90 days. No claim or form needed. We review and issue it within 5 business days.

What if a removal request is denied?+

We escalate through documented appeal channels. For upfront payments, the applicable refund applies if the item remains live; Pay upon removal is charged only after documented removal.

Sources for Solar Companies+

Every statistic cited inline on this page is drawn from the following industry sources. Citations remain inline alongside each figure so context stays with the claim.

  1. The policy list a removal report has to cite: fake engagement, off-topic content, impersonation, harassment, personal information and conflicts of interest.

  2. Annual consumer survey on how people find, read and act on local business reviews, including how much weight they give the newest negative reviews.

  3. Federal rule effective October 21, 2024. Bans fake or AI-generated reviews, reviews by insiders presented as customers, and buying positive or negative reviews. This is why removal has to be argued on policy grounds instead of countered with bought reviews.

  4. Google's own documentation of the report route: any review can be reported, only reviews that break a content policy are eligible for removal, and the decision is Google's.

  5. How do I report a review?Yelp for Business Support Center

    Yelp states that reported content is evaluated by its moderators and that the evaluation may take several days, with an email sent when it is done.

Confidential Solar Companies reputation audit

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Protect your solar company's reviews

Ready to protect the reviews that close every residential solar and commercial PV contract? One audit typically surfaces multiple removable reviews and immediate rating-lift opportunities. Reputation Medics protects the reviews that grow every solar company.

Pick the item and start now

Pay upfront. If the specific Google review is not removed within 30 days of payment, or a Yelp review or other-platform item is not removed within 90 days of payment, we refund the removal fee to your original payment method. No claim or form needed. We review and issue it within 5 business days. Google, Yelp and the sites we file with make the final decision.

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