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Brightside Solar

Solar energy system service · Steamboat Springs, CO

What the listing shows you

5.0★

23 Google reviews

What it doesn’t

0%

rated 1–2★

typical in Colorado, 3%

Newest review held

Aug 2025

no held review in a year

Google's rating breakdown · all 23 reviews

Rated 1–2★
0%
typical in Colorado, 3%
Posted an update
—
we saw no owner post, which is not the same as none existing
Replies to reviewers
100%
of the 23 reviews we hold

Its one and two star share is 3 points below the typical installer in Colorado. Across Colorado, 122 of the 216 installers whose breakdown Google has published carry a higher share than this one.

The percentages are Google’s own arithmetic over every review it holds, not a sample we assembled. Separately we hold 23 review texts for this company, quoted below. Google publishes review ages rather than dates, so every date here is approximate.

Every company we hold in Colorado, on one axis

none

1–5%

6–10%

11–20%

over 20%

Every company we hold in Colorado whose Google breakdown has been read, grouped by their share of one and two star reviews. Brightside Solar is in the highlighted group.

What reviewers said

  • 5★ · around August 2025 · the company replied

    My experience with Brightside Solar was 100% excellent! Solar installation is a process and after beginning with a national solar business, I learned about YVEA- qualified local solar companies. Thus, I switched to Brightside. Matt quickly responded and was willing to proceed with my ground-mounted system on a steep and challenging hillside. He clearly assessed the potential hurdles and worked through each with solid expertise. He and his crew demonstrated exceptional workmanship, attention to detail, and communication skills. With ongoing Brightside support, I now have a sturdy high-quality G

  • 5★ · around August 2025 · the company replied

    We finished installing solar panels on our roof a couple of months ago, and it looks great (both outside and inside). Matt and Jake were a please working with; Matt was always available to explain everything patiently and in depth and clearly knows everything you could possibly want your solar installer to know. We had to snake wires down through the house, going behind oven and sink and down through another floor into a bathroom closet, finishing in the garage. No problem - they did the work diligently and carefully, all along making sure it was to our liking. On the outside they made sure th

  • 5★ · around August 2023 · the company replied

    Matt, Jake and the entire team were 100% professional in their total approach from start to finish. The price was fair; the communication was outstanding whether it was via phone, email or text; they cleaned up every day when on the job and, most importantly, the project was completed ahead of the promised finish date. We highly recommend Brightside for anyone considering solar!

Reviewer names are not published here. Negative reviews are shown first because they are the ones a listing hides, not because they are more representative.

What reviewers keep mentioning

  • helpful team 9
  • attention to detail 5
  • solar pv 5
  • affordable 4
  • prompt work 3
  • promptness 2
  • availability for questions 2
  • installation style 2
  • solar system installation 2
  • power generation estimate 2

Topics Google derives from the review text, with how often each appears. A frequent topic is not a good one: “price” turns up in praise and in complaints alike.

What the company says about itself

Taken from its own website. We have not checked any of it, and a sentence on a website is not evidence.

  • Insured

    “for our client. As a licensed and insured operator, we have garnered a…”

  • Licensed

    “minimal impact for our client. As a licensed and insured operator, we have…”

Its website also mentions free estimate, but not in a sentence we can quote cleanly.

Elsewhere

  • Google also lists this company under roofing. A company that does both roofing and solar can handle the roof work a panel install often needs.
  • It is also reviewed on the Better Business Bureau and Yelp. Worth reading before you sign anything: those are a different crowd, and the complaints that reach the Better Business Bureau rarely reach Google.
  • It posts on Instagram and Facebook. A page that stopped posting years ago tells you something a listing will not.

When they say they are open

Sunday
Closed
Monday
9 AM to 5 PM
Tuesday
9 AM to 5 PM
Wednesday
9 AM to 5 PM
Thursday
9 AM to 5 PM
Friday
9 AM to 5 PM
Saturday
Closed

As Google published them when we last read the listing, not a live check. Ring before you drive anywhere.

Who Google shows alongside them

Google’s own “people also viewed” set, in Google’s order. It is Google’s comparison, not ours.

  • Paragon Virtual, LLC5.0★ · 2
  • InSite Media5.0★ · 1

The ones without a link have no page here, either because Google does not categorise them as solar businesses or because we could not match the name to a listing with confidence.

Other installers in Colorado

1–2★3★4★5★gauge 0–20%typical here, 3%

Ordered by how much we can tell you about each, which is not an order of quality. We do not know which of these is better and would not say if we did.

What we don't know

  • The date above is the newest review we hold, which is not necessarily the newest that exists — we hold a large share of Google's reviews, not all of them.
  • We do not verify licences, insurance or bonding. Nothing here has been checked against a state licensing board.
  • We cannot tell you what an installation costs, and we hold nothing about the equipment they fit.

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