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Vasco Solar

B
B grade. A 35 year active license with no displayed discipline and independently published installation volume is the strongest record in this research set. No published workmanship warranty and a C-46-only classification keep it out of the top tier.

Vasco Solar is the cleanest record among the Orange County companies we researched this round, and the longevity is not a marketing claim. CSLB license 608260 was issued December 19, 1990, and qualifying individual Richard Patrick Vasquez has been associated with it since that same day, 35 years on one license under one qualifier. The license is current and active through November 2027, displays no complaint disclosure link, and no government enforcement of any kind was found. It is also the only company in this track with independently published volume: Solar Power World ranks it 372 nationally and 183 among installers for 2026 on 362.53 kW installed in 2025, and 83 in California for 2025. Small numbers, real numbers.

Know what you are buying, though. This is a C-46 Solar contractor with no C-10 Electrical classification on the record, and its heritage runs through solar pool heating and domestic hot water as much as solar electric. The homepage title still leads with pool heating, and the workers comp classification codes on the license are plumbing codes. The about page describes a full service Orange County solar company covering solar electricity, pool heating, hot water, and battery storage, and says the company has served as a technical expert for CSLB itself. For battery or main panel work, ask directly how electrical scope gets handled without a C-10 on the license.

The gaps are disclosure gaps, not red flags. No workmanship warranty appears anywhere on the site, and neither does the legal entity name or license number. The founding claims wobble between over 35 years on the about page and over 40 on the homepage; the 1990 license date is the verifiable anchor. The BBB A+ is nearly weightless here because the profile only opened November 30, 2025. Get a quote, then make the paperwork close what the website leaves open: entity name, license number, warranty terms, and who performs any electrical work.

The evidence

LongevityVerified

CSLB issued license 608260 on December 19, 1990, with a reissue on November 5, 2015, and BBB dates the business start to the same 1990 day. The company site claims over 35 years on the about page and over 40 years on the homepage; the claims disagree with each other, so the license date is the anchor worth trusting.

Source: CSLB license 608260

Complaints and enforcementVerified

CSLB displayed no complaint disclosure link on the license when read, which under B&P 7124.6 means nothing publicly disclosable, not that no complaint ever existed. No government enforcement was found. BBB shows an A+ with no published complaints, but that profile only opened November 30, 2025, so the 35 year license with no disclosure is the stronger signal.

Source: CSLB license 608260

Verifiable volumeVerified

Vasco Solar appears on all three Solar Power World lists reviewed: 2026 Top Solar Contractors at national rank 372 with 362.53 kW installed in 2025, 2026 Top Solar Installers at rank 183, and the 2025 Top California Solar Contractors at state rank 83 with 168.08 kW. That is boutique-scale volume, published independently rather than claimed.

Source: Solar Power World, 2026 Top Solar Contractors

License statusVerified

CSLB lists VASCO SOLAR as a corporation on license 608260, current and active with a C-46 Solar classification only, expiring November 30, 2027, with a $25,000 Western Surety bond and workers compensation through July 1, 2027. No C-10 Electrical classification appears on the record, a scope point worth raising for battery and panel upgrade work.

Source: CSLB license 608260

Warranty termsPending verification

No workmanship warranty duration or scope is stated on the fetched company pages, and the site publishes no entity name or license number either. Until Vasco puts labor terms in your contract, assume nothing beyond the statutory minimums is promised.

Source: Vasco Solar website

Company facts

CSLB entityVASCO SOLAR, Corporation; VASCO SOLAR ENERGY CONSTRUCTION is a previous name on the same license
CSLB license608260, C-46 Solar only, current and active; issued December 19, 1990; reissued November 5, 2015; expires November 30, 2027
Address17150 Newhope St 403, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Contractor bondWestern Surety Company, bond 67557756, $25,000; effective November 1, 2025
Workers compensationMidwest Employers Casualty Company, policy BNET172837807; July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2027
Qualifying individualRichard Patrick Vasquez, associated with the license since December 19, 1990
ScopeSolar electric, solar pool heating, solar hot water, battery storage, and repairs; the company says it has served as a technical expert for CSLB
Stated service areaSouthern California, mainly Orange County
Solar Power World rankings2026 national rank 372 and installer rank 183 on 362.53 kW; 2025 California rank 83 on 168.08 kW
BBBA+, not accredited; profile opened November 30, 2025, no complaints published
Workmanship warrantyNot published on the reviewed pages

Data pulled August 27, 2026 from CSLB license 608260, Vasco Solar about page, BBB profile, Solar Power World 2026 list and Solar Power World 2025 California list.

How to read this

This B rewards what can be checked: one license, one qualifier, 35 years, no displayed discipline, and volume a trade publication printed. It does not certify workmanship, and the missing warranty is the reason to slow down at contract time. Ask for the labor warranty in writing, the legal entity name on the agreement, and whether crews are employees or subcontractors, a question the public record does not answer. If your project includes a battery or panel upgrade, ask who holds the electrical scope. Our full rubric, including how our own installation business gets graded on the same scale, is on the methodology page. We are a solar installer and we partner with other solar companies. Grading is structurally separated from revenue; see disclosures.