Updated: Feb 23, 2026
Location and Projects
Address
201 SPEAR STREET STE 110, San Francisco, CA, 94105
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Onswitch Solar Contractor
Onswitch Inc, 201 Spear St, San Francisco, CA (Employees: John Lawrence Whisman, Joseph Benga Jr, and Joseph Benga Jr) holds a General Building, Electrical license and 2 other licenses according to the California license board.
Their BuildZoom score of 107 ranks in the top 6% of 336,931 California licensed contractors.
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Onswitch Inc Contact Information
Phone Number: (415) 237-1401
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Address: 201 SPEAR STREET STE 110, San Francisco, CA 94105
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Onswitch Inc San Francisco
Quality
107
94th percentile
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Onswitch Inc has a BuildZoom score of 107, which places them above 94% of 336,931 contractors in California.
Activity
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10 projects
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2025 |
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10 projects
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2024 |
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6 projects
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2023 |
Our building permit records indicate that Onswitch Inc has worked on at least
26.0 projects over the past 3 years.
This is an overview of this contractor's activity. Click here to access our complete licensing and building permit database.
This is an overview of this contractor's activity. Click here to access our complete licensing and building permit database.
Experience
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24 projects
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Solar installations |
Analyzing permits over the last 4 years shows that Onswitch Inc mostly works on
solar installation
projects.
Pricing
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1 project
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< $5k |
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1 project
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$50k-$100k |
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2 projects
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$100k-$250k |
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3 projects
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$250k-$500k |
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2 projects
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$500k-$1mil |
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1 project
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$1mil+ |
The typical size of their permits is approximately $358,004. This graph shows the distribution of these job values.
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Photovoltaic roof mounted solar 418kw 768 panels along with air conditioning disconnect inverters and associated conduits and wiring
Valuation:
$715,737
Permit #:
B24-0198
Status:
expired
Fee:
$3,087
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
This is a microgrid. 667kw dc carport and rooftop photovoltaic system natural gas generator and 500kwh bess. onswitch will be installing all of the systems in parallel at the safeway hercules site **share plans with bimic23-013434 bimic23-013436 bimic23-013437 bimic23-013438 bimic23-013440 ** **see bimic23-013434 bimic23-013436 bimic23-013437 for canopy permits** **see bimic23-013438 ... see more
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
BIPVC23-012042
Status:
issued
Fee:
$4,330
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
No Description Available
Valuation:
$3,238,400
Permit #:
B24-11706
Status:
issued
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Commercial alteration or addition - plan check-permit
2024-08-05
Cross street: campo rd description of work: roof mount commercial solar photovoltaic no. of modules: 864 no. of inverters: 7 total system size in kilowatts: 471 per section 4620 (i) of the zoning ordinance roof mounted photovoltaic systems shall not extend more than 5 above the highest point of the existing roof
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
PDS2024-COMALT-000102
Status:
complete
Fee:
$2,728
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Epc - 178.76kw solar photovoltaic system and 0gal solar wh system (water heater installed null)
Valuation:
$342,077
Permit #:
COM-2408094
Status:
expired
Fee:
$5,600
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
5660 skylane blvd: 889.4kw rooftop photovoltaic system on a flat roof
Valuation:
$885,000
Permit #:
B23-0236
Status:
final
Fee:
$584
Permit Type:
Solar (comm)
Building Type:
N/A
337.9kw 620 boviet solar bvm7612m-545-h-hc-bf modules
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
PVT2024-0009
Status:
triage
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
Photovoltaic - co...
Building Type:
N/A
Epc - 73.9kw solar photovoltaic system and 0gal solar wh system (water heater installed null) see revision: com-2124499: delta 1 revision - system size reduced. quantity of inverters decreased from 2 to 1. changes in support shown on sheets 001 a100 a200 e100 e200 e300 e400 e500 s100. all changes clouded
Valuation:
$181,428
Permit #:
COM-2121075
Status:
final
Fee:
$3,448
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
500kwh bess and xfrm-1 foundation ** share plans with bipvc23-012042 bimic23-013434 bimic23-013436 bimic23-013437 bimic23-013438) ***see bipvc23-012042 for solar permit and plans** **see bimic23-013434 bimic23-013436 bimic23-013437 for canopy permits** **see bimic23-013438 for generator**
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
BIMIC23-013440
Status:
issued
Fee:
$280
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Generator foundation ** share plans with bipvc23-012042 bimic23-013434 bimic23-013436 bimic23-013437 bimic23-013440) ***see bipvc23-012042 for solar permit and plans** **see bimic23-013434 bimic23-013436 bimic23-013437 for canopy permits** ***see bimic23-013440 for 500kwh bess foundation permit**
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
BIMIC23-013438
Status:
issued
Fee:
$385
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Solar canopy #3 ** share plans with bipvc23-012042 bimic23-013434 bimic23-013436 bimic23-013437 bimic23-013438 bimic23-013440** ***see bipvc23-012042 for solar permit and plans** ***see bimic23-013434 bimic23-013437 for canopy #1 & #2 permits** ***see bimic23-013438 for generator permit** ***see bimic23-013440 for 500kwh bess permit**
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
BIMIC23-013437
Status:
issued
Fee:
$175
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Solar canopy #2 ** share plans with bipvc23-012042 bimic23-013434 bimic23-013436 bimic23-013437 bimic23-013438 bimic23-013440 ** ***see bipvc23-012042 for solar permit and plans** ***see bimic23-013434 bimic23-013437 for canopy #1 & #3 permits** ***see bimic23-013438 for generator permit** ***see bimic23-013440 for 500kwh bess permit**
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
BIMIC23-013436
Status:
issued
Fee:
$175
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Solar canopy #1 ** share plans with bipvc23-012042 bimic23-013434 bimic23-013436 bimic23-013437 bimic23-013438 bimic23-013440 ** ***see bipvc23-012042 for solar permit and plans** ***see bimic23-013436 bimic23-013437 for canopy #2 & #3 permits** ***see bimic23-013438 for generator permit** ***see bimic23-013440 for 500kwh bess foundation permit**
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
BIMIC23-013434
Status:
issued
Fee:
$38,951
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Epc - 57.75kw solar photovoltaic system and 0gal solar wh system (water heater installed null) see revision com-2124504: delta 1 revision - array of photovoltaic modules moved to a different roof. changes in support of this are on sheets: 001 a100 a200 e100 e200 e300 e400 e500 e700 s100. all changes are clouded. updated structural calculations provided for the building to which array ... see more
Valuation:
$131,671
Permit #:
COM-2121516
Status:
final
Fee:
$3,282
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Epc - 31.57kw solar photovoltaic system and 0gal solar wh system (water heater installed null) see revision com-2204581: photovoltaic meter socket was replaced (smud request at time of pto inspection) and associated conduit to accommodate changes
Valuation:
$80,831
Permit #:
COM-2121488
Status:
final
Fee:
$2,050
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Install (2) 480v inverter system new 200amp solar panelboard 200amp air conditioning disconnect and junction box
Valuation:
$185,025
Permit #:
ELE21-01745
Status:
complete
Fee:
$168
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
***potential floodplain restrictions*** 164kw (301 modules) rooftop photovoltaic solar installation on existing commercial building
Valuation:
$358,004
Permit #:
S23-00634-COM
Status:
filed
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Epc - revision to com-2121516: delta 1 revision - array of photovoltaic modules moved to a different roof. changes in support of this are on sheets: 001 a100 a200 e100 e200 e300 e400 e500 e700 s100. all changes are clouded. updated structural calculations provided for the building to which array is being moved
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
COM-2124504
Status:
complete
Fee:
$1,016
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Replace 11 inverters (end of life) on an existing solar photovoltaic s
Valuation:
$85,000
Permit #:
B23-0318
Status:
final
Fee:
$1,770
Permit Type:
Solar (comm)
Building Type:
N/A
[eplan] pv2 plan check for new photovoltaic system. photovoltaic system size is 344 kw air conditioning. scope of work consists of (833) photovoltaic modules with (8) inverters
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
23041-10000-53936
Status:
issued
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
Commercial
Building Type:
N/A
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Onswitch Inc License info
Verified License
| License # | 1071073 |
| Status | Active |
| State | California |
| Type | General Building, Electrical |
| Business Type | Corporation |
- BuildZoom verified this license was active as of January 2026.
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Inactive License
| License # | 339330 |
| Status | Inactive |
| State | Arizona |
| Type | Specialty Commercial |
| Business Type | Corporation |
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Inactive License
| License # | 335938 |
| Status | Inactive |
| State | Arizona |
| Type | General Commercial |
| Business Type | Corporation |
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107
BuildZoom Score
Bonded
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| Bond Value | $15,000 |
Insured
| Workers Comp Provider | Ace American Insurance Company |
32
Permits
- Building permit records show that Onswitch Inc has worked on 32 permitted projects.
Onswitch Inc Employees
JW
John Lawrence Whisman
Rmo
JJ
Joseph Benga Jr
Rmo
JJ
Joseph Benga Jr
Qualifying Party
MB
Mark Andrew Bronez
Ceo / President
VA
Vijay Anand Ananthakrishnan
Rmo
VA
Vijay Ananthakrishnan
Director Secretary