The Pensacola-based solar company sold its assets to Freedom Forever in July 2024, and the Better Business Bureau now lists Meraki as no longer in business. The state’s own files say something different: Florida’s Division of Corporations still lists MERAKI INSTALLERS LLC with Status ACTIVE, and an annual report was filed for it on April 8, 2026 (Sunbiz, read September 27, 2026). An ACTIVE status on Sunbiz records that an entity’s state filings are in order. It is not a statement that a company is operating, staffed, or answering calls, and the two records plainly disagree. If a Meraki system sits on a roof in Florida, the practical question is not whether the company is coming back — it isn't — but what the paperwork says and what the public record shows.
What happened to Meraki Installers
Meraki was a sales-focused solar company based in Pensacola, strongest in the Panhandle but licensed to work statewide. Florida was one of six states where it sold systems, alongside Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Texas. In July 2024 it sold its assets to Freedom Forever, and Freedom Forever became the official subcontractor for Meraki's customers. Reports have circulated of a later Florida state-court liquidation in Escambia County. We have not been able to read such a filing in the Escambia County clerk's own court index (checked September 27, 2026), so this page does not state one, and states no filing date. If that record becomes readable it will appear here with the date it was read.
Read September 27, 2026, the Florida DBPR licensee record for Certified Solar Contractor license CVC57201 lists primary name KUECKER, KYLE A, DBA name MERAKI INSTALLERS LLC, status 'Delinquent,Active', licensure date November 1, 2022, expires August 31, 2026 — that is, the status still reads 'Active' almost a month after the expiration date printed on the same record. Other license numbers turn up on customer paperwork connected to this installer; those are separate licenses held by different licensees, and we don't say which license covered any particular installation. A license record that still reads 'Active' does not mean a company is answering the phone, and a Sunbiz listing that still reads ACTIVE does not mean it is operating. One database alone never tells the whole story, which is why the records have to be pulled, dated, and read together.
The company that took over is in its own bankruptcy
Freedom Forever — the #2 residential solar installer in the country in 2025, with a 6.1% market share per Wood Mackenzie — took over Meraki's Florida customers after the 2024 asset sale. It filed Chapter 11 in Delaware on April 15, 2026, and on August 7, 2026 the court converted the case to Chapter 7, with Alfred T. Giuliano appointed as trustee. So the support path for Meraki customers has now passed through two troubled companies in two years.
What this means for a Florida homeowner with a Meraki system
Start with the steady part. The equipment on the roof — panels, inverters — typically carries manufacturer warranties, and a warranty registered with the manufacturer survives an installer's collapse. The manufacturer made that promise, not Meraki. What closes with an installer is the installer's own workmanship coverage — the promise to fix problems tied to the installation itself. What any individual contract provides on either front is a question for the documents, and ultimately for a Florida-licensed attorney.
The financing is separate. Meraki was a sales and installation company, not a lender — customers financed through third parties. A loan or financing agreement is a contract with the finance company, and an installer's closure does not, by itself, end it. BBB complaints name Dividend Finance on accounts left behind by the collapse; in one complaint, Dividend told a customer that post-collapse service was "not their responsibility." The full list of lenders on Meraki deals is not verified, which is one more reason the paperwork matters more than anyone's memory of the sales pitch. For how dealer-arranged solar loans and the FTC Holder Rule notice work, see Solar Loan Help in Florida: Every Lender & the Holder Rule; if the system was financed through a PACE assessment on the property tax bill, see Florida PACE & Ygrene Loans: The Complete Guide.
The records worth pulling now
- Permit history — the city or county building department's file on the installation: what was filed, when, and whether the permit was properly closed out.
- License verification — the DBPR record for the contractor license in effect on the installation date, saved or printed with the date visible.
- PTO letter — the 'permission to operate' letter from the utility, which documents when the system was cleared to run.
- Contract and loan file — the signed installation agreement and every financing document, including anything signed on a tablet at the kitchen table.
Free complaint channels also exist, and no attorney is needed to use them. The Florida DBPR takes complaints about licensed contractors, the Florida Attorney General's office takes consumer complaints, and the CFPB takes complaints about financing companies. Filing is free, and each complaint becomes part of the public record.
How the records check works
Our process runs in one direction: documents before conversations. The free Records Check starts with an upload — the contract, the loan papers, or even just the property address — and comes back within one business day with what the public record shows. The $99 Complete Report assembles the full picture: permit history, license history, corporate filings, and where the installer and its successor stand today. After the report is finished, we send homeowners who want one the same list of independent Florida consumer-protection attorneys every customer receives. We are not lawyers; only a Florida-licensed attorney can say what the records mean for a person's contract, loan, or options.
- Meraki Installers — company profile →
- Freedom Forever — company profile →
- Florida Solar Company Bankruptcy Tracker →
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