Commercial Electrician in Los Angeles
Licensed Commercial Electrical Contracting Across Los Angeles County
PowerRoute Electric & Plumbing wires, upgrades, and maintains commercial buildings across Los Angeles. Offices, retail, restaurants, multi-family, industrial, and medical properties each run on different loads and different code paths. We size the service, pull the permits, and schedule the work around your tenants. Every number comes from a site walkthrough, not a phone guess.
Get Your Commercial Bid
Tell us the building type, the address, and what needs power. We reply with a walkthrough time and a written scope.
Built for Los Angeles Commercial Property
Commercial work runs on different rules than residential. Three-phase service, higher fault currents, Title 24 lighting, and a permit path through LADBS all shape the job before the first conduit goes up. Our crews work in occupied buildings, coordinate with building engineers and general contractors, and keep the space open while the work moves.
Pasadena commercial buyers have their own page. See commercial electrician in Pasadena for work inside the Pasadena city line.
Three-Phase Power, Service Capacity, and Switchgear
Most commercial buildings in Los Angeles run 208Y/120 or 480Y/277 three-phase service. Adding tenants, kitchen equipment, EV charging, or new HVAC pushes the existing service past its rating. We run a load calculation to NEC Article 220, then size the upgrade around the result.
Scope includes service entrance upgrades with LADWP or Southern California Edison coordination, switchboard and panelboard replacement, distribution and sub-panels for new tenant spaces, step-down transformers for 277-volt lighting, and fault-current review before equipment gets ordered. Tenant billing runs through multi-meter installations sized to the utility standard.
Buildings We Wire Across Los Angeles
Every building type carries its own load profile, inspection path, and tenant schedule. Start here, then open the page for your property type.
Office Buildings
Panel capacity, tenant sub-metering, lighting controls, and after-hours cutovers on occupied floors.
Retail and Storefronts
Sign circuits, display lighting, point-of-sale power, and buildout wiring sized to the lease you signed.
Restaurants and Kitchens
Hood interlocks, dedicated equipment circuits, GFCI protection in wet zones, and health inspection readiness.
Multi-Family and HOA
House panels, meter stacks, common-area lighting, parking EV circuits, and board-ready scopes.
Industrial and Warehouse
480-volt distribution, motor circuits, machine feeds, and high-bay lighting.
Medical and Dental
Isolated grounds, imaging equipment feeds, and circuits sized for continuous duty.
Tenant Improvement Buildouts and the City of LA Permit Path
The permit drives a tenant improvement schedule. In the City of Los Angeles, electrical work pulls a permit through LADBS, and plan check applies once you add circuits, relocate a panel, or change the service. We prepare the electrical scope, coordinate with your architect and general contractor, and book inspections early so sign-off never holds up your tenant.
Buildout scope covers demo of abandoned circuits, branch circuit and device rough-in, panel and feeder work for the demised space, lighting layout to Title 24, low-voltage coordination, and final trim, testing, and inspection sign-off. Phasing detail lives on our tenant improvement electrician page.
Title 24 Lighting Compliance and Retrofits
California Title 24, Part 6 sets lighting power limits and control requirements for commercial space, and alterations trigger it. Replace a lighting system, build out a suite, or change a space type, and the new work meets the current standard.
Retrofit scope includes LED fixtures sized to the allowed lighting power density, occupancy and vacancy sensors, daylighting controls in daylit zones, multi-level switching or dimming, exterior and parking lighting controls, and the acceptance testing documentation your inspector asks for. Utility rebates often offset part of the cost. Our Edison rebate page covers current programs.
After-Hours Work, Emergency Response, and Maintenance
Commercial buildings lose money when the power stops. Our coverage keeps the building running while the work gets done. Portfolio owners run through our property management electrician program.
After-Hours and Weekend Crews
We schedule cutovers, panel swaps, and shutdowns outside business hours so your tenants keep working.
Emergency Response
Lost power, a tripped main, a hot smell at the switchboard. Call the office and we dispatch to the address.
Maintenance Agreements
Scheduled inspections, thermal scans on switchgear, lighting checks, and a documented punch list for your building file.
Licensed, Bonded, and Insured
Commercial buyers screen paperwork before they screen price. Ours stays current and goes out with every bid.
C-10 Electrical License
Licensed by the California State License Board. The license number and status appear on every bid we send.
Contractor Bond
A current contractor bond stays on file with the CSLB, as state law requires of every licensed contractor.
Insurance Certificates
General liability and workers compensation certificates issued to your entity, with additional insured endorsements where your lease or lender requires them.
Permits in Our Name
We pull the electrical permit, meet the inspector, and carry the job through sign-off.
How a Commercial Bid Comes Together
A commercial number holds up only when someone looks at the building first. Four steps, no surprises at invoice time.
1. Walkthrough
We meet you on site, open the panels, photograph existing conditions, and confirm scope with your engineer or general contractor.
2. Load and Scope
Load calculation, single-line review, fixture and device counts, and a written scope with the exclusions spelled out.
3. Written Bid
Line-item pricing, permit and inspection allowances, and a schedule with the after-hours windows already built in.
4. Schedule and Close-Out
Phasing around tenants, booked inspection dates, as-built markups, and warranty documentation for your building file.
Service Coverage
Commercial Electrical Service Across Los Angeles County
We take commercial work across Los Angeles and the surrounding cities. Downtown high-rise, Westside office, Valley industrial, storefront row. One point of contact covers a whole portfolio. Our wider city overview sits at electrician in Los Angeles.
- Los Angeles
- Glendale
- Pasadena
- Burbank
- Torrance
- Panorama City
- + More Cities Throughout LA County
Commercial Questions
Commercial Electrician FAQs
What Los Angeles building owners, property managers, and general contractors ask before they hire.
Any work on a commercial service: office, retail, restaurant, warehouse, medical, and multi-family common areas. The difference shows up in the equipment and the paperwork. Three-phase service, higher fault currents, Title 24 lighting rules, and a commercial permit path through LADBS.
Yes. Most of our commercial work happens with tenants in place. We phase the job, book shutdowns after hours or on weekends, and give your building manager written notice windows before anything goes dark.
Call the office and we dispatch to the address. Clients on a maintenance agreement have a written response target in their agreement.
Yes. We pull electrical permits in our own name through LADBS or the city with jurisdiction over your address, meet the inspector, and carry the job through final sign-off.
Yes. We hold a C-10 electrical license with the California State License Board, carry a current contractor bond, and provide general liability and workers compensation certificates. Additional insured endorsements are available where your lease or lender requires them.
Usually. A service entrance change involves LADWP or Southern California Edison depending on the address. We handle the application and the coordination, then schedule the cutover around your operation.
Yes. Scheduled inspections, thermal scans on switchgear, lighting and emergency exit checks, and a documented punch list per property. Pricing scales with building count and visit frequency.
Price follows scope. A single-suite lighting retrofit and a 1,200-amp service upgrade sit far apart. We quote from a walkthrough with line-item pricing rather than a flat rate.
Get a Commercial Electrical Bid
Send the building type, the address, and the scope. We schedule a walkthrough and return a written, line-item bid with the permit path and the after-hours windows built in.