Holly Electric is a family-owned electrical contractor serving Gainesville, FL and the surrounding Alachua County area. We've been doing electrical work in North Florida for more than 20 years. If you're looking for a Gainesville electrician who shows up on time, pulls the right permits, and stands behind the work, we're a good fit.

We do residential and commercial electrical work, plus we install and service whole-home standby generators from Generac, Kohler, Cummins, Briggs & Stratton, and other major brands. We're a Generac PowerPro Premier dealer and a certified KOHLER Titanium Tier dealer, and we'll recommend the system that actually fits your home. Free estimates on most jobs.

Why Choose Holly Electric in Gainesville?

A few reasons our Gainesville customers give us their business:

We're family-owned

The number you call is our shop, and the person quoting the job is the person doing the work. We give honest recommendations, we don't sell work you don't need, and a lot of our customers have been calling the same number for years. Long-term relationships are the whole business model.

We're licensed in Florida and Georgia

We work all over North Florida and into South Georgia, and Gainesville is well inside our normal service area.

We know standby generators

We're a Generac PowerPro Premier dealer and a KOHLER Titanium Tier dealer, the top tier for both brands, and we're KOHLER Titan certified for generator service and maintenance. We also install and service Cummins, Briggs & Stratton, and other standby generator systems. Whatever brand ends up on your pad, we sell, install, and service it end to end.

We handle the permits and inspections

Generator installs and most electrical projects in Gainesville require a permit and a final inspection. We pull the permit, coordinate with the inspector, and see the job through sign-off. Plenty of contractors leave that paperwork to the homeowner. We don't.

We're set up for North Florida storm season

Tropical storms and storm-related outages knock out power across North Florida most years, and we've installed enough standby generators in the region to know what works. We can spec, install, and maintain a system that's ready when the grid drops.

Electrical Services for Gainesville Homes and Businesses

We handle a full range of electrical work for Gainesville homes and businesses:

For older Gainesville homes (the area around downtown and the University of Florida has a lot of mid-century housing), a panel upgrade is one of the most common projects we run. Older breaker boxes weren't sized for modern loads, and a panel that was fine in 1975 isn't fine for a kitchen with two ovens, an EV charger, and a heat pump.

Areas of Gainesville and Alachua County We Serve

We service Gainesville and the surrounding Alachua County area, including:

• Downtown Gainesville
• The University of Florida area and surrounding student housing
• Northwest Gainesville
• Haile Plantation and the southwest Gainesville suburbs
• Jonesville and Tioga
• Newberry
• Alachua
• Hawthorne
• Surrounding rural Alachua County addresses

If you're not sure whether your address is in our service area, contact us and we'll let you know. We'll be honest about it. If we're not the right fit for the job, we'll tell you.

Local Permits and Code in Alachua County

Electrical work in Gainesville and the unincorporated parts of Alachua County requires permits through the appropriate building department, depending on jurisdiction. The City of Gainesville handles permits inside city limits; Alachua County handles unincorporated areas. Panel upgrades, service changes, new circuits, and generator installs all require a permit and a final inspection.

We treat permitting as part of the job, not an add-on. We pull the permit, coordinate the inspection, and handle the sign-off, so you never have to navigate the building department on your own. Ask around and you'll find that's not standard practice. It is for us.

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