Albuquerque, NM Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

276 new building permits were filed in Albuquerque, NM over the trailing 7 days, with $0 in declared construction value. Filing volume is the clearest public signal of how busy — or backed up — a city's building department is right now. Live data from official municipal permit-issuance feeds.

By Marcus Reeves · Updated 2026-08-03 · Last permit logged 2026-07-30

Permits filed · this week

276

▼ 36.6% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

435

permits filed previous week

Albuquerque permit review backlog

Of 4,043 Albuquerque permits with a published review status, 2 (0.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued3,55587.9%
Complete44210.9%
Fees Due310.8%
Fees Paid60.1%
Void50.1%
In Review20.0%
Requires Re-submit10.0%
Incomplete10.0%

Is the Albuquerque building department backed up?

Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Albuquerque, NM logged 276 permits in the last 7 days versus 435 the week before — a 36.6% decrease, so intake is easing. This tracker refreshes weekly from official municipal feeds, so it reflects the current pace rather than a stale snapshot.

Top contractors this week

#ContractorPermits (7d)Declared value
1 Wagner Mechanical 24
2 Alexandrea Baca 13
3 Albuquerque Plumbing Heating and Cooling 12
4 Premium Roofing LLC 10
5 S&S Building Solutions, LLC 9

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Mechanical Existing Construction - Resid 58 21.0%
Plumbing Existing Construction - Residen 48 17.4%
Electrical Existing Construction - Resid 44 15.9%
ReRoof - Residential Express Permit 39 14.1%
Plumbing New Construction - Residential 16 5.8%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-30 ReRoof - Residential Express Permit 5317 VERONICA DR NE Albuquerque NM 87111 Green Mountain Contractors
2026-07-30 ReRoof - Residential Express Permit 4532 CHADWICK RD NW Albuquerque NM 87120 Hawk Construction Services
2026-07-30 ReRoof - Residential Express Permit 6319 GHOST FLOWER TRL NE Albuquerque NM 87111 CABEZON ROOFING, LLC
2026-07-30 Electrical Existing Construction - Resid 4500 CAPRI CT NW Albuquerque NM 87114 Eco Electric LLC
2026-07-30 Solar - Express Permit 1323 QUIET DESERT DR SW Albuquerque NM 87121 ION DEVELOPER, LLC dba ION Solar
Methodology. Data sourced from Albuquerque's official municipal permit-issuance feed and refreshed daily. Permits are counted by issue date. Declared construction value reflects what the applicant declared on the permit application and is filtered to remove obvious data-entry errors (values under $1,000 or above $50M are excluded from totals). "This week" means the trailing 7 days through 2026-08-03.

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