Asheville, NC Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

58 new building permits were filed in Asheville, NC 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 2026-07-31

Permits filed · this week

58

▲ 9.4% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

53

permits filed previous week

Asheville permit review backlog

Of 2,590 Asheville permits with a published review status, 1 (0.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued1,26448.8%
Plan Check32212.4%
Pending Applicant Action31812.3%
Finaled1977.6%
CC Issued1716.6%
Reissued883.4%
Closed813.1%
Revoked421.6%

Is the Asheville 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. Asheville, NC logged 58 permits in the last 7 days versus 53 the week before — a 9.4% increase, so intake is accelerating and review backlogs are likely growing. 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 UPSTATE SIGNS & GRAPHICS 2
2 T. P. HOWARD'S PLUMBING CO., INC. 2
3 THE HANDS OF SEAN PERRY CO. 2
4 BOLTON CONSTRUCTION AND SERVICE OF WNC INC HEATING & AIR 1
5 ELLISTON ELECTRICAL 1

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Stand Alone Sign 7 12.1%
Event-Temporary Use 5 8.6%
Res: Alterations 5 8.6%
Res: Deck 4 6.9%
ABC 4 6.9%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-31 Com: Reroof 9 JOHN ST, ASHEVILLE, NC 28801 JOHN MCCLUNG ENTERPRISES, INC.
2026-07-31 Stand Alone Sign 5 REGENT PARK BLVD, #101, ASHEVILLE, NC 28806 EVOLUTION ELECTRIC LLC
2026-07-31 Com: Site Work 224 LONG SHOALS RD, ASHEVILLE, NC 28704 AIR-VENT EXTERIORS, INC.
2026-07-31 Res: Deck 45 CRABAPPLE LN, ASHEVILLE, NC 28804 EZEKIEL GOMEZ
2026-07-31 Com: Alter & Add 101 S LEXINGTON AVE, ASHEVILLE, NC 28801 JOVIAN BUILDERS, LLC
Methodology. Data sourced from Asheville'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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