Auburn, WA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

11 new building permits were filed in Auburn, WA 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

11

▼ 47.6% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

21

permits filed previous week

Auburn permit review backlog

Of 191 Auburn permits with a published review status, 0 (0.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
ISSUED17290.1%
FINALED115.8%
APPROVED63.1%
RECORDED21.0%

Is the Auburn 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. Auburn, WA logged 11 permits in the last 7 days versus 21 the week before — a 47.6% 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 GRIFFIS HEATING INC 2
2 BRENNAN HEATING &A/C LLC 1
3 FAST WATER HEATER COMPANY 1
4 GENE JOHNSN PLB HTG CL ELC LLC 1
5 GREENWOOD HEATING &HOME SRVS 1

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
MECHANICAL 8 72.7%
PLUMBING 3 27.3%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-30 MECHANICAL 905 71ST ST SE GENE JOHNSN PLB HTG CL ELC LLC
2026-07-30 MECHANICAL 5231 S 297TH PL SEATTLE HEATING &COOLING LLC
2026-07-29 PLUMBING 3338 R ST SE BOB LARSON PLUMBING LLC
2026-07-28 MECHANICAL 918 PIKE ST NE GRIFFIS HEATING INC
2026-07-27 PLUMBING 29810 138TH AVE SE FAST WATER HEATER COMPANY
Methodology. Data sourced from Auburn'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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