1115 new building permits were filed in Austin, TX over the trailing 7 days, with $6,031,915 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.
Permits filed · this week
1,115
▼ 7.4% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$6,031,915
$194,577 avg per permit
Prior 7-day comparison
1,204
permits filed previous week
Of 21,234 Austin permits with a published review status, 4 (0.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Active | 14,853 | 69.9% |
| Final | 6,283 | 29.6% |
| Withdrawn | 44 | 0.2% |
| Inactive Pending Revision | 20 | 0.1% |
| VOID | 17 | 0.1% |
| On Hold | 7 | 0.0% |
| Cancelled - Contractor Required | 4 | 0.0% |
| Pending | 4 | 0.0% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Austin, TX logged 1,115 permits in the last 7 days versus 1,204 the week before — a 7.4% decrease, so intake is easing. This tracker refreshes weekly from official municipal feeds, so it reflects the current pace rather than a stale snapshot.
| # | Contractor | Permits (7d) | Declared value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acadian Group | 41 | $2,200,000 |
| 2 | IES Residential, Inc. | 25 | — |
| 3 | Texas Multifamily Solution, LLC | 20 | — |
| 4 | Radiant Plumbing and Air Conditioning | 19 | — |
| 5 | Stan's Heating, Air, Plumbing, & Electrical | 16 | — |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical Permit | 298 | 26.7% |
| Building Permit | 282 | 25.3% |
| Plumbing Permit | 281 | 25.2% |
| Mechanical Permit | 228 | 20.4% |
| Driveway / Sidewalks | 26 | 2.3% |
| Date | Type | Address | Contractor | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | Plumbing Permit | 1109 FIELDCREST DR | Praxis Plumbing | — |
| 2026-07-26 | Plumbing Permit | 3006 FRUTH ST BLDG 1 | Loredos Plumbing | — |
| 2026-07-26 | Plumbing Permit | 605 SUNDIAL CV | Ultimate Plumber LLC | — |
| 2026-07-26 | Plumbing Permit | 8001 CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS BLVD UNIT 902 | General Plumbing Services | — |
| 2026-07-26 | Plumbing Permit | 2206 WHITE HORSE TRL | Art G Plumbing | — |
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