Beaufort, SC Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

82 new building permits were filed in Beaufort, SC 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

82

▼ 26.8% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

112

permits filed previous week

Beaufort permit review backlog

Of 1,012 Beaufort permits with a published review status, 108 (10.7%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued89988.8%
In Review868.5%
Submitted222.2%
Expired20.2%
Complete10.1%
Void10.1%
Submitted - Online10.1%

Is the Beaufort 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. Beaufort, SC logged 82 permits in the last 7 days versus 112 the week before — a 26.8% 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 HOMES BY DICKERSON SC LLC 6
2 LANG CORPORATION 5
3 CAROLINA AIR INC 4
4 SELECTRIC LLC 3
5 BOBBY LEE MYERS 2

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Residential 21 25.6%
Mechanical 15 18.3%
Building Residential Repair 14 17.1%
Building Residential Other 7 8.5%
Stormwater Residential 6 7.3%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-31 Electrical 10 PALM ISLE CT Bluffton SC 29926 CURTIS DRIESSEN
2026-07-31 Accessory Use 3011 DOGWOOD ST Beaufort SC 29906 DEBORAH SMITH
2026-07-31 Mechanical 4 SANDPIPER DR Ladys Island SC 29907 CAROLINA AIR INC
2026-07-31 Residential 12 FACTORY CREEK RD Ladys Island SC 29907 BENJAMIN BOWKLEY
2026-07-31 Residential 281 HAIG POINT RD Daufuskie Island SC 29915 ERICA VEIT
Methodology. Data sourced from Beaufort'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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