Beaufort, SC Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-04

86 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 2026-08-04 · Last permit logged 2026-08-03

Permits filed · this week

86

▼ 23.9% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

113

permits filed previous week

Beaufort permit review backlog

Of 1,039 Beaufort permits with a published review status, 112 (10.8%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued92188.6%
In Review898.6%
Submitted232.2%
Complete20.2%
Expired20.2%
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 86 permits in the last 7 days versus 113 the week before — a 23.9% 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 5
4 INTEGRITY FIRST INSTALLATIONS LLC 3
5 BOBBY LEE MYERS 2

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Residential 22 25.6%
Mechanical 16 18.6%
Building Residential Repair 15 17.4%
Electrical 6 7.0%
Stormwater Residential 6 7.0%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-03 Electrical 81 GLOVER RD St Helena Island SC 29920 BRYAN CHARLES I
2026-08-03 Mechanical 12 PLEASANT PLACE DR Ladys Island SC 29907 CAROLINA AIR INC
2026-08-03 Offices and Services 41 SEA PINES DR St Helena Island SC 29920 ASHLEY OWEN-AVART
2026-08-03 Electrical 9 MAYFAIR CT Ladys Island SC 29907 BRENT SATTERFIELD
2026-08-03 Accessory Use 161 SEA PINES DR St Helena Island SC 29920 CLINTON CONTRACTING, LLC
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 2026-08-04.

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