135 new building permits were filed in Bellingham, WA over the trailing 7 days, with $5,209,542 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
135
▼ 10.6% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$5,209,542
$84,024 avg per permit
Prior 7-day comparison
151
permits filed previous week
Of 7,362 Bellingham permits with a published review status, 957 (13.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ISSUED | 2,685 | 36.5% |
| FINALED | 2,655 | 36.1% |
| APPLIED | 528 | 7.2% |
| IN REVIEW | 429 | 5.8% |
| READY TO ISSUE | 334 | 4.5% |
| VOIDED OR WITHDRAWN | 309 | 4.2% |
| REQUEST FOR INFO | 175 | 2.4% |
| RTI HOLD | 140 | 1.9% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Bellingham, WA logged 135 permits in the last 7 days versus 151 the week before — a 10.6% decrease, so intake is easing. This tracker refreshes weekly from official municipal feeds, so it reflects the current pace rather than a stale snapshot.
| # | Contractor | Permits (7d) | Declared value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MARR'S HEATING & A/C INC | 15 | — |
| 2 | BARRON HEATING & A/C INC | 7 | $4,837 |
| 3 | VECA ELECTRIC | 6 | $30,000 |
| 4 | LYNDEN SHEET METAL INC | 5 | $8,000 |
| 5 | OWNER AS CONTRCT EXEMPT PER RCW18.27.090 | 4 | $398,257 |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SINGLE FAMILY OR DUPLEX | 37 | 27.4% |
| MECHANICAL | 20 | 14.8% |
| ELECTRICAL NONRESIDENTIAL OR MULTIFAMILY | 18 | 13.3% |
| NEW CONSTRUCTION SINGLE FAMILY OR DUPLEX | 6 | 4.4% |
| UTILITIES FRANCHISE | 6 | 4.4% |
| Date | Type | Address | Contractor | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | ELECTRICAL SINGLE FAMILY OR DUPLEX | 2422 ONTARIO ST | BARRON HEATING & A/C INC | — |
| 2026-07-30 | UTILITIES FRANCHISE | 4104 KRAMER LN | ADVANCED CONCEPTS LLC | — |
| 2026-07-30 | MECHANICAL | 1021 GRANARY AVE | ANDGAR MECHANICAL LLC | — |
| 2026-07-30 | MECHANICAL | 1025 GRANARY AVE | ANDGAR MECHANICAL LLC | — |
| 2026-07-30 | UTILITIES REPAIR | 3007 PLYMOUTH DR | BARRON HEATING & A/C INC | — |
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