Berkeley, CA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-11-02

245 building permits were recorded for Berkeley, CA over the trailing 7 days. This page reflects currently available public permitting records; source schedules vary by jurisdiction.

By PermitGrab Research · Updated 2026-11-02 · Last permit logged 2026-10-31

Permits filed · this week

245

▲ 24.4% vs prior 7 days

Prior 7-day comparison

197

permits filed previous week

Berkeley published permit statuses

Of 2,180 Berkeley permits with a published review status, 554 (25.4%) are currently labelled as review or intake stages by the source. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Waiting for Review63829.3%
Issued52324.0%
Under Review52123.9%
Documents Required1818.3%
Pending Payment1285.9%
Ready to Issue421.9%
Corrections List Issued351.6%
Closed331.5%

What do the published permit statuses show?

Of 2,180 records with a published review status, 554 (25.4%) are currently labelled as review or intake stages by the source. Berkeley, CA also has 245 records in the trailing 7 days versus 197 in the prior 7 days. These source fields do not establish an overall review time or backlog outside the statuses the jurisdiction publishes.

Top contractors this week

#ContractorPermits (7d)
1 OCCUPANCY 29
2 BERKELEY ELECTRIC INC 5
3 HASSLER HEATING & AIR CONDITION 5
4 YELLOWJACKET HEATING & COOLING INC 4
5 PACIFIC COAST ROOFING SERVICE 3

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractor
2026-10-31 Permit 2448 SIXTH St TOWNE ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
2026-10-31 Permit 2802 TENTH St TOWNE ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
2026-10-31 Permit 2315 DURANT Ave OCCUPANCY
2026-10-31 Permit 1425 SAN PABLO Ave OCCUPANCY
2026-10-31 Permit 2629 REGENT St, A OCCUPANCY
Methodology. Data is based on public permitting records associated with Berkeley. Source coverage and publication schedules vary by jurisdiction. Permits are counted using the source date field. This source does not publish enough current declared-value coverage to report a citywide construction-value total. "This week" means the trailing 7 days through 2026-11-02.

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