Bernalillo County, NM Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-04

164 new building permits were filed in Bernalillo County, NM over the trailing 7 days, with $2,781,781 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

164

▲ 19.7% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$2,781,781

$132,465 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

137

permits filed previous week

Bernalillo County permit review backlog

Of 1,481 Bernalillo County permits with a published review status, 260 (17.6%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued89560.4%
Payment Received23716.0%
Pending15110.2%
In Review1097.4%
Information Required342.3%
Canceled211.4%
Closed120.8%
Ready for Payment110.7%

Is the Bernalillo County 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. Bernalillo County, NM logged 164 permits in the last 7 days versus 137 the week before — a 19.7% increase, so intake is accelerating and review backlogs are likely growing. 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 TLC SERVICES LLC 9 $159,816
2 NATIONAL SERVICES, LLC 8 $48,000
3 Contractor HOMEOWNER 6 $640,885
4 SIGNATURE HEATING, COOLING AND PLUMBING 5
5 WAGNER MECHANICAL INC 5

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Electrical Residential 52 31.7%
Plumbing Residential 22 13.4%
Mechanical Residential 22 13.4%
Commercial Building 19 11.6%
Residential Building 17 10.4%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-03 Mechanical Residential 820 ALAMEDA Rd NW, ALBUQUERQUE NM 87114 ALPINE SERVICES LLC
2026-08-03 Mechanical Residential 6668 ELWOOD Dr NW, ALBUQUERQUE NM ALL OUT PLUMBING & MECHANICAL, LLC
2026-08-03 Electrical Residential 1200 Rael St SW, Albuquerque NM 87121 ADO ELECTRICAL AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.
2026-08-03 Electrical Residential 2150 BLACK WILLOW Dr NE, ALBUQUERQUE NM 87122 A.K.A. HOLMES ELECTRIC
2026-08-03 Electrical Commercial 12700 San Rafael Ave NE, 5, Albuquerque NM 87122 ALSP LLC DBA PASS FIRE PROTECTION LLC
Methodology. Data sourced from Bernalillo County'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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