Bernalillo County, NM Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

174 new building permits were filed in Bernalillo County, NM over the trailing 7 days, with $7,157,492 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 2026-08-03

Permits filed · this week

174

▲ 28.9% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$7,157,492

$325,340 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

135

permits filed previous week

Bernalillo County permit review backlog

Of 1,463 Bernalillo County permits with a published review status, 257 (17.6%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued88660.6%
Payment Received23315.9%
Pending14910.2%
In Review1087.4%
Information Required342.3%
Canceled191.3%
Closed120.8%
Ready for Payment110.8%

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 174 permits in the last 7 days versus 135 the week before — a 28.9% 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 10 $159,816
2 NATIONAL SERVICES, LLC 8 $48,000
3 Contractor HOMEOWNER 6 $640,885
4 WAGNER MECHANICAL INC 5
5 OUR WORLD ENERGY NM LLC DBA OUR WORLD ENERGY 4 $110,880

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Electrical Residential 53 30.5%
Plumbing Residential 24 13.8%
Commercial Building 22 12.6%
Mechanical Residential 22 12.6%
Residential Building 19 10.9%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-03 Electrical Residential 450 Juan Tomas Rd, Tijeras NM 87059 SUNSTATE SOLAR INC.
2026-08-03 Electrical Residential 11315 San Antonio Dr NE, Albuquerque NM 87122 TDC ELECTRIC
2026-08-03 Electrical Residential 1200 Rael St SW, Albuquerque NM 87121 ADO ELECTRICAL AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.
2026-08-03 Electrical Residential 1013 LOVATO Rd SW, ALBUQUERQUE NM 87105 COBRA ELECTRIC LLC
2026-08-03 Electrical Residential 26 ROADRUNNER Rd, Tijeras NM 87059 TURQUOISE TRAIL ELECTRIC & PLUMBING, 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 2026-08-03.

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