Boulder, CO Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

162 new building permits were filed in Boulder, CO over the trailing 7 days, with $13,131 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 2026-07-31

Permits filed · this week

162

▲ 25.6% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$13,131

$1,641 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

129

permits filed previous week

Boulder permit review backlog

Of 943 Boulder permits with a published review status, 0 (0.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued92598.1%
Closed91.0%
Letter of Completion70.7%
Pending at Applicant10.1%
Payment Pending10.1%

Is the Boulder 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. Boulder, CO logged 162 permits in the last 7 days versus 129 the week before — a 25.6% 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 ENERGY TRANSITION PARTNERS INC dba 7
2 MEARS BROADBAND LLC 7
3 IQ SEWER TECH LLC 4
4 Contractor of Record Not Designated 4
5 ADB COMPANIES 3 $1,000

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Mechanical Permit 40 24.7%
Right-of-Way Permit 38 23.5%
Electrical Permit 22 13.6%
Building Permit - Single Family Detached 15 9.3%
Roofing Replacement Permit 11 6.8%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-31 Electrical Permit 4775 SPINE RD BC BUILDERS LLC
2026-07-31 Mechanical Permit 320 HOLLYBERRY LN BLUE SKY PLUMBING & HEATING
2026-07-31 Utility Permit 1835 RANGE ST APEX PLUMBING INC
2026-07-31 Fire Permit 1800 28TH ST ALARM DETECTION SYSTEMS
2026-07-31 Building Permit - Single Family Detached 5646 RIM ROCK CT CHRISTOPHER'S HEATING AND COOLING
Methodology. Data sourced from Boulder'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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