Brownsville, TX Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-04

175 new building permits were filed in Brownsville, TX over the trailing 7 days, with $0 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

175

▼ 6.4% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

187

permits filed previous week

Brownsville permit review backlog

Of 1,811 Brownsville permits with a published review status, 814 (44.9%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Pending63034.8%
Inspection Phase34218.9%
Ready to Issue28615.8%
Approved1106.1%
Additional Info Required985.4%
Closed - Approved804.4%
In Review794.4%
Closed - Withdrawn341.9%

Is the Brownsville 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. Brownsville, TX logged 175 permits in the last 7 days versus 187 the week before — a 6.4% decrease, so intake is easing. 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 J & M ELECTRIC 3
2 DUN-RITE PLUMBING 3
3 JOSE LUIS TORRES 2
4 HVAC SERVICES 2
5 OJEDA'S ELECTRIC 2

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Permit Extension 29 16.6%
Residential Electrical Permit 24 13.7%
Residential Plumbing Permit 16 9.1%
Residential New Construction Permit 14 8.0%
Residential Mechanical Permit 13 7.4%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-03 Residential Electrical Permit 42 W SAINT FRANCIS ST, Brownsville Texas 78520 J & M ELECTRIC
2026-08-03 Residential Mechanical Permit 3464 NAZARET AVE, Brownsville Texas 78575 AIRONE MECHANICAL
2026-08-03 Residential Electrical Permit 4975 CAMINO DEL SOL, Brownsville Texas 78526 C ALANIZ ELECTRIC
2026-08-03 Residential Plumbing Permit 2625 ELYSSA DR, Brownsville Texas 78526 GUEVARA'S PLUMBING
2026-08-03 Residential New Construction Permit 2900 DOUGLAS WAY, Brownsville Texas 78526 J&M HOME BUILDERS LLC
Methodology. Data sourced from Brownsville'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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