Buffalo, NY Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-02

206 new building permits were filed in Buffalo, NY 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 2026-08-02 · Last permit logged 2026-07-31

Permits filed · this week

206

▲ 1.0% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

204

permits filed previous week

Is the Buffalo 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. Buffalo, NY logged 206 permits in the last 7 days versus 204 the week before — a 1.0% 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 AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC SERVICES 10
2 T-MARK PLUMBING 8
3 DALEX ROOFING 8
4 ROY HAMILTON 8
5 MICHAEL MARKS 7

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-31 Permit 717 WEST ANTHONY HERTEL HARDWARE & PLUMBING
2026-07-31 Permit 1029 WEST ANTHONY HERTEL HARDWARE & PLUMBING
2026-07-31 Permit 1462 MAIN AARON BARTLEY
2026-07-31 Permit 824 CLINTON AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC SERVICES
2026-07-31 Permit 115 ADMIRAL ANTHONY HERTEL HARDWARE & PLUMBING
Methodology. Data sourced from Buffalo'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 2026-08-02.

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