Cape Coral, FL Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-07-24

881 new building permits were filed in Cape Coral, FL over the trailing 7 days, with $33,371,338 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 2026-07-24 · Last permit logged 2026-07-24

Permits filed · this week

881

▲ 22.2% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$33,371,338

$49,882 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

721

permits filed previous week

Cape Coral permit review backlog

Of 17,795 Cape Coral permits with a published review status, 31 (0.2%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued9,92355.8%
Closed7,61742.8%
Void1590.9%
On Hold390.2%
In Review310.2%
Approved60.0%
Expired50.0%
Fees Due50.0%

Is the Cape Coral 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. Cape Coral, FL logged 881 permits in the last 7 days versus 721 the week before — a 22.2% 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 COASTLINE MARCO LLC 19 $43,910
2 REECE BUILDERS WINDOWS INC 15 $385,521
3 MD PERMITTING LLC 10 $57,780
4 WINDOW WORLD OF FT. MYERS 9 $125,536
5 WATERWAY CANOPIES 9 $76,833

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Accessories 258 29.3%
Code - RV Permit 126 14.3%
Trades 123 14.0%
A/C Change Out - Residential 85 9.6%
Marine Improvement 71 8.1%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-23 A/C Change Out - Residential 3424 ESTEVEZ AIR LLC $5,500
2026-07-23 Trades - Commercial 4830 INNOVA HOME PLUS LLC $1,800
2026-07-23 Accessories 1506 Hustle Roofing Inc $4,500
2026-07-23 Residential Construction 2420 FABRI TECH SCREEN ENCLOSURES LLC $14,980
2026-07-23 Accessories 4001 Infinity At Your Service LLC $2,500
Methodology. Data sourced from Cape Coral'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 2026-07-24.

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