Clackamas County, OR Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-06

384 new building permits were filed in Clackamas County, OR over the trailing 7 days. Filing volume is a public signal of current construction activity. Live data from official municipal permit-issuance feeds.

By Marcus Reeves · Updated 2026-08-06 · Last permit logged 2026-08-06

Permits filed · this week

384

▲ 15.3% vs prior 7 days

Prior 7-day comparison

333

permits filed previous week

Clackamas County permit review backlog

Of 3,765 Clackamas County permits with a published review status, 206 (5.5%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued2,51066.7%
Lobby52814.0%
Applicant Upload3399.0%
Pending1544.1%
Prescreen711.9%
Payment Due601.6%
In Review521.4%
Ready250.7%

Is the Clackamas 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. Clackamas County, OR logged 384 permits in the last 7 days versus 333 the week before — a 15.3% 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)
1 AREA HEATING & COOLING INC 10
2 BRUSH PRAIRIE, WA, 98606 8
3 WOLFERS INC DBA 7
4 GEO A MORLAN PLUMBING 6
5 PORTLAND, OR, 97220 4

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Building - Electrical 132 34.4%
Building - Plumbing 72 18.8%
Building - Mechanical Residential 56 14.6%
Building - Electrical Minor Label 48 12.5%
Building - Residential New 22 5.7%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractor
2026-08-06 Building - Residential New 29260 SE HILLYARD DR, BORING OR 97009 ELEMENTAL ENERGY LLC
2026-08-06 Building - Electrical 1904 SUNRAY CT, WEST LINN OR 97068 ADVANCED ELECTRICAL CONCEPTS INC DBA MR ELECTRIC OF CLARK CO
2026-08-06 Building - Residential New 11855 SE TIMBER VALLEY DR, HAPPY VALLEY OR 97086 8282 LLC
2026-08-06 Building - Mechanical Commercial 5212 SE THIESSEN RD, MILWAUKIE OR 97267 COMFORT 360 INC
2026-08-06 Building - Plumbing 26482 S ELWOOD RD, COLTON OR 97017 EUGENE, 97401
Methodology. Data sourced from Clackamas County's official municipal permit-issuance feed and refreshed daily. Permits are counted by issue date. This source does not publish enough current declared-value coverage to report a citywide construction-value total. "This week" means the trailing 7 days through 2026-08-06.

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