Clark County, NV Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-06

472 new building permits were filed in Clark County, NV over the trailing 7 days, with $11,283,664 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 2026-08-06 · Last permit logged 2026-08-04

Permits filed · this week

472

▲ 130.2% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$11,283,664

$235,076 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

205

permits filed previous week

Clark County permit review backlog

Of 4,185 Clark County permits with a published review status, 1,517 (36.2%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Permit Issued1,48635.5%
In Review1,03024.6%
Pending48411.6%
Closed3528.4%
Closed - Approved2365.6%
Awaiting Plans2315.5%
Revision Approved1423.4%
Issued411.0%

Is the Clark 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. Clark County, NV logged 472 permits in the last 7 days versus 205 the week before — a 130.2% 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 PLAN ROOM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 18
2 SUNRUN INSTALLATION SERVICES INC 10 $158,625
3 MODERN PLUMBING OF NV LLC 6 $1,639,688
4 FOCUS ELECTRIC LLC 6 $1,639,688
5 SIERRA AIR CONDITIONING INC 6 $1,639,688

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Residential Simple Mechanical 85 18.0%
Revision 59 12.5%
Residential Simple Plumbing 49 10.4%
Add People to Application 46 9.7%
Agency Selection 27 5.7%
Methodology. Data sourced from Clark County'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 2026-08-06.

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