Dallas, TX Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-07-28

930 new building permits were filed in Dallas, 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 2026-07-28 · Last permit logged 2026-07-28

Permits filed · this week

930

▲ 17.0% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

795

permits filed previous week

Dallas permit review backlog

Of 3,563 Dallas permits with a published review status, 1,768 (49.6%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Inspection Phase1,70347.8%
Pending1,60745.1%
Plan Review1143.2%
Additional Info Required411.2%
Payment Due381.1%
Closed - Denied200.6%
Closed - Approved130.4%
Document Received100.3%

Is the Dallas 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. Dallas, TX logged 930 permits in the last 7 days versus 795 the week before — a 17.0% 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 Existing HVAC 12
2 AMENDMENT INFORMATION 3
3 Adding Electrical 1
4 Paving Contractor 1
5 Replacing Plumbing 1

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Certificate of Occupancy 113 12.2%
Residential Plumbing Permit 111 11.9%
Residential Mechanical Permit 83 8.9%
Residential Electrical Permit 74 8.0%
Commercial Electrical Permit 61 6.6%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-27 Residential Mechanical Permit 2101 OAK VALLEY LN, Dallas TX 75232 Existing HVAC
2026-07-27 Residential Mechanical Permit 1621 SHELMIRE DR, Dallas TX 75224 Existing HVAC
2026-07-27 Residential Mechanical Permit 1947 PEZ DR, Dallas TX 75051 Existing HVAC
2026-07-24 Residential Mechanical Permit 5910 CHIPPING WAY, Dallas TX 75252 Existing HVAC
2026-07-24 Residential Mechanical Permit 6523 WESTGATE DR, Dallas TX 75254 Existing HVAC
Methodology. Data sourced from Dallas'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 2026-07-28.

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