Denver, CO Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-07-21

671 new building permits were filed in Denver, CO over the trailing 7 days, with $30,355,303 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 2026-07-21 · Last permit logged 2026-07-21

Permits filed · this week

671

▼ 31.3% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$30,355,303

$384,244 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

977

permits filed previous week

Denver permit review backlog

Of 6,568 Denver permits with a published review status, 1,089 (16.6%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued3,48353.0%
In Progress1,06016.1%
Intake In Progress1,05516.1%
Permit Finaled4356.6%
Intake In Progress - NO APO1352.1%
Review in Progress1141.7%
Closed - Approved631.0%
Closed - Withdrawn470.7%

Is the Denver 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. Denver, CO logged 671 permits in the last 7 days versus 977 the week before — a 31.3% decrease, so intake is easing. 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 GROUNDWORKS COLORADO LLC 4 $50,968
2 BG CONSTRUCTION INC 3 $316,237
3 THRASHER INC 3 $23,700
4 REVO RENOVATIONS LLC 2 $415,964
5 HYDER CONSTRUCTION INC 2 $225,500

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Building Log 102 15.2%
Electrical Permit 95 14.2%
Roofing and Siding Permit 94 14.0%
Mechanical Permit 85 12.7%
Plumbing Permit 77 11.5%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-19 Alteration/Tenant Finish 500 N Circle DR ROMO CONSTRUCTION & REMODELING LLC $75,000
2026-07-17 Special Event 1701 N Bryant ST DENVER DESIGN BUILD LLC $450,000
2026-07-17 Alteration/Tenant Finish 4725 S Monaco ST 100 WEITZ COMPANY LLC (THE) $738,503
2026-07-17 Repair/Replace 11200 E Dartmouth AVE 317 APT ECC LLC $35,696
2026-07-17 Special Event 1701 Arapahoe ST HEADLINE INC $36,493
Methodology. Data sourced from Denver'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 2026-07-21.

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