Detroit, MI Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-04

305 new building permits were filed in Detroit, MI over the trailing 7 days, with $109,975 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 2026-08-04 · Last permit logged 2026-08-02

Permits filed · this week

305

▼ 27.6% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$109,975

$3,792 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

421

permits filed previous week

Detroit permit review backlog

Of 4,680 Detroit permits with a published review status, 0 (0.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
One Family3,41873.0%
Two Family2705.8%
Residential881.9%
Office711.5%
ONE FAMILY DWELLING350.7%
Single Family300.6%
Single-Family Dwelling260.6%
Hospital230.5%

Is the Detroit 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. Detroit, MI logged 305 permits in the last 7 days versus 421 the week before — a 27.6% 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 RANDAZZO MECHANICAL 11
2 A&H HVAC 10
3 ANDY'S STATEWIDE 7
4 ayman ahmad 5
5 Major Contracting Group 5

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Alteration 116 38.0%
Mechanical Permit 78 25.6%
Electrical Permit 59 19.3%
Plumbing Permit 30 9.8%
Fire Alarm Permit 5 1.6%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-02 Mechanical Permit 955 E Robinwood St George Paisopoulos
2026-08-01 Mechanical Permit 13919 Mendota St A&H HVAC
2026-08-01 Mechanical Permit 20252 Monica St A&H HVAC
2026-08-01 Mechanical Permit 4801 Maxwell St A&H HVAC
2026-08-01 Mechanical Permit 3618 Courville St A&H HVAC
Methodology. Data sourced from Detroit'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 2026-08-04.

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