220 new building permits were filed in El Paso, TX over the trailing 7 days, with $18,365,078 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.
Permits filed · this week
220
▲ 685.7% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$18,365,078
$1,530,423 avg per permit
Prior 7-day comparison
28
permits filed previous week
Of 992 El Paso permits with a published review status, 73 (7.4%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection | 712 | 71.8% |
| Pending Review | 105 | 10.6% |
| In Review | 73 | 7.4% |
| Ready to Issue | 36 | 3.6% |
| Issued | 18 | 1.8% |
| Hold for Corrections | 18 | 1.8% |
| Closed | 17 | 1.7% |
| Non-Compliant Resubmit | 5 | 0.5% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. El Paso, TX logged 220 permits in the last 7 days versus 28 the week before — a 685.7% 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.
| # | Contractor | Permits (7d) | Declared value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SIGNM HOMES LLC DBA SOUTHWEST ENERGY | 6 | — |
| 2 | Homeowner 11-LP-00813 | 5 | $3,000 |
| 3 | FINK HOME BUILDERS | 3 | — |
| 4 | BIRNER EL PASO, LLC DBA RENEWAL BY ANDERSEN GREATER EL PASO | 3 | — |
| 5 | CARRETE'S PLUMBING INC | 3 | — |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical Permit | 48 | 21.8% |
| Mechanical Permit | 43 | 19.5% |
| Plumbing Permit | 35 | 15.9% |
| Roofing Permit | 17 | 7.7% |
| Window Permit | 10 | 4.5% |
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