Fairfax, VA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-11-05

31 building permits were recorded for Fairfax, VA over the trailing 7 days. This page reflects currently available public permitting records; source schedules vary by jurisdiction.

By PermitGrab Research · Updated 2026-11-05 · Last permit logged 2026-11-04

Permits filed · this week

31

▼ 55.7% vs prior 7 days

Prior 7-day comparison

70

permits filed previous week

Fairfax published permit statuses

Of 470 Fairfax permits with a published review status, 72 (15.3%) are currently labelled as review or intake stages by the source. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued14230.2%
Submission Incomplete9219.6%
Submittal/Invoice6714.3%
Plan Review408.5%
Submitted326.8%
Resubmitted224.7%
Amendment Issued163.4%
Paid Online132.8%

What do the published permit statuses show?

Of 470 records with a published review status, 72 (15.3%) are currently labelled as review or intake stages by the source. Fairfax, VA also has 31 records in the trailing 7 days versus 70 in the prior 7 days. These source fields do not establish an overall review time or backlog outside the statuses the jurisdiction publishes.

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Residential Plumbing 5 16.1%
Residential Gas 4 12.9%
Residential Electrical 3 9.7%
Commercial Plumbing 3 9.7%
Sign - Permanent 3 9.7%
Methodology. Data is based on public permitting records associated with Fairfax. Source coverage and publication schedules vary by jurisdiction. Permits are counted using the source date field. This source does not publish enough current declared-value coverage to report a citywide construction-value total. "This week" means the trailing 7 days through 2026-11-05.

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See also: /permits/virginia/fairfax-city-va · national permit pulse · freshness check

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