61 new building permits were filed in Federal Way, WA 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.
Permits filed · this week
61
▼ 14.1% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$0
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Prior 7-day comparison
71
permits filed previous week
Of 1,975 Federal Way 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 status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Issued | 1,229 | 62.2% |
| Finalled | 479 | 24.3% |
| Under Construction | 242 | 12.3% |
| Closed | 20 | 1.0% |
| C.O. Issued | 2 | 0.1% |
| Technical Review | 1 | 0.1% |
| Admin. Appeal Per. | 1 | 0.1% |
| Decision | 1 | 0.1% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Federal Way, WA logged 61 permits in the last 7 days versus 71 the week before — a 14.1% decrease, so intake is easing. 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 | EBONY COOK | 2 | — |
| 2 | PSE PERMIT CENTRAL | 2 | — |
| 3 | SHARON GILMORE | 2 | — |
| 4 | CHRISTIE WALKER | 1 | — |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical | 15 | 24.6% |
| Mechanical | 13 | 21.3% |
| Plumbing | 10 | 16.4% |
| Building - Multi Family | 6 | 9.8% |
| ROW - Water | 4 | 6.6% |
| Date | Type | Address | Contractor | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | Electrical | 801 S MARINE HILLS | SHARON GILMORE | — |
| 2026-07-30 | ROW - Power | 32506 11TH | PSE PERMIT CENTRAL | — |
| 2026-07-30 | ROW - Power | 3582 SW 320TH | PSE PERMIT CENTRAL | — |
| 2026-07-30 | Electrical | 4017 S 331ST | SHARON GILMORE | — |
| 2026-07-28 | ROW - Power | 30103 3RD | EBONY COOK | — |
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