1359 new building permits were filed in Fort Worth, TX over the trailing 7 days, with $82,637,042 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
1,359
▼ 0.1% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$82,637,042
$276,378 avg per permit
Prior 7-day comparison
1,360
permits filed previous week
Of 22,329 Fort Worth permits with a published review status, 4,037 (18.1%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Issued | 15,713 | 70.4% |
| Pending | 2,790 | 12.5% |
| Finaled | 1,710 | 7.7% |
| Plan Review | 1,247 | 5.6% |
| Awaiting Client Reply | 360 | 1.6% |
| Incomplete Submittal | 197 | 0.9% |
| Approved | 133 | 0.6% |
| Void | 76 | 0.3% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Fort Worth, TX logged 1,359 permits in the last 7 days versus 1,360 the week before — a 0.1% decrease, so intake is easing. This tracker refreshes weekly from official municipal feeds, so it reflects the current pace rather than a stale snapshot.
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Plumbing | 310 | 22.8% |
| Electrical | 272 | 20.0% |
| Mechanical | 254 | 18.7% |
| Residential Building Permit | 228 | 16.8% |
| Plumbing Backflow | 177 | 13.0% |
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