Indianapolis, IN Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-04

1086 new building permits were filed in Indianapolis, IN 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.

By Marcus Reeves · Updated 2026-08-04 · Last permit logged 2026-08-04

Permits filed · this week

1,086

▲ 5.5% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

1,029

permits filed previous week

Indianapolis permit review backlog

Of 10,785 Indianapolis permits with a published review status, 230 (2.1%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Open5,23248.5%
Review1,73816.1%
Issued1,58614.7%
Processed8788.1%
Ready to Issue4344.0%
Available3393.1%
Submitted1951.8%
Active1711.6%

Is the Indianapolis 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. Indianapolis, IN logged 1,086 permits in the last 7 days versus 1,029 the week before — a 5.5% 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.

Top contractors this week

#ContractorPermits (7d)Declared value
1 CITIZENS ENERGY GROUP 65
2 You must have a user ID and Password associated with your Contractor 48
3 RG DEVELOPMENT LLC 21
4 LIGHT SOURCE COMMUNICATIONS LLC 10
5 AT&T INDIANA 8

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Right of Way Permit-Excavation 255 23.5%
Heating & Cooling - 1-2 Family 142 13.1%
Structural - One or Two Family 104 9.6%
Self Certification Tag Authorization 94 8.7%
Improvement Location Permit-1-2 Family 72 6.6%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-04 Heating & Cooling - 1-2 Family 1413 HOYT AVE RG DEVELOPMENT LLC
2026-08-04 Right of Way Permit-Excavation 9031 SEABREEZE CIR CITIZENS ENERGY GROUP
2026-08-04 Improvement Location Permit-1-2 Family 48 W 65TH ST CUSTOM LIVING INC
2026-08-04 Right of Way Permit-Excavation 7821 HOLLY CREEK LN INDY EXCAVATING AND UTILITIES LLC
2026-08-04 Heating & Cooling - 1-2 Family 1413 HOYT AVE RG DEVELOPMENT LLC
Methodology. Data sourced from Indianapolis'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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