Kettering, OH Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-06

76 new building permits were filed in Kettering, OH 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 2026-08-06 · Last permit logged 2026-08-05

Permits filed · this week

76

▼ 6.2% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

81

permits filed previous week

Kettering permit review backlog

Of 791 Kettering permits with a published review status, 229 (29.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued47059.4%
Plan Review15719.8%
Applied729.1%
Closed475.9%
Withdrawn222.8%
Ready to Issue141.8%
Awaiting Client Reply70.9%
Incomplete Application20.3%

Is the Kettering 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. Kettering, OH logged 76 permits in the last 7 days versus 81 the week before — a 6.2% decrease, so intake is easing. 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 Korrect Plumbing 5
2 BY-TOR CONTRACTING INC 1
3 C. G. Egli Inc 1
4 Complete Plumbing 1
5 Angle Electric 1

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Electrical Permit 22 28.9%
Plumbing Permit 15 19.7%
HVAC Permit 14 18.4%
Structural Permit 14 18.4%
Zoning Permit 9 11.8%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-05 HVAC Permit 303 VOLUSIA Ave, OAKWOOD OH 45409 Korrect Plumbing
2026-08-05 HVAC Permit 4405 SOUTHERN Blvd Korrect Plumbing
2026-08-05 HVAC Permit 481 CHATHAM Dr C. G. Egli Inc
2026-08-05 Plumbing Permit 450 LONSDALE Ave, OAKWOOD OH 45419 Complete Plumbing
2026-08-05 HVAC Permit 120 WOODBURN Ave, OAKWOOD OH 45419 Korrect Plumbing
Methodology. Data sourced from Kettering'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 2026-08-06.

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