82 new building permits were filed in King County, WA over the trailing 7 days, with $2,350,259 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
82
▲ 12.3% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$2,350,259
$235,025 avg per permit
Prior 7-day comparison
73
permits filed previous week
Of 734 King County 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Permit Issued | 457 | 62.3% |
| Intake Processing | 230 | 31.3% |
| Intake Completed | 17 | 2.3% |
| Void | 10 | 1.4% |
| Ready to Issue Permit | 5 | 0.7% |
| Canceled | 4 | 0.5% |
| Reviews In Process | 4 | 0.5% |
| Permit Completed | 3 | 0.4% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. King County, WA logged 82 permits in the last 7 days versus 73 the week before — a 12.3% 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.
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Building Mechanical Residential | 56 | 68.3% |
| Residential Building - Addition-Improvem | 11 | 13.4% |
| Addition-Improvement - Tenant | 4 | 4.9% |
| Residential Building - Single | 3 | 3.7% |
| Addition-Improvement - Change Use | 2 | 2.4% |
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