Kirkland, WA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

91 new building permits were filed in Kirkland, 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.

By Marcus Reeves · Updated 2026-08-03 · Last permit logged 2026-07-31

Permits filed · this week

91

▼ 24.8% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

121

permits filed previous week

Kirkland permit review backlog

Of 3,552 Kirkland permits with a published review status, 166 (4.7%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued2,28464.3%
Finaled92926.2%
Applied1614.5%
Permit Cancelled601.7%
Approved491.4%
On Hold180.5%
Permit Withdrawn130.4%
Revision in Review80.2%

Is the Kirkland 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. Kirkland, WA logged 91 permits in the last 7 days versus 121 the week before — a 24.8% 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 CHINOOK ROOFING & GUTTERS 10
2 THE PLUMBING & DRAIN COMPANY INC 8
3 FAST WATER HEATER CO 3
4 AMS ELECTRIC INC 2
5 HOMESERVICE PLUMBERS LLC 2

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
ESF 19 20.9%
MSF 14 15.4%
BMF 11 12.1%
PMF 10 11.0%
ELV 6 6.6%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-31 ESF 12703 NE 129TH CT SOVEREIGN ELECTRIC LLC
2026-07-31 ELV 14130 JUANITA DR NE FROULA ALARM SYSTEMS INC
2026-07-31 ENR 101 KIRKLAND AVE COCHRAN INC
2026-07-31 ESF 11710 NE 144TH PL RED LINE ELECTRIC SERVICES INC
2026-07-31 EMU 14045 90TH AVE NE WIRED ELECTRIC INC
Methodology. Data sourced from Kirkland'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 2026-08-03.

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