Kirkland, WA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-04

75 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 2026-08-04 · Last permit logged 2026-08-03

Permits filed · this week

75

▼ 39.0% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

123

permits filed previous week

Kirkland permit review backlog

Of 3,556 Kirkland permits with a published review status, 172 (4.8%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued2,28264.2%
Finaled92926.1%
Applied1674.7%
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 75 permits in the last 7 days versus 123 the week before — a 39.0% 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 ARCON (ARCON GC LLC) 2
4 AMS ELECTRIC INC 2
5 KING'S HEATING INC 2

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
ESF 18 24.0%
MSF 11 14.7%
BMF 11 14.7%
PMF 8 10.7%
ELV 5 6.7%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-02 PSF 11037 108TH PL NE MOORE PLUMBING & MECHANICAL LLC
2026-08-02 EMF 14332 126TH AVE NE DANDY ELECTRIC LLC
2026-08-02 ESF 13019 NE 98TH PL ARCON (ARCON GC LLC)
2026-08-02 ESF 13019 NE 98TH PL ARCON (ARCON GC LLC)
2026-07-31 ENR 101 KIRKLAND AVE COCHRAN 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 2026-08-04.

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