153 new building permits were filed in Las Cruces, NM over the trailing 7 days, with $5,833,241 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
153
▼ 2.5% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$5,833,241
$176,764 avg per permit
Prior 7-day comparison
157
permits filed previous week
Of 826 Las Cruces permits with a published review status, 372 (45.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection Phase | 428 | 51.8% |
| Submitted | 220 | 26.6% |
| Plan Review | 87 | 10.5% |
| Pending | 65 | 7.9% |
| Ready to Issue | 10 | 1.2% |
| Withdrawn | 6 | 0.7% |
| Finaled | 5 | 0.6% |
| Revisions Required | 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. Las Cruces, NM logged 153 permits in the last 7 days versus 157 the week before — a 2.5% decrease, so intake is easing. This tracker refreshes weekly from official municipal feeds, so it reflects the current pace rather than a stale snapshot.
| # | Contractor | Permits (7d) | Declared value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HAKES BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION LLC | 9 | $2,851,910 |
| 2 | IGNACIOS LANDSCAPING | 8 | — |
| 3 | IES Residential | 8 | — |
| 4 | DESERT VIEW HOMES LLC | 6 | $966,496 |
| 5 | HACIENDA MECHANICAL, INC. | 6 | — |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Residential Plumbing | 36 | 23.5% |
| Residential Electrical | 29 | 19.0% |
| Residential New | 27 | 17.6% |
| Residential Re-Roof | 12 | 7.8% |
| Commercial Electrical | 9 | 5.9% |
| Date | Type | Address | Contractor | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | Residential Electrical | 1825 ALTURA Ave | ORGAN MOUNTAIN SOLAR & ELECTRIC, LLC | — |
| 2026-08-03 | Residential Plumbing | 1983 OXBOW Ct | High Country Mechanical Services, LLC | — |
| 2026-08-03 | Solar Photo Voltaic System Permit | 4117 COUNCIL OAK Rd | EPEX LLC | $7,201 |
| 2026-08-03 | Residential Re-Roof | 2713 CLAUDE DOVE Dr | GILBERT & SONS ROOFING & STUCCO INC | $19,997 |
| 2026-08-02 | Residential Re-Roof | 2304 SKYWAY Dr | Big Dawg Builders | $21,000 |
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