Las Vegas, NV Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-06

160 new building permits were filed in Las Vegas, NV over the trailing 7 days, with $12,313,836 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 2026-07-31

Permits filed · this week

160

▼ 66.2% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$12,313,836

$189,443 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

474

permits filed previous week

Las Vegas permit review backlog

Of 9,397 Las Vegas 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 statusPermitsShare
Issued6,29367.0%
Closed3,07932.8%
Cancelled220.2%
Open20.0%
Accepted10.0%

Is the Las Vegas 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. Las Vegas, NV logged 160 permits in the last 7 days versus 474 the week before — a 66.2% 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 SIMPLY COOLING HEATING PLUMBING 9
2 YES! AIR CONDITIONING & PLUMBING 8
3 Greystone Nevada LLC 7 $2,500,000
4 Cooper Roofing & Solar LLC 6 $60,000
5 Sunrun Installation Services Inc. 5 $188,000

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Res 128 80.0%
Com 26 16.2%
SFDTract 6 3.8%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-31 Res 6185 Harrison Dr Ste 13 Las Vegas American Leak Detection $500
2026-07-31 Res 4710 W Dewey Dr Ste 112 Las Vegas Ampere Electric $1,999
2026-07-31 Res 3111 S Valley View Blvd Ste S101 Las Vegas Advanced Home Services LLC $500
2026-07-31 Res 7728 SEAGULL AVE LAS VEGAS Alpha Plumbing LLC $500
2026-07-31 Res 4710 W Dewey Dr Ste 112 Las Vegas Ampere Electric $2,600
Methodology. Data sourced from Las Vegas'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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