Mecklenburg County, NC Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-11-05

635 building permits were recorded for Mecklenburg County, NC over the trailing 7 days. This page reflects currently available public permitting records; source schedules vary by jurisdiction.

By PermitGrab Research · Updated 2026-11-05 · Last permit logged 2026-11-05

Permits filed · this week

635

▲ 5.0% vs prior 7 days

Prior 7-day comparison

605

permits filed previous week

Mecklenburg County published permit statuses

Of 4,681 Mecklenburg County permits with a published review status, 1,364 (29.1%) are currently labelled as review or intake stages by the source. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Inspection Phase1,86839.9%
Pending83417.8%
Received4579.8%
Scheduled3988.5%
Closed - Complete3808.1%
In Review - Waiting on Agency2154.6%
Ready to Issue932.0%
Approved811.7%

What do the published permit statuses show?

Of 4,681 records with a published review status, 1,364 (29.1%) are currently labelled as review or intake stages by the source. Mecklenburg County, NC also has 635 records in the trailing 7 days versus 605 in the prior 7 days. These source fields do not establish an overall review time or backlog outside the statuses the jurisdiction publishes.

Top contractors this week

#ContractorPermits (7d)
1 Lennar Carolinas LLC 8
2 Red Cedar Construction, LLC 4
3 Brandon Matthew Anderson 4
4 Caleb James Hudson 4
5 Reino Company, LLC 4

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Residential Equipment Change Out (New an 98 15.4%
Utility Connection Request 60 9.4%
RDP Inspection Request 59 9.3%
Residential Electrical Permit 51 8.0%
Residential Alteration Permit 46 7.2%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractor
2026-11-05 Residential Addition Permit 7735 BEAKER CT, CHARLOTTE NC 28269 Mikal Cromer
2026-11-04 Utility Connection Request 826 STRATFORDSHIRE DR, MATTHEWS NC 28105 Westwood Custom LLC
2026-11-04 Commercial Alteration Permit 5925 CARNEGIE BV, 450, CHARLOTTE NC 28209 Rencher LLC
2026-11-04 Commercial Equipment Change Out 700 PARKWOOD AV, CHARLOTTE NC 28205 Lightpath Electric Company
2026-11-04 Utility Connection Request 5306 DONNEFIELD DR, CHARLOTTE NC 28227 KO CONSTRUCTION AND CONTRACTING, LLC
Methodology. Data is based on public permitting records associated with Mecklenburg County. Source coverage and publication schedules vary by jurisdiction. Permits are counted using the source date field. This source does not publish enough current declared-value coverage to report a citywide construction-value total. "This week" means the trailing 7 days through 2026-11-05.

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