126 new building permits were filed in Mesa, AZ over the trailing 7 days, with $86,935 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
126
▲ 14.5% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$86,935
$3,951 avg per permit
Prior 7-day comparison
110
permits filed previous week
Of 4,660 Mesa permits with a published review status, 1,225 (26.3%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Issued | 2,267 | 48.6% |
| Submitted | 934 | 20.0% |
| C of C Issued | 892 | 19.1% |
| In Review | 284 | 6.1% |
| C of O Issued | 136 | 2.9% |
| Finaled | 116 | 2.5% |
| Fees Due | 11 | 0.2% |
| Plan Review | 7 | 0.2% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Mesa, AZ logged 126 permits in the last 7 days versus 110 the week before — a 14.5% increase, so intake is accelerating and review backlogs are likely growing. 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 | LAYTON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLC | 7 | $7,000 |
| 2 | TAYLOR MORRISON/ ARIZONA INC | 4 | $4,975 |
| 3 | BALFOUR BEATTY | 3 | — |
| 4 | David Mollenkopf Architect | 2 | $40,000 |
| 5 | DAVIS INTERIOR GRAPHICS & SIGNS | 2 | — |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| RES | 66 | 52.4% |
| COM | 46 | 36.5% |
| SVC | 14 | 11.1% |
| Date | Type | Address | Contractor | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | COM | 10256 E ELLIOT RD | BALFOUR BEATTY | $500 |
| 2026-07-31 | SVC | 550 W BASELINE RD 105 | BOOTZ AND DUKE SIGN COMPANY | $164 |
| 2026-07-31 | COM | 10256 E ELLIOT RD | BALFOUR BEATTY | $500 |
| 2026-07-31 | COM | 10256 E ELLIOT RD | BALFOUR BEATTY | $500 |
| 2026-07-31 | COM | 10256 E ELLIOT RD | Chad Labucki | — |
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