Mesa, AZ Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

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.

By Marcus Reeves · Updated 2026-08-03 · Last permit logged 2026-08-01

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

Mesa permit review backlog

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 statusPermitsShare
Issued2,26748.6%
Submitted93420.0%
C of C Issued89219.1%
In Review2846.1%
C of O Issued1362.9%
Finaled1162.5%
Fees Due110.2%
Plan Review70.2%

Is the Mesa 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. 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.

Top contractors this week

#ContractorPermits (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

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
RES 66 52.4%
COM 46 36.5%
SVC 14 11.1%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
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
Methodology. Data sourced from Mesa'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 2026-08-03.

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