Miami-Dade County, FL Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

454 new building permits were filed in Miami-Dade County, FL over the trailing 7 days, with $195,221,778 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 2026-07-31

Permits filed · this week

454

▼ 41.4% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$195,221,778

$534,854 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

775

permits filed previous week

Miami-Dade County permit review backlog

Of 22,633 Miami-Dade County 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
A16,45572.7%
F6,17827.3%

Is the Miami-Dade County 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. Miami-Dade County, FL logged 454 permits in the last 7 days versus 775 the week before — a 41.4% 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 LEZA'S PLUMBING CORP 15 $1,925,948
2 AMERICAN RESIDENTIAL SERVICES OF FLORI 9 $8,000
3 OSCAR AIR CONDITIONING INC 7 $444,875
4 THE AT-HOME SERVICES INC 6 $107,222
5 VICTORIA ROOFING INCORPORATED 5 $1,834,175

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
BLDG 147 32.4%
ELEC 136 30.0%
PLUM 82 18.1%
MECH 65 14.3%
MBLD 17 3.7%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-31 MECH 19540 SW 337 TER OSCAR AIR CONDITIONING INC $61,425
2026-07-31 MECH 19424 SW 336 TER OSCAR AIR CONDITIONING INC $56,100
2026-07-31 BLDG 26205 SW 127 CT ALABAO ROOFING SERVICES CORP
2026-07-31 ELEC 19120 SW 127 PL L & J ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING LLC $35,000
2026-07-31 MECH 1824 SW 100 AVE LEZCANO APPLIANCES LLC $500
Methodology. Data sourced from Miami-Dade County'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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