Miami-Dade County, FL Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-02

339 new building permits were filed in Miami-Dade County, FL over the trailing 7 days, with $119,811,944 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 2026-08-02 · Last permit logged 2026-07-30

Permits filed · this week

339

▼ 54.4% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$119,811,944

$452,120 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

744

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 339 permits in the last 7 days versus 744 the week before — a 54.4% 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 AMERICAN RESIDENTIAL SERVICES OF FLORI 8
2 THE AT-HOME SERVICES INC 6 $107,222
3 VICTORIA ROOFING INCORPORATED 5 $1,834,175
4 FOX ELECTRIC ENTERPRISES INC 4 $408,675
5 LENNAR HOMES LLC 4 $201,400

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
BLDG 113 33.3%
ELEC 108 31.9%
PLUM 57 16.8%
MECH 46 13.6%
MBLD 10 2.9%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-30 ELEC 2648 SW 137 AVE SOLTEC COMMUNICATIONS LLC $150,000
2026-07-30 PLUM 8281 NW 172 ST ROOFERS & PLUMBERS INC
2026-07-30 MECH 7800 SW 94 ST TS CONTRACTORS LLC $140,000
2026-07-30 ELEC 10733 SW 144 ST PLUS POWER LLC
2026-07-30 PLUM 8355 NW 196 TER LER DECOR CO $19,800
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 2026-08-02.

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