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

1000 new building permits were filed in Miami, FL over the trailing 7 days, with $291,628,871 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 2026-08-03

Permits filed · this week

1,000

▼ 28.7% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$291,628,871

$343,901 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

1,403

permits filed previous week

Miami permit review backlog

Of 22,731 Miami 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
Active16,32871.8%
Final6,34527.9%
Revoked300.1%
Hold160.1%
Expired120.1%

Is the Miami 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, FL logged 1,000 permits in the last 7 days versus 1,403 the week before — a 28.7% 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 K.L.R CONSTRUCTION LLC 8 $756,975
4 THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR CORP MIAMI/dba TK ELEVATOR CORP MIAMI 7 $2,617,552
5 OSCAR AIR CONDITIONING INC 7 $444,875

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Commercial 323 32.3%
Residential 217 21.7%
BLDG 151 15.1%
ELEC 136 13.6%
PLUM 83 8.3%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-01 Residential 2780 SW 31 CT Perspective Construction LLC $6,000
2026-08-01 Residential 2780 SW 31 CT JADE FIELD SERVICES CORP. $800
2026-08-01 Residential 5915 SW 7 ST ALARTECH INC $2,500
2026-08-01 BLDG 15263 SW 111 ST BM ROOFING LLC
2026-08-01 BLDG 22295 SW 109 CT ROOFING BY ROYALE INC
Methodology. Data sourced from Miami'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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