880 new building permits were filed in Milwaukee, WI over the trailing 7 days, with $0 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
880
▲ 0.6% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$0
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Prior 7-day comparison
875
permits filed previous week
Of 7,219 Milwaukee permits with a published review status, 780 (10.8%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Issued | 3,583 | 49.6% |
| Open | 1,611 | 22.3% |
| In Progress | 780 | 10.8% |
| Pending Client | 395 | 5.5% |
| Active | 248 | 3.4% |
| Closed | 128 | 1.8% |
| Invoice Pending | 122 | 1.7% |
| Fee Due | 88 | 1.2% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Milwaukee, WI logged 880 permits in the last 7 days versus 875 the week before — a 0.6% 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 | ELEMENT ELECTRIC LLC | 33 | — |
| 2 | FIVE STAR ENERGY SERVICES LLC | 30 | — |
| 3 | ELECT TECH INC | 17 | — |
| 4 | HERO PLUMBING LLC | 17 | — |
| 5 | DONOVAN & JORGENSON INC | 7 | — |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical Permit | 282 | 32.0% |
| Building Plumbing Lead Service Replaceme | 109 | 12.4% |
| Building Plumbing Permit | 88 | 10.0% |
| HVAC General Permit | 67 | 7.6% |
| Occupancy | 46 | 5.2% |
| Date | Type | Address | Contractor | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-02 | Electrical Permit | 7267 W CODY CR | XPERIENCE ELECTRIC, LLC | — |
| 2026-08-02 | Electrical Permit | 8225 W DENVER AV | XPERIENCE ELECTRIC, LLC | — |
| 2026-08-02 | Electrical Permit | 4376 S GRIFFIN AV | XPERIENCE ELECTRIC, LLC | — |
| 2026-08-02 | Electrical Permit | 3061 S WENTWORTH AV | XPERIENCE ELECTRIC, LLC | — |
| 2026-08-02 | Electrical Permit | 3501 N 92ND ST | JACKS SERVICES DBA JSI ELECTRIC | — |
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