Monterey, CA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

81 new building permits were filed in Monterey, CA over the trailing 7 days, with $3,693,006 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 2026-08-02

Permits filed · this week

81

▼ 2.4% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$3,693,006

$85,883 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

83

permits filed previous week

Monterey permit review backlog

Of 740 Monterey permits with a published review status, 96 (13.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Submitted via ACA26635.9%
Issued13117.7%
Incomplete11815.9%
Open10013.5%
Applied9613.0%
Revision Submitted131.8%
Finaled91.2%
Closed60.8%

Is the Monterey 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. Monterey, CA logged 81 permits in the last 7 days versus 83 the week before — a 2.4% 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 SUNRUN 5 $154,000
2 44948 PERSON LP S 3 $67,350
3 AMERICAN STANDARD HOME SERVICES 2 $1,673
4 Kyler Engineering 2
5 MC NICKLE CONSTRUCTION INC 1 $1,175,585

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Building Permit Application 19 23.5%
Combination 15 18.5%
Re-Roof 15 18.5%
Electrical 10 12.3%
Revision 6 7.4%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-02 Building Permit Application 174 SPINDRIFT RD, CARMEL CA 93923 Kyler Engineering
2026-07-31 Re-Roof 274 PINGREE WAY, SALINAS CA 93906 S ROOFING INC $17,360
2026-07-31 Building 14175 DEL MONTE BLVD, MARINA CA 93933 DENVER, CO, 80202
2026-07-31 Combination 126 HILLCREST RD, ROYAL OAKS CA 95076 DISASTER KLEENUP SPECIALISTS INC $50,000
2026-07-31 Revision 26317 SCENIC RD, CARMEL CA 93923 STOCKER & ALLAIRE INC
Methodology. Data sourced from Monterey'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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