745 new building permits were filed in Omaha, NE over the trailing 7 days, with $30,281,510 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
745
▲ 11.7% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$30,281,510
$336,461 avg per permit
Prior 7-day comparison
667
permits filed previous week
Of 7,157 Omaha permits with a published review status, 294 (4.1%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Issued | 6,209 | 86.8% |
| Pending | 294 | 4.1% |
| New Online Commercial | 223 | 3.1% |
| Complete | 65 | 0.9% |
| New Fire Sprinkler | 42 | 0.6% |
| Power Letter Issued | 39 | 0.5% |
| Inspections Scheduled | 35 | 0.5% |
| New Online COO | 32 | 0.4% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Omaha, NE logged 745 permits in the last 7 days versus 667 the week before — a 11.7% 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 | JOHN ALIANO | 14 | — |
| 2 | COREY SKRADSKI | 12 | — |
| 3 | RAY R BARR | 11 | — |
| 4 | NATE C FRAZIER | 7 | — |
| 5 | KEVIN LINN | 6 | — |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Residential HVAC Replacement | 156 | 20.9% |
| Residential Plumbing | 114 | 15.3% |
| Residential Existing Electrical | 64 | 8.6% |
| Residential Air Conditioning and Air Dis | 47 | 6.3% |
| Re-roof | 42 | 5.6% |
| Date | Type | Address | Contractor | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | Commercial Plumbing | 9300 UNDERWOOD AV | BRIAN J HRABIK | — |
| 2026-08-04 | Re-roof | 9909 ESSEX DR | CASA CANO ROOFING EXTERIORS LLC D/B/A ROOFORIA HOME EXTERIOR | $500 |
| 2026-08-04 | Commercial Air Conditioning and Air Dist | 1200 DOUGLAS ST | BRETT LUNDIN | — |
| 2026-08-04 | Addition | 9104 WOOLWORTH AV | Andrew Lang | $99,960 |
| 2026-08-04 | Commercial HVAC Replacement (Rooftop Uni | 6818 GROVER ST | Chad F Kudlacek | — |
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