Pasadena, TX Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-02

59 new building permits were filed in Pasadena, TX 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.

By Marcus Reeves · Updated 2026-08-02 · Last permit logged 2026-07-31

Permits filed · this week

59

▼ 38.5% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

96

permits filed previous week

Pasadena permit review backlog

Of 708 Pasadena permits with a published review status, 1 (0.1%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued56379.5%
Complete679.5%
Approved for Inspections638.9%
CO/LOC Complete71.0%
Fees Due30.4%
Void20.3%
In Review10.1%
On Hold10.1%

Is the Pasadena 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. Pasadena, TX logged 59 permits in the last 7 days versus 96 the week before — a 38.5% 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 MORA SIGNS LLC 3
2 EXTREME SIGNS & LIGHTING 3
3 A & M CONTRACTORS, INC 2
4 ARS HOUSTON SOUTH 2
5 Brown Air Conditioning & Heating, LLC 2

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Electrical - General Installation 13 22.0%
Plumbing - Plumbing Residential Installa 10 16.9%
Electrical - Temporary Cut-in 8 13.6%
Mechanical - Mechanical General Installa 7 11.9%
Certificate of Occupancy - Existing 7 11.9%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-31 Electrical - Temporary Cut-in 2606 ROSEMEAD DR PASADENA TX 77506 JUAN FLORES
2026-07-31 Electrical - General Installation 1619 BEARLE ST PASADENA TX 77506 MARGON COMPLETE ELECTRIC
2026-07-31 Plumbing - Plumbing Residential Installa 5111 BAYWOOD DR PASADENA TX 77505 B&B Plumbing
2026-07-31 Electrical - Temporary Cut-in 1619 BEARLE ST PASADENA TX 77506 ERIN HERNANDEZ
2026-07-31 Electrical - General Installation 2402 MARLEN AVE PASADENA TX 77502 Martin Electrical Services LLC
Methodology. Data sourced from Pasadena'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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