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

104 new building permits were filed in Pharr, 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 2026-08-01

Permits filed · this week

104

▲ 1.0% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

103

permits filed previous week

Pharr permit review backlog

Of 691 Pharr 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
Closed52375.7%
Issued8111.7%
Ready to Issue7711.1%
CO Issued60.9%
Revisions Received40.6%

Is the Pharr 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. Pharr, TX logged 104 permits in the last 7 days versus 103 the week before — a 1.0% 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.

Top contractors this week

#ContractorPermits (7d)Declared value
1 ORDINANCE 16
2 ALISA GARZA 1
3 BERTA A VILLAREAL 1
4 CARLOS GONZALEZ 1
5 ADORALIA ESPINOZA 1

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Garage Sale 86 82.7%
Residential Electrical 6 5.8%
Fence 2 1.9%
Commercial Electrical 1 1.0%
Commercial Alteration 1 1.0%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-01 Garage Sale 401 N ERICA St ORDINANCE
2026-07-31 Garage Sale 1812 N YELLOW BRICK RD LUCAS GUAJARDO
2026-07-31 Garage Sale 320 S ASTER ST BERTA A VILLAREAL
2026-07-31 Commercial Electrical 7408 S CAGE, SUITE 10 ADAME
2026-07-31 Residential Electrical 414 E TANGELO WAY DAVID'S ELECTRIC
Methodology. Data sourced from Pharr'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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