719 new building permits were filed in Philadelphia, PA 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
719
▼ 21.7% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$0
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Prior 7-day comparison
918
permits filed previous week
Of 11,749 Philadelphia 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 status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Issued | 11,554 | 98.3% |
| Completed | 153 | 1.3% |
| Amendment Requested | 33 | 0.3% |
| Amendment Application Incomplete | 3 | 0.0% |
| Amendment Review | 2 | 0.0% |
| Stop Work | 2 | 0.0% |
| Cancelled | 1 | 0.0% |
| Expired | 1 | 0.0% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Philadelphia, PA logged 719 permits in the last 7 days versus 918 the week before — a 21.7% decrease, so intake is easing. 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 | Aqueduct Fire Protection Systems, LLC | 14 | — |
| 2 | FRED DINARDO JR | 13 | — |
| 3 | DALE CORPORATION | 11 | — |
| 4 | FERKO PLUMBING & HEATING CO INC | 9 | — |
| 5 | Vincent Williams | 9 | — |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Plumbing | 235 | 32.7% |
| Electrical | 133 | 18.5% |
| Residential Building | 83 | 11.5% |
| Zoning | 70 | 9.7% |
| Mechanical | 52 | 7.2% |
| Date | Type | Address | Contractor | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-02 | Plumbing | 3243 W SCHOOL HOUSE LN | HERMAN GOLDNER CO INC | — |
| 2026-08-02 | Electrical | 4012 MARKET ST | BENG DING | — |
| 2026-08-02 | Administrative | 6358 LANCASTER AVE | AQ OVERBROOK LLC | — |
| 2026-08-02 | Administrative | 6312 SHERWOOD RD | AQ OVERBROOK LLC | — |
| 2026-08-02 | Zoning | 4723 SHELDON ST | In Earnest Design LLC | — |
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