Philadelphia, PA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-04

891 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.

By Marcus Reeves · Updated 2026-08-04 · Last permit logged 2026-08-03

Permits filed · this week

891

▼ 2.9% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

918

permits filed previous week

Philadelphia permit review backlog

Of 11,921 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 statusPermitsShare
Issued11,72698.4%
Completed1531.3%
Amendment Requested330.3%
Amendment Application Incomplete30.0%
Amendment Review20.0%
Stop Work20.0%
Cancelled10.0%
Expired10.0%

Is the Philadelphia 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. Philadelphia, PA logged 891 permits in the last 7 days versus 918 the week before — a 2.9% 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 Aqueduct Fire Protection Systems, LLC 14
2 FRED DINARDO JR 13
3 DALE CORPORATION 11
4 MK FIRE PROTECTION & SUPPLY, LLC 10
5 BEST CHOICE PLUMBING INC.. 9

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Plumbing 273 30.6%
Electrical 159 17.8%
Residential Building 113 12.7%
Zoning 91 10.2%
Mechanical 70 7.9%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-03 Zoning 1901-19 E YORK ST STEPHANIE RUMER
2026-08-03 Zoning 1416 TYSON AVE I-B CONTRACTORS LLC
2026-08-03 Zoning 6616 CASTOR AVE 6616 CASTOR LLC
2026-08-03 Zoning 7938-40 FRANKFORD AVE GAOFENG ZHENG
2026-08-03 Zoning 714 KEELY ST Nex Gen Exterior Home Remodeling
Methodology. Data sourced from Philadelphia'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 2026-08-04.

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