Polk County, FL Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

665 new building permits were filed in Polk County, FL over the trailing 7 days, with $6,574,947 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 2026-08-03 · Last permit logged 2026-08-03

Permits filed · this week

665

▲ 11.2% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$6,574,947

$36,126 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

598

permits filed previous week

Polk County permit review backlog

Of 7,752 Polk County permits with a published review status, 807 (10.4%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Application Received2,97438.4%
Inspections2,65234.2%
Closed-Complete1,11014.3%
Received7519.7%
Closed-Denied530.7%
Additional Info Required320.4%
Fees Due290.4%
Expired250.3%

Is the Polk County 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. Polk County, FL logged 665 permits in the last 7 days versus 598 the week before — a 11.2% 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 Stanley Martin Homes, LLC 5 $897,675
2 DEL-AIR HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION, LLC 5 $96,314
3 FRANK GAY SERVICES 4 $64,280
4 WARD'S HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING INC 4 $48,889
5 WINDOW WORLD OF POLK COUNTY INC 4 $28,941

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Mechanical Permit 130 19.5%
Re-Roof Permit 103 15.5%
Permit Search Request 101 15.2%
Electric Permit 65 9.8%
Window and Door Permit 54 8.1%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-03 Residential New Permit - Ex: New House 748 RUTH AVE, HAINES CITY FL 33844 BAYONET PLUMBING, HEATING & AIR-CONDITIONING, LLC $329,668
2026-08-03 Residential New Permit - Ex: New House 740 RUTH AVE, HAINES CITY FL 33844 BAYONET PLUMBING, HEATING & AIR-CONDITIONING, LLC $329,668
2026-08-03 Re-Roof Permit 402 SUNSET VIEW DR, DAVENPORT FL 33837 ADROIT PROPERTY SOLUTIONS, INC. $16,134
2026-08-03 Residential New Permit - Ex: New House 757 RUTH AVE, HAINES CITY FL 33844 BAYONET PLUMBING, HEATING & AIR-CONDITIONING, LLC $329,668
2026-08-03 Mechanical Permit 453 TREVISO DR, POINCIANA FL 34759 DEL-AIR HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION, LLC $14,948
Methodology. Data sourced from Polk County'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 2026-08-03.

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