Raleigh, NC Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

72 new building permits were filed in Raleigh, NC over the trailing 7 days, with $18,391,871 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 2026-07-30

Permits filed · this week

72

▼ 20.0% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$18,391,871

$311,726 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

90

permits filed previous week

Raleigh permit review backlog

Of 3,616 Raleigh permits with a published review status, 2 (0.1%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued2,94681.5%
Complete65418.1%
Stop Work Order50.1%
On Hold50.1%
In Review20.1%
Withdrawn20.1%
Ready for Issuance10.0%
Void10.0%

Is the Raleigh 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. Raleigh, NC logged 72 permits in the last 7 days versus 90 the week before — a 20.0% 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 Retaining Wall Solutions Inc. 8
2 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WAKE COUNTY 5 $788,592
3 DRB Group - North Carolina, LLC 4
4 Meritage Homes of the Carolinas, Inc. 3 $1,089,786
5 JIM HINSON POOLS 2 $383,000

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Building 72 100.0%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-30 Building 3200 Atlantic Ave Command Construction Services Inc $348,156
2026-07-30 Building 1916 Kenwyck Manor Way Carolina Basement Systems, LLC $19,105
2026-07-30 Building 1904 French Dr Blue Haven Pools $72,000
2026-07-30 Building 7950 Creedmoor Rd CLANCY AND THEYS CONSTRUCTION Co. $11,395,049
2026-07-30 Building 6000 Bay Blossom Ct DRB Group - North Carolina, LLC
Methodology. Data sourced from Raleigh'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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