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.
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
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 status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Issued | 2,946 | 81.5% |
| Complete | 654 | 18.1% |
| Stop Work Order | 5 | 0.1% |
| On Hold | 5 | 0.1% |
| In Review | 2 | 0.1% |
| Withdrawn | 2 | 0.1% |
| Ready for Issuance | 1 | 0.0% |
| Void | 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. 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.
| # | Contractor | Permits (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 |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Building | 72 | 100.0% |
| Date | Type | Address | Contractor | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
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