Sacramento County, CA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-07-31

490 new building permits were filed in Sacramento County, CA over the trailing 7 days, with $13,828,094 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 2026-07-31 · Last permit logged 2026-07-30

Permits filed · this week

490

▼ 26.1% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$13,828,094

$32,613 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

663

permits filed previous week

Sacramento County permit review backlog

Of 10,954 Sacramento County permits with a published review status, 266 (2.4%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued4,62642.2%
Application Received3,39731.0%
Completed7306.7%
Final5364.9%
Submittal Incomplete3012.7%
In Plan Review2662.4%
Permit Ready Pending Payment2202.0%
Approval Released1000.9%

Is the Sacramento 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. Sacramento County, CA logged 490 permits in the last 7 days versus 663 the week before — a 26.1% 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 ****SELECT EDIT BELOW AND ENTER NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER** 26 $414,633
2 TO BE DETERMINED 23 $1,415,180
3 COMMUNITY RESOURCE PROJECT INC 17 $48,935
4 ILUM SOLAR 11 $282,994
5 BELL BROTHER'S HEATING AND AIR INC 10 $261,401

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Residential 409 83.5%
Commercial 81 16.5%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-30 Residential 6224 CONNESS WAY, SACRAMENTO, CA 95842 HAVEN ENERGY SERVICES INC $5,000
2026-07-30 Residential 8370 MANANA WAY, FAIR OAKS, CA 95628 PRIME ELECTRIC CA $4,000
2026-07-30 Residential 2144 MARCHITA WAY, CARMICHAEL, CA 95608 INTEGRITY FIRST ROOFING INC $19,065
2026-07-30 Residential 5210 OAKRIDGE CT, FAIR OAKS, CA 95628 DERODRICK KEYON NASH $25,000
2026-07-30 Residential 4124 MINDT CT, CARMICHAEL, CA 95608 H & G ROOFING $25,000
Methodology. Data sourced from Sacramento 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 2026-07-31.

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