681 new building permits were filed in Saint Paul, MN 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.
Permits filed · this week
681
▼ 9.2% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$0
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Prior 7-day comparison
750
permits filed previous week
Of 3,385 Saint Paul permits with a published review status, 3 (0.1%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Issued | 2,903 | 85.8% |
| Complete | 287 | 8.5% |
| Fees Due | 163 | 4.8% |
| Fees Paid | 12 | 0.4% |
| Submitted - Online | 11 | 0.3% |
| In Process | 4 | 0.1% |
| In Review | 3 | 0.1% |
| Cancelled | 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. Saint Paul, MN logged 681 permits in the last 7 days versus 750 the week before — a 9.2% 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 | sun ray plumbing & HEATING | 43 | — |
| 2 | DEAN'S PROFESSIONAL PLUMBING INC dba DEAN'S HOME SERVICES | 25 | — |
| 3 | MSP Plumbing Heating and Air | 23 | — |
| 4 | Spark electric | 13 | — |
| 5 | InnerSpec | 11 | — |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical Contractor Residential Repair | 129 | 18.9% |
| Residential Contractor Express - Roofing | 76 | 11.2% |
| Mechanical Residential Contractor Refrig | 56 | 8.2% |
| Truth-In-Sale-Housing (TISH) Report - Si | 54 | 7.9% |
| SPRWS - Existing Building - Lead Replace | 46 | 6.8% |
| Date | Type | Address | Contractor | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | Storage Container Permit | 459 PORTLAND AVE Unit: UNIT 2 SAINT PAUL MN 55102 | Scott Pollock | — |
| 2026-07-16 | Truth-In-Sale-Housing (TISH) Report - Si | 223 WALNUT ST SAINT PAUL MN 55102 | Richard Kilian | — |
| 2026-07-16 | Electrical Contractor Residential Repair | 1377 NEBRASKA AVE W SAINT PAUL MN 55108 | JM ELECTRIC LLC | — |
| 2026-07-16 | Electrical Commercial Repair/Alter | 121 7TH PL E SAINT PAUL MN 55101 | Gephart Electric Co., Inc. | — |
| 2026-07-16 | Meter Hooding | 777 RAYMOND AVE SAINT PAUL MN 55114 | Xcel Energy | — |
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