Sammamish, WA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

89 new building permits were filed in Sammamish, WA 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.

By Marcus Reeves · Updated 2026-08-03 · Last permit logged 2026-07-31

Permits filed · this week

89

▲ 8.5% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

82

permits filed previous week

Sammamish permit review backlog

Of 1,883 Sammamish permits with a published review status, 1 (0.1%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
ISSUED1,22264.9%
FINALED45224.0%
COMPLETE18910.0%
WITHDRAWN130.7%
INFO REQUESTED40.2%
APPROVED10.1%
DENIED10.1%
UNDER REVIEW10.1%

Is the Sammamish 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. Sammamish, WA logged 89 permits in the last 7 days versus 82 the week before — a 8.5% 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 GENE JOHNSN PLB HTG CL ELC LLC 8
2 RESCUE ROOTER 7
3 GREENWOOD HEATING &HOME SRVS 5
4 FAST WATER HEATER COMPANY 4
5 ALL CLIMATE HEATING &A/C 3

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
ELECTRICAL - RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL 43 48.3%
BLDG RESIDENTIAL - MECHANICAL 33 37.1%
BLDG RESIDENTIAL - PLUMBING 5 5.6%
ELECTRICAL - NON RESIDENTIAL LOW VOLTAGE 3 3.4%
ELECTRICAL - NON RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL 2 2.2%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-31 BLDG RESIDENTIAL - MECHANICAL 2051 264TH PL SE ESSENTIAL HEATING &AIR
2026-07-31 ELECTRICAL - NON RESIDENTIAL LOW VOLTAGE 2902 228TH AVE SE APPLIED TELECOMM SYSTEMS INC
2026-07-31 ELECTRICAL - RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL 2615 226TH AVE SE ALL STAR HEATING &A/C INC
2026-07-31 BLDG RESIDENTIAL - MECHANICAL 2830 234TH AVE SE ESSENTIAL HEATING &AIR
2026-07-31 ELECTRICAL - RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL 2051 264TH PL SE ESSENTIAL HEATING &AIR
Methodology. Data sourced from Sammamish'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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