San Antonio, TX Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-07-28

1872 new building permits were filed in San Antonio, TX over the trailing 7 days, with $12,007,052 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 2026-07-28 · Last permit logged 2026-07-28

Permits filed · this week

1,872

▲ 2.5% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$12,007,052

$1,000,587 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

1,827

permits filed previous week

San Antonio permit review backlog

Of 4,830 San Antonio permits with a published review status, 1,325 (27.4%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued2,07142.9%
Under Review1,16624.1%
Closed77916.1%
Active3346.9%
Fees Due2805.8%
Additional Info Required1192.5%
Received400.8%
LOC Issued220.5%

Is the San Antonio 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. San Antonio, TX logged 1,872 permits in the last 7 days versus 1,827 the week before — a 2.5% 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 WILL FIX IT 36
2 SA SPECIALTIES 27
3 DOUBLE H LANDSCAPE, LIMITED 25
4 Standalone no construction 20
5 3D LANDSCAPING & IRRIGATION 18

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
MEP Trade Permits Application 302 16.1%
Mechanical Permit 225 12.0%
Plumbing General Permit 138 7.4%
Electrical General Permit 98 5.2%
Plumbing Irrigation Permit 94 5.0%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-28 MEP Trade Permits Application 123 KNOLLWOOD DR City of San Antonio, TX 78227 Arthur Galvan
2026-07-28 Plumbing Sewer Permit 123 KNOLLWOOD DR City of San Antonio, TX 78227 Arthur Galvan
2026-07-27 Residential Building Permit Application 3838 ALAMAR CREST City of San Antonio, TX 78259 AURELIANO GARCIA
2026-07-27 MEP Trade Permits Application 5107 PRINCE VALIANT DR City of San Antonio, TX 78218 SA SPECIALTIE
2026-07-27 MEP Trade Permits Application 123 KNOLLWOOD DR City of San Antonio, TX 78227 Arthur Galvan
Methodology. Data sourced from San Antonio'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 2026-07-28.

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