San Jose, CA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-05

384 new building permits were filed in San Jose, CA over the trailing 7 days, with $21,965,445 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 2026-08-05 · Last permit logged 2026-08-03

Permits filed · this week

384

▼ 27.0% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$21,965,445

$261,493 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

526

permits filed previous week

San Jose permit review backlog

Of 9,035 San Jose permits with a published review status, 0 (0.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
309,035100.0%

Is the San Jose 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 Jose, CA logged 384 permits in the last 7 days versus 526 the week before — a 27.0% decrease, so intake is easing. This tracker refreshes weekly from official municipal feeds, so it reflects the current pace rather than a stale snapshot.

Top contractors this week

#ContractorPermits (7d)Declared value
1 SUNRUN INC samantha Aguilar 20
2 TESLA ENERGY OPERATIONS Nina Tarplin 12
3 RANDO AAA HVAC INC MONIQUE FEATHERSTON 11
4 FUSE SERVICE INC. Ruslan Khusniyarov 9
5 ON-TIME AC & HEATING SCOTT MAMOLA 6

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
1 & 2 Family Detached Dwellings 234 60.9%
Solar Installation and/or Stationary Sto 61 15.9%
Multiple Attached Dwellings 60 15.6%
Commercial/Industrial 25 6.5%
Information Request 4 1.0%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-03 1 & 2 Family Detached Dwellings 3727 PAYNE AV ADVANCED HOME IMPROVEMENT INC SHERYL KANZAKI
2026-08-03 1 & 2 Family Detached Dwellings 3311 BEACON LN ALIREZA BADAYE Alireza Badaye
2026-08-03 1 & 2 Family Detached Dwellings 1140 SABAL CT A-1 HEATING AND COOLING Desiree Adame
2026-08-03 1 & 2 Family Detached Dwellings 1111 GINGER LN ACOSTA, ENRIQUE Mr Enrique ACOSTA
2026-08-03 1 & 2 Family Detached Dwellings 1699 CANBERRA DR America's Dream Homeworks America's Dream
Methodology. Data sourced from San Jose'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 2026-08-05.

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