141 new building permits were filed in Santa Clara, CA over the trailing 7 days, with $45,618,962 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
141
▼ 12.4% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$45,618,962
$2,683,468 avg per permit
Prior 7-day comparison
161
permits filed previous week
Of 1,073 Santa Clara permits with a published review status, 877 (81.7%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Submitted | 722 | 67.3% |
| In Review | 155 | 14.4% |
| Issued | 145 | 13.5% |
| Ready to Issue | 23 | 2.1% |
| Cancelled | 10 | 0.9% |
| Pending Corrections | 7 | 0.7% |
| Reviews Complete | 7 | 0.7% |
| Finaled | 3 | 0.3% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Santa Clara, CA logged 141 permits in the last 7 days versus 161 the week before — a 12.4% 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 | SABOO INC | 3 | $1,566,503 |
| 2 | SKANSKA USA BUILDING INC | 2 | $43,112,129 |
| 3 | VANCE BROWN INC | 1 | $479,000 |
| 4 | DAL ELECTRIC | 1 | — |
| 5 | FAST WATER HEATER | 1 | — |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Regular Building Permit | 120 | 85.1% |
| Building Revision | 8 | 5.7% |
| Residential Re-Roof | 5 | 3.5% |
| Residential HVAC | 3 | 2.1% |
| Building Deferred Submittal | 2 | 1.4% |
| Date | Type | Address | Contractor | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | Regular Building Permit | 351 BROKAW RD | SABOO INC | $1,010,000 |
| 2026-07-31 | Regular Building Permit | 3065 BOWERS AV | SKANSKA USA BUILDING INC | $500,000 |
| 2026-07-31 | Regular Building Permit | 200 LAWRENCE EX | SABOO INC | $186,503 |
| 2026-07-31 | Regular Building Permit | 3899 DE LA CRUZ BL | SABOO INC | $370,000 |
| 2026-07-31 | Regular Building Permit | 3065 BOWERS AV | SKANSKA USA BUILDING INC | $42,612,129 |
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