Santa Clara, CA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-02

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.

By Marcus Reeves · Updated 2026-08-02 · Last permit logged 2026-07-31

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

Santa Clara permit review backlog

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 statusPermitsShare
Submitted72267.3%
In Review15514.4%
Issued14513.5%
Ready to Issue232.1%
Cancelled100.9%
Pending Corrections70.7%
Reviews Complete70.7%
Finaled30.3%

Is the Santa Clara 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. 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.

Top contractors this week

#ContractorPermits (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

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
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%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
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
Methodology. Data sourced from Santa Clara'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 2026-08-02.

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