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

341 new building permits were filed in Santa Clara County, CA 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 2026-08-02 · Last permit logged 2026-08-01

Permits filed · this week

341

▲ 61.6% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

211

permits filed previous week

Santa Clara County permit review backlog

Of 1,436 Santa Clara County permits with a published review status, 1,128 (78.6%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Received1,08475.5%
Issued906.3%
Final684.7%
Pending Additional Submittal473.3%
In Review443.1%
Pending Resubmittal221.5%
Closed - DEV Application171.2%
Planning Screening Review151.0%

Is the Santa Clara County 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 County, CA logged 341 permits in the last 7 days versus 211 the week before — a 61.6% 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 SUNRUN 3
2 ENGINEERS INC 1
3 HARRIS WATER HEATERS INC 1
4 MASTEC NETWORK SOLUTIONS INC 1
5 DENVER, CO, 80210 1

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Survey Review 171 50.1%
Construction Permit 105 30.8%
Development Permit Request (Building, Gr 32 9.4%
Minor Permit 10 2.9%
Fire Permit 8 2.3%
Methodology. Data sourced from Santa Clara County'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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