Santa Fe, NM Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-04

31 new building permits were filed in Santa Fe, NM 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 2026-08-04 · Last permit logged 2026-07-31

Permits filed · this week

31

▼ 61.3% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

80

permits filed previous week

Santa Fe permit review backlog

Of 904 Santa Fe permits with a published review status, 3 (0.3%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued82090.7%
Complete728.0%
Expired91.0%
In Review30.3%

Is the Santa Fe 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 Fe, NM logged 31 permits in the last 7 days versus 80 the week before — a 61.3% 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 CR LIGHTYEAR ELECTRIC LLC 3
2 S&S Building Solutions LLC 3
3 Anytime Plumbing 2
4 PRO-TECH A/C & HTG INC 2
5 TLC Santa Fe 2

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Residential Electrical Trade Permit 8 25.8%
Certificate of Compliance 6 19.4%
Residential Mechanical Trade Permit 6 19.4%
Residential Plumbing/GasTrade Permit 4 12.9%
Commercial Plumbing/GasTrade Permit 2 6.5%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-31 Commercial Plumbing/GasTrade Permit 107 E PALACE AVE Unit: A3 Santa Fe NM 87501 TLC Santa Fe
2026-07-31 Certificate of Compliance 1421 MIRACERROS LOOP S Santa Fe NM 87505 Valentina Watson
2026-07-31 Residential Electrical Trade Permit 1002 CANYON RD Unit: D Santa Fe New Mexico 87505 CR LIGHTYEAR ELECTRIC LLC
2026-07-31 Residential Electrical Trade Permit 1002 CANYON RD Unit: B Santa Fe New Mexico 87505 CR LIGHTYEAR ELECTRIC LLC
2026-07-30 Residential Electrical Trade Permit 4650 AIRPORT RD Unit: 212 Santa Fe New Mexico 87507 A.M. Electrical Contractor LLC
Methodology. Data sourced from Santa Fe'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 2026-08-04.

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