Shelby County, TN Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-11-05

858 building permits were recorded for Shelby County, TN over the trailing 7 days. This page reflects currently available public permitting records; source schedules vary by jurisdiction.

By PermitGrab Research · Updated 2026-11-05 · Last permit logged 2026-11-04

Permits filed · this week

858

▼ 6.4% vs prior 7 days

Prior 7-day comparison

917

permits filed previous week

Shelby County published permit statuses

Of 8,012 Shelby County permits with a published review status, 2,837 (35.4%) are currently labelled as review or intake stages by the source. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued4,73259.1%
Pending1,69121.1%
In Review5096.4%
Additional Info Required3194.0%
Plan Review2823.5%
Closed - Approved2112.6%
Closed - Complete911.1%
Closed - Withdrawn670.8%

What do the published permit statuses show?

Of 8,012 records with a published review status, 2,837 (35.4%) are currently labelled as review or intake stages by the source. Shelby County, TN also has 858 records in the trailing 7 days versus 917 in the prior 7 days. These source fields do not establish an overall review time or backlog outside the statuses the jurisdiction publishes.

Top contractors this week

#ContractorPermits (7d)
1 CANTER POWER SYSTEMS LLC (E000) 20
2 AMERICAN RESIDENTIAL SERVICES DBA CONWAY SERVICE LLC DBA CONWAY SERVICE(M000) 8
3 EXPERT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR LLC (E000) 6
4 LEGACY PLUMBING CO. INC. (P000) 5
5 SMITH'S PLUMBING SERVICES LLC (P000) 5

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Residential Mechanical Permit 206 24.0%
Residential Electrical Permit 204 23.8%
Residential Plumbing Permit 84 9.8%
Commercial Electrical Permit 65 7.6%
Residential Alteration Permit 44 5.1%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractor
2026-11-04 Commerical Electrical Permit Amendment 9755 US HIGHWAY 64, ARLINGTON 38002 FUCHS ELECTRICAL CONT., INC. (E000)
2026-11-04 Residential Electrical Permit Amendment 2929 CARNES AVE, Memphis 38111 JOSHUA REDMOND DBA REDMOND ELECTRIC LLC (E021)
2026-11-04 Commercial Alteration Permit 2755 N GERMANTOWN PKWY, MEMPHIS 38133 Brixmor Wolfcreek
2026-11-04 Commercial Electrical Permit 1 N FRONT ST, MEMPHIS 38103 OSB SERVICES, LLC (E000)
2026-11-04 Commerical Electrical Permit Amendment 1805 MORIAH WOODS BLVD, MEMPHIS 38117 HILLER PLUMBING,HTG,CLG& ELECTRICAL(E000)
Methodology. Data is based on public permitting records associated with Shelby County. Source coverage and publication schedules vary by jurisdiction. Permits are counted using the source date field. This source does not publish enough current declared-value coverage to report a citywide construction-value total. "This week" means the trailing 7 days through 2026-11-05.

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See also: /permits/tennessee/shelby-county-tn · national permit pulse · freshness check

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