Shelby County, TN Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-09-21

866 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 2026-09-21 · Last permit logged 2026-09-19

Permits filed · this week

866

▲ 0.6% vs prior 7 days

Prior 7-day comparison

861

permits filed previous week

Shelby County published permit statuses

Of 6,101 Shelby County permits with a published review status, 2,353 (38.6%) are currently labelled as review or intake stages by the source. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued3,47957.0%
Pending1,55325.5%
In Review3615.9%
Plan Review2123.5%
Additional Info Required1983.2%
Closed - Approved891.5%
Closed - Complete540.9%
Closed - Withdrawn480.8%

What do the published permit statuses show?

Of 6,101 records with a published review status, 2,353 (38.6%) are currently labelled as review or intake stages by the source. Shelby County, TN also has 866 records in the trailing 7 days versus 861 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 AMERICAN RESIDENTIAL SERVICES DBA CONWAY SERVICES LLC(E000) 6
2 ODUM CONSTRUCTION (B0800061) 5
3 BROWN REFRIGERATION COOLING HEATING PLUMBING DBA MISTER GREENWAY (E000) 4
4 BROWN REFRIGERATION COOLING HEATING PLUMBING DBA MISTER GREENWAY (M000) 4
5 MOUNT ELECTRIC 4

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Residential Electrical Permit 213 24.6%
Residential Mechanical Permit 196 22.6%
Commercial Electrical Permit 79 9.1%
Residential Plumbing Permit 72 8.3%
Residential Alteration Permit 52 6.0%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractor
2026-09-19 Residential New Construction Permit 748 DALLAS ST, MEMPHIS TN 38114 devin Keith murry
2026-09-19 Commercial Electrical Permit 6200 GLOBAL DR, Memphis 38141 MAJOR MECHANICAL LLC (M000)
2026-09-19 Demolition Permit 1853 THE OAKS AVE, MEMPHIS 38127 ODUM CONSTRUCTION (B0800061)
2026-09-19 Demolition Permit 422 WALKER AVE, MEMPHIS 38126 ODUM CONSTRUCTION (B0800061)
2026-09-19 Residential Mechanical Permit 9255 DOGWOOD RD, GERMANTOWN 38139 WILKINSON, THOMAS E.(DBA) NEIGHBORHOOD PLUMBING (M042)
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 2026-09-21.

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

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