Sonoma County, CA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

201 new building permits were filed in Sonoma 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 2026-08-03 · Last permit logged 2026-07-30

Permits filed · this week

201

▲ 458.3% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

36

permits filed previous week

Sonoma County permit review backlog

Of 1,102 Sonoma County permits with a published review status, 0 (0.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Started46642.3%
Issued41938.0%
Application Accepted/In Review666.0%
Pre-Issue/Payment Due514.6%
Awaiting Applicant Response333.0%
Plans Received272.5%
Closed121.1%
Void60.5%

Is the Sonoma 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. Sonoma County, CA logged 201 permits in the last 7 days versus 36 the week before — a 458.3% 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 SUTTER ROOFING SYSTEMS INC 2
2 THE R&D LAB CO DBA AMY'S ROOFING AND SOLAR 2
3 Ongaro and Sons 2
4 ORACLE CONSULTING INC 2
5 VITAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC 2

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Building Permit No Plan Check 82 40.8%
Building Permit With Plan Check 79 39.3%
Building Revision 13 6.5%
Demolition Permit 8 4.0%
Deferred Submittal - Fire 4 2.0%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-30 Building Permit With Plan Check 4068 Haney Dr Santa Rosa CA 95407 BORCHARDT CONSTRUCTION
2026-07-30 Building Permit No Plan Check 157 Kylers Ct Penngrove CA 94951 CONTRERAS ROOFING
2026-07-30 Building Revision 367 Brey Rd Santa Rosa CA 95409 BLACK FOREST CONSTRUCTION
2026-07-30 Building Permit No Plan Check 34510 Hwy 128 Cloverdale CA 95425 A C & R SERVICE HEATING & COOLING INC
2026-07-30 Building Permit With Plan Check 4633 Maddocks Rd Sebastopol CA 95472 CROMWELL CONSTRUCTION & MANAGEMENT INC
Methodology. Data sourced from Sonoma 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 2026-08-03.

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