Stockton, CA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-02

185 new building permits were filed in Stockton, CA over the trailing 7 days, with $2,351,470 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 2026-07-31

Permits filed · this week

185

▼ 14.4% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$2,351,470

$54,685 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

216

permits filed previous week

Stockton permit review backlog

Of 2,237 Stockton permits with a published review status, 813 (36.3%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued1,21854.4%
Applied81336.3%
Closed1004.5%
Estimate221.0%
Finaled200.9%
Ready to Issue160.7%
Pending Review150.7%
Permit120.5%

Is the Stockton 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. Stockton, CA logged 185 permits in the last 7 days versus 216 the week before — a 14.4% 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 64124 11 $237,696
2 Owner-Builder 5
3 GREENER SOLUTIONS INC 4 $15,000
4 DEREK SAWYER HEATING COOLING PLUMBING 3 $59,829
5 PETER ELECTRIC 3

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
OTC - HVAC 33 17.8%
OTC - Electrical 26 14.1%
Point of Sale On-line Payments 22 11.9%
OTC - Photovoltaic 21 11.4%
OTC - Reroof 18 9.7%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-31 OTC - Plumbing 4550 SHELLEY CT, 77 67595 $1,950
2026-07-31 OTC - Water Heater 3718 WEST CREEK DR 942829 $3,135
2026-07-31 OTC - Photovoltaic 3308 LE CONTE CT 64124 $21,283
2026-07-31 OTC - Photovoltaic 9411 SNOW CREEK CI 64124 $40,666
2026-07-31 OTC - Electrical 302 DUNCAN AV BARNHART ELECTRIC $2,300
Methodology. Data sourced from Stockton'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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