Sugar Land, TX Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-04

159 new building permits were filed in Sugar Land, TX over the trailing 7 days, with $5,762,006 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 2026-08-03

Permits filed · this week

159

▲ 1.9% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$5,762,006

$51,909 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

156

permits filed previous week

Sugar Land permit review backlog

Of 7,503 Sugar Land permits with a published review status, 134 (1.8%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
PERMIT ISSUED-READY TO SCHEDULE INSPECTION2,84737.9%
COMPLETE2,20929.4%
EXPIRED93612.5%
ISSUED4415.9%
SUBMITTED - ONLINE3324.4%
FEES DUE1562.1%
IN REVIEW1341.8%
REQUIRED FOR RESUBMITTAL1291.7%

Is the Sugar Land 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. Sugar Land, TX logged 159 permits in the last 7 days versus 156 the week before — a 1.9% 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 NEW ABACUS LLC 8 $84,511
2 RECODES CONTRACTORS LLC 5 $142,497
3 JERICHO FOUNDATION REPAIRS 5
4 DAWSON FOUNDATION REPAIR 4 $85,164
5 CRITICAL AIR 4 $46,800

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
BUILDING - BUILDING RESIDENTIAL 47 29.6%
BUILDING - PLUMBING 37 23.3%
BUILDING - ELECTRICAL 29 18.2%
BUILDING - MECHANICAL RESIDENTIAL 17 10.7%
BUILDING - BUILDING COMMERCIAL 8 5.0%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-03 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY 2444 SETTLERS WAY CIRCLE D, INC.
2026-08-03 BUILDING - MECHANICAL RESIDENTIAL 1315 HITHERFIELD AIR II AIR, INC. & DBA COASTAL/HANKLA A/C & HEAT $27,600
2026-08-03 BUILDING - BUILDING RESIDENTIAL 3202 BAYOU CROSSING BIG STATE ROOF SOLUTIONS $10,000
2026-08-03 BUILDING - PLUMBING 12530 AIRPORT AIR CARE SOUTHEAST $40,000
2026-08-03 BUILDING - MECHANICAL COMMERCIAL 2022 COLONIST PARK COOK MECHANICAL $24,000
Methodology. Data sourced from Sugar Land'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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