Waco, TX Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-04

113 new building permits were filed in Waco, TX 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 2026-08-04 · Last permit logged 2026-08-03

Permits filed · this week

113

▼ 33.9% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

171

permits filed previous week

Waco permit review backlog

Of 1,679 Waco 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
Issued1,43285.3%
Finaled24614.7%
Withdrawn10.1%

Is the Waco 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. Waco, TX logged 113 permits in the last 7 days versus 171 the week before — a 33.9% 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 PAVILION CONSTRUCTION 22
2 Christianson Plumbing 14
3 D. R. Horton 7
4 Russ Davis Homes 4
5 Flow Plumbing Services, LLC. 3

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Certificate of Occupancy - Certificate o 46 40.7%
Residential (Plum) 19 16.8%
Residential (Mech) 12 10.6%
Roofing (Residential) 10 8.8%
Residential (Elec) 6 5.3%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-03 Certificate of Occupancy - Certificate o 10417 NEPTUNE CT D. R. Horton
2026-08-03 Certificate of Occupancy - Certificate o 10404 NEPTUNE CT D. R. Horton
2026-08-03 Swimming Pool (Elec) 12011 LEDGESTONE DR Circle J Contractors, Inc
2026-08-03 Residential (Elec) 515 N 30TH ST David Electric LLC
2026-08-03 Certificate of Occupancy - Certificate o 10009 CHINA SPRING RD Jemco Holdings
Methodology. Data sourced from Waco'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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