West Palm Beach, FL Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-04

48 new building permits were filed in West Palm Beach, FL 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

48

▼ 62.5% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

128

permits filed previous week

West Palm Beach permit review backlog

Of 2,820 West Palm Beach 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
Issued2,51289.1%
Complete29910.6%
Fees Due60.2%
On Hold10.0%
Approved10.0%
Fees Paid10.0%

Is the West Palm Beach 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. West Palm Beach, FL logged 48 permits in the last 7 days versus 128 the week before — a 62.5% 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 AQUEDUCT INDUSTRIES INC - CFC1433750 3
2 BUCKEYE PLUMBING INC - CFC025553 2
3 ACTION ROOFING SERVICES LLC - CCC1336714 2
4 ALL STAR PLUMBING & AIR INC- CFC1426277 2
5 FLORIDA DELTA MECHANICAL INC - CFC1425917 2

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Water Heater Changeout - Residential 6 12.5%
Electrical Sub-Permit - Commercial 5 10.4%
A/C Changeout - Commercial 5 10.4%
A/C Changeout - Residential 4 8.3%
Gas Sub-Permit - Residential 4 8.3%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-30 Water Heater Changeout - Residential 7169 Fish Creek Ln BUCKEYE PLUMBING INC - CFC025553
2026-07-30 A/C Changeout - Residential 8292 Pine Cay JOHN C CASSIDY AIR CONDITIONING & PLUMBING - CAC057321
2026-07-30 A/C Changeout - Commercial 2450 Presidential Way Unit: 207 AC ALL STARS LLC - CAC1817509
2026-07-30 Plumbing Sub-Permit - Commercial 525 Okeechobee Blvd Unit: 1030 BEST WAY PLUMBING INC - CFC1427271
2026-07-30 Building Revisions - Residential Revisio 464 Nottingham Blvd Nadia Lefevre
Methodology. Data sourced from West Palm Beach'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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