San Diego Building Permits & Project Research

19,330 indexed permits · San Diego, California.

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San Diego building permits — key stats
Permits (last 90 days) 13,324
Total permit value (90d) $410,248,168
Contractor names (90 days) 25
Newest permit 2026-09-13

PermitGrab tracks 25 active contractors who pulled 19,330 building permits in San Diego, CA as of 2026-09-13. Newest record date: 2026-09-13.

Recent record dates · Newest record date: 2026-09-13

Record recency is based on available filing or issue dates; it does not verify publication time or collection delay.

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Filter San Diego permits by trade: solar · roofing · HVAC · electrical · fire protection · new construction.

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San Diego building permit activity

4,483 building permits were published by this source for San Diego in the last 30 days — up 0.2% from the prior 30 days, with $153,604,380 in declared project value across the 481 that report a cost. Over 90 days: 13,324 permits worth $410,248,168.

Most active contractors (last 6 months)

  1. SDG&E — 2347 permits
  2. Sunrun — 391 permits
  3. AT&T CALIFORNIA — 343 permits
  4. WALTER ANDERSON PLUMBING LLC — 261 permits
  5. Value truck of AZ LLC — 161 permits
  6. CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL — 131 permits
  7. AT&T California — 109 permits
  8. Baker Electric Home Energy — 101 permits
  9. ASI Hastings HVAC Dept — 97 permits
  10. West Coast Heating, Air Conditioning, & Solar — 95 permits
Biggest project in the last 30 days
$44,995,241 · Building Permit · 707 Broadway · 707 by Vintage Acquisition, LLC
19,330
Indexed Permits
Contractor count unavailable
Property Owners · count unavailable
325
Available Business Phones
2026-09-14
Last Updated
Source date: 2026-09-13
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San Diego had 4483 building permit records published in the last 30 days, led by 1380 general construction, 1061 hvac and 301 solar. The average project value is $21,168.

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Recent project activity

Recent permit records with source-published project details. A named business identifies the recorded project team; it is not a claim that the business is seeking bids.

MCImetro Access Transmission Se…
2026-09-11
General Construction
DEMPSEY CONSTRUCTION
2026-09-11
General Construction ✓ License active
Bill Howe Plumbing
2026-09-11
HVAC/Mech

Published permit & code records

Permit data through 2026-09-13
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19,330 permits sorted by date

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2026-09-11 General Construction Traffic Control Permit MCImetro Access Transmission Services LLC
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2026-09-11 General Construction Traffic Control Permit ×20 SDG&E
2026-09-11 General Construction Traffic Control Permit ×2 DEMPSEY CONSTRUCTION
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2026-09-11 HVAC/Mech No-Plan - Residential - Combination Mech/Elec/Plum Bill Howe Plumbing
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2026-09-11 General Construction Construction Noise Permit COX COMMUNICATIONS INC
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2026-09-11 General Construction Construction Noise Permit ×6 SDG&E
2026-09-11 General Construction Traffic Control Permit ARIUM NETWORKS
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2026-09-11 General Construction Traffic Control Permit ×2 COX COMMUNICATIONS INC
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2026-09-11 Fire Protection Standard-Fire:15629/Avenida Alcachofa Standard Electronics
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2026-09-11 General Construction Traffic Control Permit Murrieta Development
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2026-09-11 General Construction $10,000 10411 Les Fleurs Tr Rapid Review-Standard-Building Construction:10411/Les Fleurs NOMA DESIGN & BUILD - JULIA SKAR
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2026-09-11 General Construction Traffic Control Permit The Fishel Company
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2026-09-11 General Construction $2,554 Rapid Review-Standard-Building Construction:1710/Los Altos Lifetime Home Remodeling
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2026-09-11 HVAC/Mech 8332 Morning Mist Ct Express- Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Standalone:8332/Morning Mist Sunrun
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2026-09-11 General Construction $38,480 4376 Aragon Dr Rapid Review-Standard-Building Construction:4395/Aragon Brighthaus Contracting LLC
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2026-09-10 Demolition 11255 North Torrey Pines Rd Standard-Demolition:11255/North Torrey Pines ×3 Level 10 Construction
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2026-09-10 General Construction $56,368 1229 Roslyn Ln General-Standard-Building Construction:1229/Roslyn NAU Builders INC
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2026-09-10 HVAC/Mech 4275 Cass St Standard- Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Standalone:4275/Cass Electrical EVCS MPE Consulting
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2026-09-10 HVAC/Mech No-Plan - Residential - Combination Mech/Elec/Plum SAME DAY HEATING, COOLING & PLUMBING
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2026-09-10 HVAC/Mech No-Plan - Residential - Combination Mech/Elec/Plum PLUMB365 INC.
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2026-09-10 HVAC/Mech 6401 Skyline Dr Standard- Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Standalone:6401/Skyline Electrical EVCS MPE Consulting
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2026-09-10 General Construction 3807 Dalbergia St Non-DCE-Standard- Standalone:3807/Dalbergia Julian Garcia
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Recorded Project Teams

Businesses most frequently named in permit records — last 90 days of activity shown in parentheses. Source-published contact details are available for 19 of 25 businesses below.

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Recorded business Permits (90d) Trade Avg Value Contact
1. SDG&E 📞 🔥 562 permits/30d Active 1,615 (1468) - 🔒 Reveal
2. AT&T CALIFORNIA 🔥 80 permits/30d Active 346 (272) -
3. Sunrun 📞 🔥 107 permits/30d Active 251 (240) Solar - 🔒 Reveal
4. WALTER ANDERSON PLUMBING LLC 📞 🔥 90 permits/30d Active 193 (193) HVAC - 🔒 Reveal
5. Value truck of AZ LLC 🔥 50 permits/30d Active 133 (133) -
6. ASI Hastings HVAC Dept 🔥 28 permits/30d Active 89 (89) HVAC -
7. CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL 📞 🔥 36 permits/30d Active 84 (83) HVAC - 🔒 Reveal
8. SAME DAY HEATING, COOLING & PLUMBING 📞 🔥 26 permits/30d Active 78 (77) HVAC - 🔒 Reveal
9. COX COMMUNICATIONS INC 📞 🔥 27 permits/30d Active 76 (71) - 🔒 Reveal
10. Baker Electric Home Energy 🔥 23 permits/30d Active 66 (61) Solar $7,098
11. West Coast Heating Air Solar 📞 🔥 16 permits/30d Active 57 (57) HVAC - 🔒 Reveal
12. A R S AMERICAN RESIDENTIAL SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA INC 🔥 20 permits/30d Active 53 (53) HVAC -
13. STELLAR SOLAR 📞 🔥 19 permits/30d Active 53 (52) Solar - 🔒 Reveal
14. MATRIX CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC 📞 🔥 11 permits/30d Active 50 (50) Electrical - 🔒 Reveal
15. RBCI, Inc. 📞 3 permits/30d Active 48 (17) Fire Protection $34,915 🔒 Reveal
16. BILL HOWE HEATING & AIR… 📞 🔥 28 permits/30d Active 47 (47) HVAC - 🔒 Reveal
17. Gabe von wellsheim 8 permits/30d Active 43 (41) Solar -
18. BYCOR General Contractors 📞 1 permits/30d Active 42 (13) Electrical $224,022 🔒 Reveal
19. SYMONS FIRE PROTECTION, INC. 📞 40 (3) Fire Protection - 🔒 Reveal
20. ARCHON ENERGY SOLUTIONS 📞 8 permits/30d Active 39 (37) HVAC - 🔒 Reveal
21. TBINXpress, LLC 4 permits/30d Active 37 (35) - Website
22. LGCY Electric 📞 🔥 13 permits/30d Active 36 (36) Solar - 🔒 Reveal
23. Lifetime Home Remodeling 📞 🔥 15 permits/30d Active 33 (32) $5,727 🔒 Reveal
24. PLUMB365 INC. 📞 🔥 11 permits/30d Active 30 (30) HVAC - 🔒 Reveal
25. DENT ELECTRIC INC. 3 permits/30d Active 29 (27) HVAC - Website

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Permit Types in San Diego
Construction Activity in San Diego

New building permits in San Diego, California show where construction activity is being recorded. Contractors can filter the available public records by trade, date, address, and project value to research projects and plan outreach using the fields the source publishes.

About San Diego Building Permits

San Diego, California processes building permits covering residential construction, commercial buildouts, renovations, and specialty trade work. PermitGrab tracks 19330+ San Diego building permits — newest record date: 2026-09-13 from official city sources.

Building permits in San Diego can document new construction, renovations, and specialty work. The fields in a public record vary by filing, but may include a project address, scope, estimated cost, or contractor name. Use the displayed source information to evaluate whether a record is useful for your market research.

How Contractors Use San Diego Permit Data

HVAC contractors, electricians, plumbers, and roofers can use San Diego building-permit records to research visible construction activity. A permit may signal a project that is relevant to a particular trade, but the source record does not establish that its owner is seeking a bid.

Use the published date, project details, and any named business contact to research a project before outreach. Public records are not exclusive, and outreach results depend on the market, project, and your own process.

Eligible subscribers can receive trade-filtered alerts when new records are collected. Alert timing and field coverage follow the underlying source rather than a universal schedule.

PermitGrab methodology · Page data current as of · Source: San Diego DSD issued development approvals (datasd daily CSV).

Who appears in San Diego permit records?

The contractors most frequently represented in the available San Diego records include SDG&E, AT&T CALIFORNIA, Sunrun, WALTER ANDERSON PLUMBING LLC and Value truck of AZ LLC. PermitGrab tracks 25 active contractors across the metro. New records appear as they are available from the source.

How fresh is San Diego permit data?

The most recent permit indexed for San Diego is dated 2026-09-13. Newest record date: 2026-09-13. Permit records carry filing date, address, project value, and permit type, plus contractor name where the source publishes it. Use a recent published record for project research; it does not show bid availability or a request for service.

What construction appears in San Diego permit records?

In the last 30 days, San Diego permitting activity covers 4,483 new building permits. The records can cover new construction, residential renovations, mechanical/electrical/plumbing upgrades, roof replacements, demolitions, or tenant improvements. Their usefulness for a contractor or supplier depends on the published project details, timing, and service area.

2 workflows for San Diego research

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The business-profile check

Filter San Diego to your trade and review the source date before researching a project. Business contact details appear only for covered profiles where the relevant source supports them.

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The project-team lookup

Search a business name to review its recorded permit activity in San Diego and the project details the public source publishes. Use the scope, timing, and address to research complementary work; a record is not a request for bids.

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How to look up San Diego building permits

Search recent San Diego, CA building permits by address, contractor, and permit type in the table above — pulled from the San Diego building department's public permit records. New filings appear here as they are published. Filter by trade or search an address to look up a specific permit. For this week's filing volume and the most active contractors, see the San Diego Permit Pulse.

San Diego Field Reports & Contractor Guides

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Historical analysis · 2026-06-17

Construction Permit Leads in San Diego: 1,090 Phone-Verified Permits in 90 Days (2026)

Historical market analysis and methodology for San Diego. Current permit activity and available source fields are shown on this page.

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Historical analysis · 2026-06-20

San Diego Contractor List With Phone Numbers: 295 Verified Trade Contractors (2026)

Historical market analysis and methodology for San Diego. Current permit activity and available source fields are shown on this page.

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Frequently Asked Questions about San Diego Building Permits

How many building permits does PermitGrab track in San Diego?

PermitGrab currently tracks 19330 building permits in San Diego, California. Data is pulled directly from the official municipal source on every collection cycle and includes permit number, address, permit type, status, estimated value, and contractor information where the source publishes it.

How fresh is the San Diego permit data?

PermitGrab checks the official source on each collection cycle. The source date and its observed update cadence are shown above, so you can judge the data’s recency before acting on it.

How can contractors find construction leads in San Diego?

Contractors find leads in San Diego by filtering PermitGrab by trade and ZIP code, then researching the recorded contractor and project activity. Pro subscribers can reveal source-published contact details for covered business profiles and set up saved-search email alerts so new matches land in their inbox as records are published.

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San Diego permit data, by use case

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Contractors & subs
Recent San Diego contractor activity is a signal for labor and material demand. Source-published business contacts are available for covered profiles.
Home service companies
An addition or remodel can be useful project context for HVAC, plumbing, or warranty outreach. Review the project signal before outreach.
Solar installers
Roof permits and electrical upgrades in San Diego provide project context for solar-market research. Filter by the current project signal and verify ownership separately.
Insurance agents
San Diego renovations can identify properties for a policy-review workflow. Confirm coverage needs independently before contacting a property owner.
Material suppliers & manufacturer reps
Choose a product-line research workflow, then use published job type, description, and value fields where available for territory and demand research. A permit is not a materials order, purchase signal, or open bid.
Developers & new construction
Sort source-published new-construction records by project value and type to research active projects and property activity, with contractor details where the record publishes them.
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