How can I find contractors in Philadelphia?

Where the public source names a contractor, PermitGrab shows that record-level information with the related permit. Contractor names, contact fields, and trade labels vary by jurisdiction and record, so review the source disclosure and the individual record before outreach.

How do I get homeowner leads from building permits in Philadelphia?

Some public permit records can be linked to available property-owner information. Matching methods, owner fields, and coverage differ by jurisdiction and record. Review the source context before using a match for research or outreach.

Do I need a permit to remodel or renovate a house in Philadelphia?

Most jurisdictions require a building permit for structural changes, electrical, plumbing, or mechanical work — cosmetic work (paint, flooring) usually doesn't. Philadelphia's building department is the authority on local rules. On PermitGrab you can review the Philadelphia remodel and alteration records currently available to gauge what's typical.

Do I need a permit for a fence, deck, or water heater in Philadelphia?

It depends on size and local code: fences over a height threshold, any deck attached to the house, and water-heater or electrical-panel swaps typically require a permit; small repairs often don't. Confirm with the Philadelphia permit office. PermitGrab tracks recent Philadelphia permits so you can see which projects are being permitted locally.

How do I look up a building permit in Philadelphia?

PermitGrab organizes available public permitting records for Philadelphia. The page identifies the source jurisdiction and lets you review records by address, contractor, or trade, with the newest available source date shown on the page.

How often is the Philadelphia permit data updated?

Public sources update on their own schedules. PermitGrab shows the newest available permit date for Philadelphia and discloses which contractor, owner, and violation fields are available in that market.

Philadelphia Building Permits & Project Leads

Philadelphia building permits — key stats
Active contractors	3,077
Newest permit	2026-08-14

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Permit data through 2026-08-14

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13,486 permits sorted by date

Date	Type	Value	Address	Details	Contractor / Status
2026-06-15	Electrical	—	3903 J ST Owner: PER··· 🔒	Electrical Permit	ANTHONY L DAVIS JR 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-15	HVAC/Mech	—	2416 N 54TH ST Owner: WES··· 🔒	Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit	Reliable Fire & Mechanical, Inc. 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-15	Plumbing	—	2411 N 11TH ST Owner: PHI··· 🔒	Plumbing Permit	×5 JOSEPH ROSATI INC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-14	General Construction	—	282 S 52ND ST Owner: 160··· 🔒	Zoning Permit	SCL Consulting LLC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-14	General Construction	—	2148 N FRONT ST Owner: FK ··· 🔒	Zoning Permit	SCL Consulting LLC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-13	HVAC/Mech	—	161 CARPENTER LN Owner: CAR··· 🔒	Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit	Airzonehvac inc 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-13	HVAC/Mech	—	165 CARPENTER LN Owner: CAR··· 🔒	Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit	Airzonehvac inc 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Electrical	—	1639 S CLARION ST Owner: RYA··· 🔒	Electrical Permit	GENERATION 3 ELECTRIC INC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Electrical	—	2210 BAINBRIDGE ST Owner: 221··· 🔒	Electrical Permit	EAGLE ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CO INC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Plumbing	—	2531 MANTON ST Owner: 250··· 🔒	Plumbing Permit	×3 FERKO PLUMBING & HEATING CO INC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Plumbing	—	1143 HELLERMAN ST Owner: SHE··· 🔒	Plumbing Permit	Hartmann and Sons Water and Sewer PA, Inc 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Electrical	—	2542 TULIP ST Owner: IRO··· 🔒	Electrical Permit	EAGLE ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CO INC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Electrical	—	729 WHARTON ST Owner: BUC··· 🔒	Electrical Permit	EAGLE ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CO INC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Electrical	—	2809 W STILES ST Owner: LEM··· 🔒	Electrical Permit	EAGLE ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CO INC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Plumbing	—	503 GLEN ECHO RD Owner: JOR··· 🔒	Plumbing Permit	Hartmann and Sons Water and Sewer PA, Inc 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Plumbing	—	6161 GLENMORE AVE Owner: PEA··· 🔒	Plumbing Permit	Hartmann and Sons Water and Sewer PA, Inc 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Plumbing	—	3137 JANNEY ST Owner: TYL··· 🔒	Plumbing Permit	Hartmann and Sons Water and Sewer PA, Inc 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Plumbing	—	2131 N NATRONA ST Owner: REN··· 🔒	Plumbing Permit	BEST CHOICE PLUMBING INC.. 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Plumbing	—	5415 IRVING ST Owner: JON··· 🔒	Plumbing Permit	BEST CHOICE PLUMBING INC.. 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Plumbing	—	2533 MANTON ST Owner: 250··· 🔒	Plumbing Permit	×3 FERKO PLUMBING & HEATING CO INC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Plumbing	—	12488 SWEET BRIAR RD Owner: PAT··· 🔒	Plumbing Permit	ARTHUR ABRAHAM 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Plumbing	—	6147 HARLEY AVE Owner: SAN··· 🔒	Plumbing Permit	INPACKS MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Plumbing	—	1713 N CROSKEY ST Owner: BCM··· 🔒	Plumbing Permit	PROSTAR PLUMBING LLC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	HVAC/Mech	—	4401 HOLDEN ST Owner: PHI··· 🔒	Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit	×2 Mechanical Resource Contractors, LLC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	HVAC/Mech	—	3044 N STILLMAN ST Owner: WIL··· 🔒	Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit	WHITING SERVICES LLC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Fire Protection	—	2411 N 11TH ST Owner: PHI··· 🔒	Fire Suppression Permit	ONEIDA FIRE PROTECTION INC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Electrical	—	3423 W COULTER ST Owner: DAR··· 🔒	Electrical Permit	EAGLE ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CO INC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	HVAC/Mech	—	831 N 2ND ST Owner: 831··· 🔒	Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit	Reliable Fire & Mechanical, Inc. 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Electrical	—	1241 S BUCKNELL ST Owner: MHM··· 🔒	Electrical Permit	EAGLE ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CO INC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	General Construction	—	1122-30 PINE ST Owner: WAS··· 🔒	Commercial Building Permit	LEGACY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	General Construction	—	2005 MARKET ST Owner: COM··· 🔒	Commercial Building Permit	INTECH CONSTRUCTION LLC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-12	Electrical	—	226 S BONSALL ST Owner: POL··· 🔒	Electrical Permit	ACE ELECTRIC LLC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-11	General Construction	—	4610 WALNUT ST Owner: FU ··· 🔒	Zoning Permit	SCL Consulting LLC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-11	Plumbing	—	322 W RAYMOND ST Owner: VIL··· 🔒	Plumbing Permit	INPACKS MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-11	General Construction	—	1366 E HAINES ST Owner: FLD··· 🔒	Zoning Permit	Homecourt construction llc 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-11	Plumbing	—	5047 CHESTNUT ST Owner: VAN··· 🔒	Plumbing Permit	KENNETH DIXON 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-11	Electrical	—	2241 MONTROSE ST Owner: MAR··· 🔒	Electrical Permit	GENERATION 3 ELECTRIC INC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-11	Fire Protection	—	213-17 N 4TH ST Owner: PHI··· 🔒	Fire Suppression Permit	Oliver Sprinkler Co., Inc. 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-11	Fire Protection	—	1648-52 E PASSYUNK AVE Owner: PIS··· 🔒	Fire Suppression Permit	MK FIRE PROTECTION & SUPPLY, LLC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-11	General Construction	—	31-35 W GIRARD AVE Owner: 31 ··· 🔒	Zoning Permit	CANNO DESIGN LLC 📞 (•••) •••-••••
2026-06-11	HVAC/Mech	—	5801 RIDGE AVE Owner: RID··· 🔒	Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit	SCHORN CONSTRUCTION CO INC 📞 (•••) •••-••••

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About Philadelphia Building Permits

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania processes building permits covering residential construction, commercial buildouts, renovations, and specialty trade work. PermitGrab tracks 13486+ Philadelphia building permits — source date shown on page from official city sources.

Building permits in Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia Permit Data

HVAC contractors, electricians, plumbers, and roofers can use Philadelphia 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 verified 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 2026-08-14 · Source: Public permit portal.

How to look up Philadelphia building permits

Search recent Philadelphia, PA building permits by address, contractor, and permit type in the table above — pulled from the Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia Permit Pulse.

Philadelphia Field Reports & Contractor Guides

Source-dated research and practical resources for contractors working in Philadelphia

Source-dated field report · 2026-08-15

Philadelphia Building Permit Activity — August 2026

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

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🔧 Open code-case records in Philadelphia

Properties with an open code violation and no matching permit in the records currently available. These records can support repair or restoration research; they do not establish an owner’s intent, budget, timing, or need for a bid.

Frequently Asked Questions about Philadelphia Building Permits

How many building permits does PermitGrab track in Philadelphia?

PermitGrab currently tracks 13486 building permits in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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 Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia?

Contractors find leads in Philadelphia by filtering PermitGrab by trade and ZIP code, then researching the recorded contractor and project activity. Contact details appear only where a business profile has been publicly verified; saved-search email alerts track new matching records as they are published.

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