How do I look up a building permit in Washington?

Building permits in Washington are public records filed with each city or county building department. PermitGrab tracks 18 Washington cities and republishes the records — pick your city below to browse permits by address, contractor, type and value, free.

Are building permits public record in Washington?

Yes. Building permits are public records in Washington. Cities publish them through open-data portals and permit systems; PermitGrab aggregates available official feeds and shows each market's source date.

How many building permits were filed in Washington recently?

Across the 18 Washington cities PermitGrab tracks, 5,796 permits were filed in the last 30 days, out of 40,872 on record.

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Building permits are public record. PermitGrab tracks 18 Washington cities with live data pulled from official city permit systems — browse by address, contractor, permit type and value. No signup needed to look.

40,872

Permits on record

5,796

Filed last 30 days

Cities covered

City	Last 30 days	On record	Newest permit	Status
King County, WA	1,340	2,356	2026-09-23	fresh — under 24h
Tacoma, WA	919	6,129	2026-09-22	fresh — under 24h
Bellevue, WA	778	3,072	2026-09-16	this week
Everett, WA	505	6,420	2026-09-21	this week
Kirkland, WA	456	4,040	2026-09-22	fresh — under 24h
Bellingham, WA	454	7,609	2026-09-18	this week
Sammamish, WA	358	2,186	2026-09-22	fresh — under 24h
Federal Way, WA	270	2,221	2026-09-22	fresh — under 24h
Burien, WA	148	1,487	2026-09-22	fresh — under 24h
Mercer Island, WA	132	1,398	2026-09-21	this week
Auburn, WA	126	368	2026-09-22	fresh — under 24h
Issaquah, WA	98	1,139	2026-09-22	fresh — under 24h
Edmonds, WA	91	1,023	2026-09-22	fresh — under 24h
Woodinville, WA	61	223	2026-09-16	this week
Kenmore, WA	41	434	2026-09-22	fresh — under 24h
Snoqualmie, WA	14	244	2026-09-21	this week
Spokane, WA	4	378	2026-08-27	this month
Kitsap County, WA	1	145	2026-08-03	last 90 days

How to look up a building permit in Washington

Pick the city where the property sits — permits are filed with the local building department, not the state. Use the table above for any of the 18 Washington cities we cover.
Search by address or contractor. Each city page lists recent permits with the address, permit type, declared value, status and (where the city publishes it) the contractor of record.
Open a record to review the details that its public source provides. Available fields can include a project description, owner or applicant information, contractor details, and related permit history.

PermitGrab refreshes Washington permit data as official municipal sources publish it; the table shows the newest source date we hold for each city. If your city isn't listed, the building department may not publish a public data feed yet.

Contractors: turn these permits into leads.

Access current permit records in covered Washington markets, plus contractor, owner, and project fields where the public source provides them. Source dates and available fields vary by city.

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