136 home builders filed 1,370 new home permits on homes in the City of Albuquerque from October 2023 to September 2026; 53 filed one in the last 12 months. The middle filed job value was $181,444. The most active in the last 12 months were S&S Building Solutions LLC (160 permits), Pulte Development New Mexico Inc. (114) and DRH Southwest Construction, Inc. (62); busy is not the same as careful. Side by side: permits filed, share finished and permits in the last 12 months for each firm. Pick what you value and the list re-orders.
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Top 5 by new home permits filed in the last 12 months. This is volume, not quality: a busy firm is not necessarily a careful one.
The 8 ZIP codes with the most new home permits on homes from October 2023 to September 2026. Each opens permits by trade and the most active firms there.
87114 (378) 87120 (284) 87121 (249) 87105 (146) 87111 (56) 87106 (49) 87107 (30) 87123 (23)
Before you move a slider, the list is in a default order built only from the permit record: how much of each firm’s record is this kind of job (weight 30), how often its permits reached completion (25) and how many permits it filed in the last 12 months (15). Each measure is ranked against the other 136 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short.
The order comes from the Albuquerque permit file, not from reviews: 53 of 136 home builders filed a permit in the last 12 months and 59% of their permits a year or more old were finished. Nobody pays to be listed or to move up, and there are no star ratings or reviews. The sliders and presets change the weights, and the order changes with them. How the records work in Albuquerque.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are S&S Building Solutions LLC (293 permits, 74% finished), DRH Southwest Construction, Inc. (336 permits, 66% finished) and Affordable Concepts Inc (12 permits). By permits filed alone, the most active is DRH Southwest Construction, Inc. with 336.
136 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 160 new home permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 1 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed, share of permits finished and usual filed job value. Pick what matters to you and the list re-orders, for example recent activity if you need someone soon. The order comes from the permit record only, and nobody pays to be listed or to move up.
136 firms filed at least one new home permit on homes in the City of Albuquerque from October 2023 to September 2026; 53 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
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Three you can check against this page: “How many new home permits have you filed in Albuquerque?” (the middle firm here filed 1; 53 of 136 filed one in the last 12 months); “What value will you put on the permit?” (the usual filed value here is $181,444); “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (59% of older new home permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 136 firms filed 1,370 new home permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from City of Albuquerque building permits. To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Albuquerque permit office. How the records work in Albuquerque →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 136 home builders here is shown with its permit record: 1,370 permits, the share finished and usual filed value. Read reviews on other sites and use this page to check them against the record. Reviews vs permit records →
Every number on this page comes from City of Albuquerque building permits: 136 firms filed 1,370 new home permits on homes in the City of Albuquerque from October 2023 to September 2026, and 53 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 1 permit in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
The middle recorded permit value is $181,444. That is a filed estimate, not a quote or final bill. See how we compare records.
Most Albuquerque new home permits are filed in December (127 against an average month of 100); September is the quietest (64). When each trade is busiest in Albuquerque →