180 remodeling contractors filed 409 remodeling permits on homes in the City of Albuquerque from October 2023 to September 2026; 47 filed one in the last 12 months. The middle filed job value was $25,000. The most active in the last 12 months were Ruelas Construction (7 permits), Bear Restoration (3) and Cameron Custom Homes, LLC (3); 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 remodeling 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 remodeling permits on homes from October 2023 to September 2026. Each opens permits by trade and the most active firms there.
87107 (46) 87111 (44) 87112 (40) 87108 (36) 87120 (36) 87102 (35) 87110 (35) 87106 (34)
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 180 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short.
The order comes from the Albuquerque permit file, not from reviews: 47 of 180 remodeling contractors filed a permit in the last 12 months and 28% 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 Ruelas Construction (7 permits), Cameron Custom Homes, LLC (7 permits) and Bear Restoration (14 permits, 42% finished). By permits filed alone, the most active is Dreamstyle Remodeling, LLC with 60.
180 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 7 remodeling 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.
180 firms filed at least one remodeling permit on homes in the City of Albuquerque from October 2023 to September 2026; 47 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
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Three you can check against this page: “How many remodeling permits have you filed in Albuquerque?” (the middle firm here filed 1; 47 of 180 filed one in the last 12 months); “What value will you put on the permit?” (the usual filed value here is $25,000); “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (28% of older remodeling permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 180 firms filed 409 remodeling 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 180 remodeling contractors here is shown with its permit record: 409 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: 180 firms filed 409 remodeling permits on homes in the City of Albuquerque from October 2023 to September 2026, and 47 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 $25,000. That is a filed estimate, not a quote or final bill. See how we compare records.
Most Albuquerque remodeling permits are filed in September (144 against an average month of 100); February is the quietest (68). When each trade is busiest in Albuquerque →