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The City of Arlington, TX building permits

Data through September 2026 · updated 19 Oct 2026

9,326 building permits in the City of Arlington's public issued-permit file were issued in the City of Arlington from October 2024 to September 2026, about 4,663 a year. Remodel and repair permits lead with 2,764, then fences & walls (1,264) and new homes (1,110). 60% were for homes. The city's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here: these pages show what was built, when and how fast the city signed it off.

What this file covers: The city's public file holds building, fence, pool and sign permits only; electrical, plumbing, mechanical and roofing permits are not in it.

9,326permits issued
4,663a year
60%for homes
74%finished (Oct 2024–Sep 2025 permits)
62days, usual issue to final
Sep 2026records through

What gets built here

Remodels & repairs

2,764permits
1,380last 12 mo
42days to final

Fences & walls

1,264permits
624last 12 mo
11days to final

New homes

1,110permits
658last 12 mo
215days to final

Garages, sheds & shade structures

371permits
188last 12 mo
41days to final

What this page can and can't show

  • ✓The permits in the City of Arlington's public issued-permit file, by kind of work and month.
  • ✓How long a permit takes from issue to the city's final inspection.
  • ✓Which permits finished, are still open or expired.
  • ✓What the job was declared at on the permit.
  • Who did the work. The city's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here.
  • Where, by ZIP code. The file carries no usable ZIP code.
  • Street addresses or owners. We publish counts and permit rows without them.

Building, fence, pool and sign permits the City of Arlington, Texas issues inside city limits. Not to be confused with Arlington, Virginia, which has its own pages on this site. Electrical, plumbing, mechanical and roofing permits are not in the city's public file, and neither are certificates of occupancy.

Hiring someone here?

The permit file can't tell you who does good work. Ask for the contractor's license number and look it up at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation license search, then ask the city whether they pulled the permit for your job.

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Permits by kind of work

Permits issued October 2024 through September 2026, every kind of work with 100 or more. Last 12 months is Oct 2025–Sep 2026. Homes is the share issued as residential permits.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo
Remodels & repairs2,76430%1,380
Fences & walls1,26414%624
New homes1,11012%658
Garages, sheds & shade structures3714%188
Demolition1351%87
Pools & spas1231%69
Additions1111%59
Other3,44837%1,797

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Arlington permit statistics →How long permits take in Arlington →Arlington, TX building permit search: how to look up permits on an address →

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Guides for Arlington

Local permit rules and lookups, each with Arlington's own permit numbers.

Nearby permit data

Permit data for other places in Dallas–Fort Worth. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.

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How these numbers are made

Source: City of Arlington GIS, OpenData/OD_Property: Issued Permits (3-year view), read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building, fence, pool and sign permits the City of Arlington, Texas issues inside city limits. Not to be confused with Arlington, Virginia, which has its own pages on this site. Electrical, plumbing, mechanical and roofing permits are not in the city's public file, and neither are certificates of occupancy.

  • The city's file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Arlington.
  • The city publishes only building, fence, pool and sign permits. Electrical, plumbing, HVAC and roofing permits are not in the file, so those kinds of work do not appear here.
  • The city keeps a rolling three-year view: older permits drop out of the file, so there is no history before late 2023.
  • The value is the construction valuation declared on the permit; sign permits carry none.
  • The file has no ZIP code, so there are no ZIP code pages.

Counts are permits, not jobs: one job can need several permits. Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. Sources and definitions →

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Contractor Records, "The City of Arlington, TX building permits", https://contractorrecords.com/arlington-tx/, data through September 2026, from the City of Arlington Planning and Development Services building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · Browse the permits · Permits each month.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits by kind of work · Permits in the last 12 months.

Common questions

  • How many building permits does Arlington issue a year?About 4,663 a year in the City of Arlington: 9,326 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026, 4,862 of them in the last 12 months. That counts the permits in the City of Arlington's public issued-permit file, homes and commercial, not denied or withdrawn applications; the file doesn't hold every permit the city issues (see what it covers above).
  • Can I find a contractor's permits in Arlington?Not from this file: the city publishes its permits without the contractor's name, so we can't list or rank firms. Check a license at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation license search and ask the contractor for the permit number of a past job.
  • What do people build most in Arlington?Remodels & repairs: 2,764 of the 9,326 permits (30%), then fences & walls (1,264), new homes (1,110), October 2024 through September 2026.
  • How long does a building permit take in Arlington?The usual permit took 62 days from issue to the city's final (middle half: 25 to 143 days), from 3,315 permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025 that reached a final. Each kind of work →
  • How do I look up a building permit in Arlington?Filter the permit list on this page by month, kind of work to see what was issued. For one property's permits, search the city's own records by address or permit number; we don't publish addresses. How to look up a permit in Arlington →
  • How many permits were issued in Arlington last month?428 in September 2026, the last full month on file; 4,862 over the last 12 months.

Browse the permits

Browse 9,326 permits

Every permit in the file issued October 2024 through September 2026, newest first. Pick a month, a kind of work or a status. Each row is one permit: no street address, no names.

The list loads as you reach it (9,326 permits).

IssuedKind of workCity permit typeStatus

Permits each month, the last 12 months

Permits issued each month and the kind of work with the most. A month opens its permits in the list above.

MonthPermitsTop kind of work
Sep 2026428Remodels & repairs (147)
Aug 2026405Remodels & repairs (111)
Jul 2026405Remodels & repairs (105)
Jun 2026446Remodels & repairs (115)
May 2026439Remodels & repairs (113)
Apr 2026378Remodels & repairs (116)
Mar 2026430Remodels & repairs (115)
Feb 2026424Remodels & repairs (79)
Jan 2026308Remodels & repairs (93)
Dec 2025389Remodels & repairs (121)
Nov 2025343Remodels & repairs (105)
Oct 2025467Remodels & repairs (160)

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