180 deck builders filed 402 deck permits on homes in Arlington County, Virginia from October 2023 to September 2026; 81 filed one in the last 12 months. The middle filed job value was $18,500. The most active in the last 12 months were Core Outdoor Living LLC (13 permits), FA Outdoor Spaces LLC (7) and Long Fence Company Inc (5); busy is not the same as careful. Side by side: permits filed, share finished, license status 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 deck 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 deck permits on homes from October 2023 to September 2026. Each opens permits by trade and the most active firms there.
22207 (138) 22205 (95) 22204 (62) 22201 (33) 22203 (27) 22202 (16) 22206 (14) 22213 (14)
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), how many permits it filed in the last 12 months (15) and how quickly its permits closed (10). Each measure is ranked against the other 180 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short; a firm with a matched license problem is listed last.
The order comes from the Arlington permit file, not from reviews: 81 of 180 deck builders filed a permit in the last 12 months and 99% 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 Arlington.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are Diversified Property Services Inc (9 permits), FA Outdoor Spaces LLC (9 permits) and Michael James Foy and Raymond Bednar (14 permits, 97% finished). By permits filed alone, the most active is Core Outdoor Living LLC with 38.
180 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 13 deck 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, usual filed job value and license status. 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 deck permit on homes in Arlington County, Virginia from October 2023 to September 2026; 81 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
175 of the 180 deck builders on the Arlington permit file match an active license, and 5 we could not match. A firm we could not match is not proven unlicensed: the match is by company name. Look any firm up by name or license number with Virginia DPOR license lookup; statuses show under each firm’s name above. How to check a contractor's license in Virginia →
Three you can check against this page: “How many deck permits have you filed in Arlington?” (the middle firm here filed 1; 81 of 180 filed one in the last 12 months); “What value will you put on the permit?” (the usual filed value here is $18,500); “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (99% of older deck permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 180 firms filed 402 deck permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from Arlington County, VA building and trade permits. To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Arlington permit office. How the records work in Arlington →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 180 deck builders here is shown with its permit record: 402 permits, the share finished, usual filed value and license status. 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 Arlington County, VA building and trade permits: 180 firms filed 402 deck permits on homes in Arlington County, Virginia from October 2023 to September 2026, and 81 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 $18,500. That is a filed estimate, not a quote or final bill. See how we compare records.
Most Arlington deck permits are filed in August (131 against an average month of 100); December is the quietest (81). When each trade is busiest in Arlington →