322 ADU builders filed 465 ADU permits on homes in the City of Austin from October 2023 to September 2026; 80 filed one in the last 12 months. The most active in the last 12 months were Paradisa Homes, LLC (5 permits), Backyard Pod, LLC (4) and Canedo Builders (3); busy is not the same as careful. Austin ADU permits carry no filed job value, so this list compares firms on permits filed, finishing, license and recent activity only. 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 ADU 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 ADU permits on homes from October 2023 to September 2026. Each opens permits by trade and the most active firms there.
78704 (62) 78702 (39) 78757 (37) 78731 (36) 78703 (32) 78751 (31) 78721 (28) 78723 (27)
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 322 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 Austin permit file, not from reviews: 80 of 322 ADU builders filed a permit in the last 12 months and 80% 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 Austin.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are Paradisa Homes, LLC (12 permits, 7 of 7 older permits finished), Canedo Builders (5 permits) and The Muskin Company (5 permits). By permits filed alone, the most active is Backyard Pod, LLC with 22.
322 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 5 ADU 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 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.
322 firms filed at least one ADU permit on homes in the City of Austin from October 2023 to September 2026; 80 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
The license file we match against for Austin rarely covers ADU firms (5 of 322 matched), so a missing status here says nothing about a firm. Ask for the license or registration number and check it with TDLR license search. How to check a contractor's license in Texas →
Three you can check against this page: “How many ADU permits have you filed in Austin?” (the middle firm here filed 1; 80 of 322 filed one in the last 12 months); “What does your quote include: the permit fee and the city inspection?”; “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (80% of older ADU permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 322 firms filed 465 ADU permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from City of Austin issued construction permits. To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Austin permit office. How the records work in Austin →
Austin ADU permits carry no filed job value, so we can’t rank ADU builders by price. Get two or three written quotes; ask whether the permit fee and the city inspection are included; shortlist from the 80 firms that filed in the last 12 months.
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 322 ADU builders here is shown with its permit record: 465 permits, the share finished 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 City of Austin issued construction permits: 322 firms filed 465 ADU permits on homes in the City of Austin from October 2023 to September 2026, and 80 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.
No usable job value is recorded for this permit type, so no typical cost is shown. See how we compare records.
Most Austin ADU permits are filed in February (130 against an average month of 100); August is the quietest (72). When each trade is busiest in Austin →