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The City of Brownsville, TX building permits

Data through March 2026 · updated 23 Oct 2026

3,268 building permits in the City of Brownsville's Accela permit report file were issued in the City of Brownsville from April 2024 to March 2026, about 1,634 a year. New home permits lead with 1,608, then roofing (585) and remodels & repairs (127). 79% 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, where and when.

What this file covers: The report lists the city's building permits issued from July 2023 to March 2026; it holds no separate electrical, plumbing or mechanical permits, so those trades are missing.

3,268permits issued
1,634a year
79%for homes
Mar 2026records through

What gets built here

New homes

1,608permits
824last 12 mo on file

Roofing

585permits
273last 12 mo on file

What this page can and can't show

  • ✓The permits in the City of Brownsville's Accela permit report file, by kind of work, month and ZIP code.
  • Who did the work. The city's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here.
  • Which permits were finished. The city's report lists issued permits only, with no status and no final date.
  • What the job cost. The file carries no job value.
  • Street addresses or owners. We publish counts and permit rows without them.

Building permits the City of Brownsville issues inside city limits, as listed in a report from its Accela permit system: new houses and duplexes, re-roofs, repairs, alterations, additions, pools, solar, accessory structures, demolition, house moving, commercial and multi-family construction and signs. The report holds no separate electrical, plumbing or mechanical permits. Unincorporated Cameron County and other cities (Olmito, Los Fresnos, San Benito) are permitted by other offices.

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, then ask the city whether they pulled the permit for your job.

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Permits by kind of work

Permits issued April 2024 through March 2026, every kind of work with 100 or more. Last 12 months on file is Apr 2025–Mar 2026. Homes is the share issued as residential permits.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo
New homes1,60849%824
Roofing58518%273
Remodels & repairs1274%73
Other62519%352

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: pools & spas (83), solar (67), demolition (63), additions (59), garages, sheds & shade structures (26), fences & walls (15), plumbing (9), electrical (1).

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Brownsville permit statistics →Brownsville permits by ZIP code →Brownsville building permit search: Accela Citizen Access and old records →

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

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Brownsville GIS, Accela Permits Report 03312026 (ArcGIS Online), read 23 Oct 2026. We count permits issued April 2024 through March 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out. The city's report lists issued permits only, with no status and no final date, so no finished share is shown.

Building permits the City of Brownsville issues inside city limits, as listed in a report from its Accela permit system: new houses and duplexes, re-roofs, repairs, alterations, additions, pools, solar, accessory structures, demolition, house moving, commercial and multi-family construction and signs. The report holds no separate electrical, plumbing or mechanical permits. Unincorporated Cameron County and other cities (Olmito, Los Fresnos, San Benito) are permitted by other offices.

  • The city's report names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Brownsville.
  • The report is a one-off export dated March 31, 2026, so these pages end with March 2026.
  • It lists issued permits only, with no status, no final inspection date and no job value, so there is no finished share, no time to final and no costs.
  • Electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits are not in the report; the few repair permits that describe that kind of work are counted under those trades.
  • Homes are the report's residential permits; multi-family buildings count as other. The ZIP code is read from the end of each permit's address.
  • A permit number the report lists twice (usually a reissue) is counted once, at its first issue date.

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 Brownsville, TX building permits", https://contractorrecords.com/brownsville/, data through March 2026, from City of Brownsville Building Inspections 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 on file.

Common questions

  • How many building permits does Brownsville issue a year?About 1,634 a year in the City of Brownsville: 3,268 permits issued April 2024 through March 2026, 1,710 of them in the last 12 months on file (to March 2026). That counts the permits in the City of Brownsville's Accela permit report 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 Brownsville?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 and ask the contractor for the permit number of a past job.
  • What do people build most in Brownsville?New homes: 1,608 of the 3,268 permits (49%), then roofing (585), remodels & repairs (127), April 2024 through March 2026.
  • How do I look up a building permit in Brownsville?Filter the permit list on this page by month, kind of work and ZIP code 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 Brownsville →
  • How many permits were issued in Brownsville last month?179 in March 2026, the last full month on file; 1,710 over the last 12 months on file (to March 2026).

Browse the permits

Browse 3,268 permits

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

The list loads as you reach it (3,268 permits).

IssuedKind of workCity permit typeZIP

Permits each month, the last 12 months on file

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
Mar 2026179New homes (102)
Feb 2026121New homes (51)
Jan 2026128New homes (57)
Dec 2025163New homes (63)
Nov 2025114New homes (55)
Oct 2025116New homes (59)
Sep 2025160New homes (83)
Aug 2025113New homes (45)
Jul 2025155New homes (75)
Jun 2025124New homes (61)
May 2025164New homes (87)
Apr 2025173New homes (86)

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