How many plumbing permits does Carlsbad issue a year?

About 561 a year in the City of Carlsbad: 981 permits issued April 2022 through December 2023, 566 of them in the last 12 months on file (to December 2023).

How long does a plumbing permit take in Carlsbad?

The usual one took 142 days from issue to the city's final inspection, and the middle half took 62 to 229 days (190 permits issued Apr 2022-Dec 2022 that reached a final). The wait to get the permit issued is not in this file.

When do people in Carlsbad file the most plumbing permits?

February (126 against an average month of 100); December is the quietest (77). If you can choose, a quiet month at the permit counter can mean contractors have more room in their schedules.

Which ZIP code has the most plumbing permits in Carlsbad?

92009, with 440 of the 981 (45%); then 92011 (227).

Plumbing Permits in Carlsbad, CA: 981 Issued (Dec 2023)

Plumbing permits by month

Permits issued each month, April 2022 through December 2023.

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Month	Permits
Apr 2022	63
May 2022	45
Jun 2022	47
Jul 2022	56
Aug 2022	32
Sep 2022	53
Oct 2022	45
Nov 2022	33
Dec 2022	41
Jan 2023	48
Feb 2023	59
Mar 2023	45
Apr 2023	47
May 2023	67
Jun 2023	47
Jul 2023	33
Aug 2023	57
Sep 2023	43
Oct 2023	38
Nov 2023	51
Dec 2023	31

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When plumbing permits are filed

By calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line). February is the busiest (126), December the quietest (77). A busy month at the permit counter usually means a longer wait for a contractor.

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Month	Index
January	103
February	126
March	96
April	118
May	120
June	101
July	95
August	95
September	103
October	89
November	90
December	77

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How long a plumbing permit takes

Permits issued Apr 2022–Dec 2022, at least 12 months before the file ends. Usual days is the middle permit among the 190 with a final date.

Measure	Value
Permits issued Apr 2022–Dec 2022	415
Finished	45.8%
Expired	0.0%
Usual days, issue to final	142
Middle half, days	62–229

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ZIP codes with the most plumbing permits

Counted at the property's ZIP code. Share is the part of the city's 981 plumbing permits.

ZIP code	Permits	Share
92009	440	45%
92011	227	23%
92008	196	20%
92010	118	12%

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How Carlsbad compares with other cities

From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.

142 days for the usual plumbing permit here, issue to final, against 75 days across 35 cities (7th slowest of 36). How long permits take, city by city →
46% finished of plumbing permits a year or more old here, against 81% across 30 cities (2nd lowest of 31). Permit completion rates by city →

Nearby permit data

Plumbing permits for other places in San Diego. 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 Carlsbad GIS BuildingPermits (BLDS format, ArcGIS FeatureServer), read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued April 2022 through December 2023; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building permits the City of Carlsbad issued inside the city limits, residential and commercial, for applications filed in 2022 and 2023. Carlsbad issues one building permit per job, so re-roofs, solar, water heaters and HVAC change-outs are building permits here. Neighbouring Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, Encinitas and unincorporated San Diego County are not in this file.

The city's open permit layer holds only permits applied for in 2022 and 2023 and was last updated in January 2024, so these pages end with December 2023. Newer Carlsbad permits are only in the city's own permit lookup.
Because the layer starts with 2022 applications, permits applied for in 2021 and issued later are missing; the window starts in April 2022, when the monthly counts settle. Long-review jobs such as new homes are undercounted in the first months.
The file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Carlsbad.
The file has no declared job value, so we show no costs.
The file has no work-type field. The kind of work is read from the permit description (re-roof, solar PV, water heater, furnace and so on); commercial permits are counted as other unless they are roofing, solar or pools.
A final date is the city's completed date on a permit closed as finaled. Status is as of January 2024, so permits issued late in 2023 had had little time to finish.

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Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Please credit Contractor Records and link to this page. Suggested citation:

Contractor Records, "Plumbing permits in the City of Carlsbad, CA", https://contractorrecords.com/carlsbad/plumbing-permits, data through December 2023, from City of Carlsbad Building Division building-permit records.

Link to a table: By month · Season · Days to final · By ZIP code.

Download the tables (CSV): Plumbing permits by month · Plumbing permits by calendar month (index) · Plumbing permits: days to final · Plumbing permits by ZIP code.

Common questions

How many plumbing permits does Carlsbad issue a year?About 561 a year in the City of Carlsbad: 981 permits issued April 2022 through December 2023, 566 of them in the last 12 months on file (to December 2023).
How long does a plumbing permit take in Carlsbad?The usual one took 142 days from issue to the city's final inspection, and the middle half took 62 to 229 days (190 permits issued Apr 2022–Dec 2022 that reached a final). The wait to get the permit issued is not in this file.
When do people in Carlsbad file the most plumbing permits?February (126 against an average month of 100); December is the quietest (77). If you can choose, a quiet month at the permit counter can mean contractors have more room in their schedules.
Which ZIP code has the most plumbing permits in Carlsbad?92009, with 440 of the 981 (45%); then 92011 (227).

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