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Roofing permits in the City of Carlsbad, CA

Data through December 2023 · updated 19 Oct 2026

651 roofing permits were issued in the City of Carlsbad, April 2022 through December 2023: about 372 a year and 8% of all permits. The busiest month is October. The usual one took 168 days from issue to the city's final. 92009 has the most, 303.

651permits issued
372last 12 months on file
Octbusiest month
168days, usual issue to final
68%finished
Dec 2023records through

Roofing permits by month

Permits issued each month, April 2022 through December 2023.

Apr 2022: 21Apr2022May 2022: 34Jun 2022: 35Jul 2022: 50JulAug 2022: 26Sep 2022: 29Oct 2022: 36Nov 2022: 25Dec 2022: 23Jan 2023: 15Jan2023Feb 2023: 23Mar 2023: 45Apr 2023: 34May 2023: 33Jun 2023: 42Jul 2023: 23JulAug 2023: 37Sep 2023: 25Oct 2023: 66Nov 2023: 21Dec 2023: 8
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MonthPermits
Apr 202221
May 202234
Jun 202235
Jul 202250
Aug 202226
Sep 202229
Oct 202236
Nov 202225
Dec 202223
Jan 202315
Feb 202323
Mar 202345
Apr 202334
May 202333
Jun 202342
Jul 202323
Aug 202337
Sep 202325
Oct 202366
Nov 202321
Dec 20238

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When roofing permits are filed

By calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line). October is the busiest (165), January the quietest (48). A busy month at the permit counter usually means a longer wait for a contractor.

January: 48 (100 = an average month)February: 74 (100 = an average month)March: 145 (100 = an average month)April: 89 (100 = an average month)May: 108 (100 = an average month)June: 124 (100 = an average month)July: 118 (100 = an average month)August: 102 (100 = an average month)September: 87 (100 = an average month)October: 165 (100 = an average month)165November: 74 (100 = an average month)December: 50 (100 = an average month)JFMAMJJASOND
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MonthIndex
January48
February74
March145
April89
May108
June124
July118
August102
September87
October165
November74
December50

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How long a roofing permit takes

Permits issued Apr 2022–Dec 2022, at least 12 months before the file ends. Usual days is the middle permit among the 189 with a final date.

MeasureValue
Permits issued Apr 2022–Dec 2022279
Finished67.7%
Expired0.0%
Usual days, issue to final168
Middle half, days84–259

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ZIP codes with the most roofing permits

Counted at the property's ZIP code. Share is the part of the city's 651 roofing permits.

ZIP codePermitsShare
9200930347%
9200813421%
9201111718%
920109715%

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The city's own permit types

How the city filed these permits. We group its types into kinds of work; this is the split.

Permit typePermitsShare
BLDG-Residential63998%
BLDG-Commercial122%

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Guides for this kind of work

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Other kinds of work here

Solar (3,299)HVAC (1,434)Plumbing (981)Electrical (560)Remodels & repairs (433)Pools & spas (214)

How Carlsbad compares with other cities

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

Nearby permit data

Roofing 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.

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

Contractor Records, "Roofing permits in the City of Carlsbad, CA", https://contractorrecords.com/carlsbad/roofing-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 · Permit types.

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

Common questions

  • How many roofing permits does Carlsbad issue a year?About 372 a year in the City of Carlsbad: 651 permits issued April 2022 through December 2023, 372 of them in the last 12 months on file (to December 2023).
  • How long does a roofing permit take in Carlsbad?The usual one took 168 days from issue to the city's final inspection, and the middle half took 84 to 259 days (189 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 roofing permits?October (165 against an average month of 100); January is the quietest (48). 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 roofing permits in Carlsbad?92009, with 303 of the 651 (47%); then 92008 (134).
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