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Electrical permits in Chattanooga, TN

Data through September 2026 · updated 18 Oct 2026

3,522 electrical permits were issued in Chattanooga, October 2024 through September 2026: about 1,761 a year and 26% of all permits. 1,834 electrical permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 9% more than the 1,688 in the 12 months before. The busiest month is June. The usual one took 91 days from issue to the city's final. 37421 has the most, 765.

3,522permits issued
1,834last 12 months
Junbusiest month
91days, usual issue to final
58%finished
Sep 2026records through

Electrical permits by month

Permits issued each month, October 2024 through September 2026.

Oct 2024: 151Oct2024Nov 2024: 120Dec 2024: 189Jan 2025: 100Jan2025Feb 2025: 98Mar 2025: 140Apr 2025: 116May 2025: 118Jun 2025: 175Jul 2025: 150JulAug 2025: 167Sep 2025: 164Oct 2025: 182Nov 2025: 112Dec 2025: 117Jan 2026: 141Jan2026Feb 2026: 155Mar 2026: 171Apr 2026: 145May 2026: 124Jun 2026: 190Jul 2026: 171JulAug 2026: 179Sep 2026: 147
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MonthPermits
Oct 2024151
Nov 2024120
Dec 2024189
Jan 2025100
Feb 202598
Mar 2025140
Apr 2025116
May 2025118
Jun 2025175
Jul 2025150
Aug 2025167
Sep 2025164
Oct 2025182
Nov 2025112
Dec 2025117
Jan 2026141
Feb 2026155
Mar 2026171
Apr 2026145
May 2026124
Jun 2026190
Jul 2026171
Aug 2026179
Sep 2026147

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When electrical permits are filed

By calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line). June is the busiest (124), November the quietest (79). A busy month at the permit counter usually means a longer wait for a contractor.

January: 82 (100 = an average month)February: 86 (100 = an average month)March: 106 (100 = an average month)April: 89 (100 = an average month)May: 82 (100 = an average month)June: 124 (100 = an average month)124July: 109 (100 = an average month)August: 118 (100 = an average month)September: 106 (100 = an average month)October: 113 (100 = an average month)November: 79 (100 = an average month)December: 104 (100 = an average month)JFMAMJJASOND
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MonthIndex
January82
February86
March106
April89
May82
June124
July109
August118
September106
October113
November79
December104

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How long an electrical permit takes

Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025, at least 12 months before the file ends. Usual days is the middle permit among the 979 with a final date.

MeasureValue
Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 20251,688
Finished58.0%
Usual days, issue to final91
Middle half, days33–126

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ZIP codes with the most electrical permits

Counted at the property's ZIP code. Share is the part of the city's 3,522 electrical permits.

ZIP codePermitsShare
3742176522%
3740542412%
3734339511%
374042718%
374062708%
374192236%
374112236%
374101725%
374161695%
374151685%

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Most active contractors by permits filed

The contractors named on the most electrical permits in the City of Chattanooga Hub (ChattaData) file, October 2024 through September 2026, with 5 or more each. Share is the part of all 3,522 electrical permits; 90% of them name a contractor we can show. This is volume, not quality: more permits doesn't mean better work. Individuals' names, owner-builders and blanks are left out.

ContractorPermitsShare
Inner City Electrical Heating and Air Co LLC2056%
Legacy Electric1344%
Strada Services LLC1274%
VW Electric943%
Five Stones Electric, LLC.933%
Champion Electric Company872%
P&S Electrical872%
MSF Electric Inc742%
Romanoff Electric712%
Foster Electric682%

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Guides for this kind of work

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Other kinds of work here

Plumbing (4,073)HVAC (2,483)New homes (1,316)Remodels & repairs (1,082)Demolition (285)Additions (280)

How Chattanooga compares with other cities

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

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Chattanooga Hub (ChattaData), All Permits (nightly CSV extract, ArcGIS item 9937e99e93de467eae5f592061c2672c), read 18 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Residential permits the City of Chattanooga Land Development Office issues inside the city: building, repair and replace, modification and demolition permits for homes, and electrical, plumbing, mechanical and gas permits the city marks residential. Commercial, industrial and institutional permits, street cuts, land disturbing, low voltage permits and certificates of occupancy in the same file are not counted. Unincorporated Hamilton County, East Ridge, Red Bank, Signal Mountain and the other towns run their own permit offices and are not in this file.

  • The file names a contractor company on about seven in ten of the permits counted here, and on none before 2020. The contractor table counts permits filed per firm among those; it does not rate, rank or compare their work.
  • The file has a declared cost on only a few commercial permits, so we show no costs.
  • The file's completion date is empty. A final date here is the date the city last changed the permit's status, on permits whose status is Complete. A permit with any other status (Active or Stopped) counts as open; the file has no expired status.
  • In mid-2025 the city renamed several permit types (for example 'Residential Building Permit Old' and 'Residential Modification Permit' became 'Residential Building Permit' and 'Residential Repair Replace'); both names are counted the same way.
  • A new house gets separate building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical and gas permits, so one project can count several times, once under each kind of work.

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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Link to a table: By month · Season · Days to final · By ZIP code · Most active contractors by permits filed.

Download the tables (CSV): Electrical permits by month · Electrical permits by calendar month (index) · Electrical permits: days to final · Electrical permits by ZIP code · Most active contractors by permits filed.

Common questions

  • How many electrical permits does Chattanooga issue a year?About 1,761 a year in Chattanooga: 3,522 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026, 1,834 of them in the last 12 months.
  • How long does an electrical permit take in Chattanooga?The usual one took 91 days from issue to the city's final inspection, and the middle half took 33 to 126 days (979 permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025 that reached a final). The wait to get the permit issued is not in this file.
  • When do people in Chattanooga file the most electrical permits?June (124 against an average month of 100); November is the quietest (79). 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 electrical permits in Chattanooga?37421, with 765 of the 3,522 (22%); then 37405 (424).
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