Data through September 2026 · updated 18 Oct 2026
4,073 plumbing permits were issued in Chattanooga, October 2024 through September 2026: about 2,036 a year and 31% of all permits. 2,117 plumbing permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 8% more than the 1,956 in the 12 months before. The busiest month is August. The usual one took 91 days from issue to the city's final. 37421 has the most, 950.
Permits issued each month, October 2024 through September 2026.
| Month | Permits |
|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 172 |
| Nov 2024 | 159 |
| Dec 2024 | 143 |
| Jan 2025 | 143 |
| Feb 2025 | 127 |
| Mar 2025 | 158 |
| Apr 2025 | 177 |
| May 2025 | 156 |
| Jun 2025 | 154 |
| Jul 2025 | 177 |
| Aug 2025 | 217 |
| Sep 2025 | 173 |
| Oct 2025 | 229 |
| Nov 2025 | 109 |
| Dec 2025 | 133 |
| Jan 2026 | 153 |
| Feb 2026 | 183 |
| Mar 2026 | 208 |
| Apr 2026 | 159 |
| May 2026 | 164 |
| Jun 2026 | 197 |
| Jul 2026 | 185 |
| Aug 2026 | 195 |
| Sep 2026 | 202 |
By calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line). August is the busiest (121), November the quietest (79). A busy month at the permit counter usually means a longer wait for a contractor.
| Month | Index |
|---|---|
| January | 87 |
| February | 91 |
| March | 108 |
| April | 99 |
| May | 94 |
| June | 103 |
| July | 107 |
| August | 121 |
| September | 110 |
| October | 118 |
| November | 79 |
| December | 81 |
Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025, at least 12 months before the file ends. Usual days is the middle permit among the 1,142 with a final date.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025 | 1,956 |
| Finished | 58.4% |
| Usual days, issue to final | 91 |
| Middle half, days | 20–129 |
Counted at the property's ZIP code. Share is the part of the city's 4,073 plumbing permits.
How the city filed these permits. We group its types into kinds of work; this is the split.
| Permit type | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Plumbing Permit | 3,264 | 80% |
| Gas Permit | 809 | 20% |
The contractors named on the most plumbing 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 4,073 plumbing permits; 85% 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.
| Contractor | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| MC Plumbing LLC | 408 | 10% |
| Romanoff Plumbing | 195 | 5% |
| Mainline | 180 | 4% |
| Rise Plumbing Inc | 110 | 3% |
| Bio Plumbing | 103 | 3% |
| One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning | 87 | 2% |
| Champion Mechanical, LLC | 83 | 2% |
| USA Plumbing Heating Air | 78 | 2% |
| G D Plumbing | 67 | 2% |
| Riverside Plumbing | 66 | 2% |
Electrical (3,522)HVAC (2,483)New homes (1,316)Remodels & repairs (1,082)Demolition (285)Additions (280)
From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.
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.
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Contractor Records, "Plumbing permits in Chattanooga, TN", https://contractorrecords.com/chattanooga/plumbing-permits, data through September 2026, from the City of Chattanooga Land Development Office building-permit records.Link to a table: By month · Season · Days to final · By ZIP code · Permit types · Most active contractors by permits filed.
Download the tables (CSV): Plumbing permits by month · Plumbing permits by calendar month (index) · Plumbing permits: days to final · Plumbing permits by ZIP code · Plumbing permits by permit type · Most active contractors by permits filed.