How many building permits does Culver City issue a year?

About 2,836 a year in Culver City: 5,672 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 2,776 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025-Sep 2026), 4% fewer than the 2,896 in the 12 months before.

Are building permits up or down in Culver City?

2,776 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025-Sep 2026), 4% fewer than the 2,896 in the 12 months before. Electrical permits grew most (784 to 838); ADU and casita permits fell most (99 to 38).

What is the busiest month for permits in Culver City?

October, counting every kind of work (112 against an average month of 100). February is the quietest (94). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.

What share of Culver City permits are for homes?

49%: 2,751 of the 5,672 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026 were residential permits.

Culver City, CA Permit Statistics (2026): 5,672 Permits

By kind of work

Permits issued October 2024 through September 2026. Last 12 months is Oct 2025–Sep 2026; the 12 months before is Oct 2024–Sep 2025. Homes is the share issued as residential permits. Busiest month is the calendar month with the most permits on average.

Kind of work	Permits	Share	Last 12 mo	12 mo before	Change	Homes	Busiest month
Electrical	1,622	29%	838	784	+7%	41%	April
Plumbing	1,120	20%	569	551	+3%	54%	April
HVAC	883	16%	466	417	+12%	56%	June
Roofing	377	7%	211	166	+27%	51%	April
Solar	326	6%	176	150	+17%	94%	October
Remodels & repairs	245	4%	101	144	−30%	100%	January
ADUs & casitas	137	2%	38	99	−62%	96%	October
Other	788	14%	311	477	−35%	under 1%	December

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: demolition (59), pools & spas (34), additions (29), new homes (22), fences & walls (16), garages, sheds & shade structures (14).

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By year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window. Per year scales a part year to 12 months.

Year	Months	Permits	Per year
2024 (from October)	3	753	3,012
2025	12	2,887	2,887
2026 (through September)	9	2,032	2,709

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By month

Permits issued each month, October 2024 through September 2026. The tallest bar is the busiest month on file.

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Month	Permits
Oct 2024	280
Nov 2024	215
Dec 2024	258
Jan 2025	240
Feb 2025	206
Mar 2025	203
Apr 2025	223
May 2025	226
Jun 2025	260
Jul 2025	254
Aug 2025	256
Sep 2025	275
Oct 2025	249
Nov 2025	260
Dec 2025	235
Jan 2026	216
Feb 2026	238
Mar 2026	279
Apr 2026	278
May 2026	226
Jun 2026	228
Jul 2026	191
Aug 2026	198
Sep 2026	178

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When each kind of work is filed

Permits by calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line), October 2024 through September 2026. Kinds of work do not all peak together. Each month is counted twice (once a year), so one unusual month still moves these numbers.

Electrical

1,622 permits · busiest April, quietest January

Plumbing

1,120 permits · busiest April, quietest September

HVAC

883 permits · busiest June, quietest December

Roofing

377 permits · busiest April, quietest January

Solar

326 permits · busiest October, quietest February

Remodels & repairs

245 permits · busiest January, quietest April

ADUs & casitas

137 permits · busiest October, quietest March

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Kind of work	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Electrical	87	103	90	121	118	104	98	94	94	100	96	95
Plumbing	116	87	110	133	84	109	96	104	82	98	89	92
HVAC	94	103	98	86	101	118	106	106	98	101	111	79
Roofing	64	89	92	146	86	108	95	86	127	127	86	92
Solar	63	48	114	59	59	77	103	118	140	147	147	125
Remodels & repairs	132	108	108	73	78	73	118	98	83	108	88	132
ADUs & casitas	88	79	35	53	88	105	79	140	96	184	131	123

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Homes and everything else

How the city classed each permit. Other covers commercial buildings, signs, towers and similar work.

Permit class	Permits	Share	Last 12 mo
Homes (residential)	2,751	49%	1,355
Other	2,921	51%	1,421

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How many permits get finished

Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025, so each has had at least 12 months to reach a final. Finished means the city recorded a final inspection or marked it complete. The file doesn't mark permits expired, so a lapsed permit still reads open.

Status	Permits	Share
Finished	2,111	72.9%
Still open	785	27.1%

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By ZIP code

The 5 ZIP codes with the most permits, counted at the property's ZIP code. A ZIP code can cross into a city that runs its own permit office; only the city's permits are counted.

ZIP code	Permits	Share	Top kind of work
90230	2,720	48%	Electrical (868)
90232	2,367	42%	Electrical (610)
90066	578	10%	Electrical (142)
90292	4	under 1%	Electrical (1)
90256	3	under 1%	Electrical (1)

All 3 ZIP codes with 250+ permits →

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How Culver City compares with other cities

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

80% finished of electrical permits a year or more old here, against 80% across 37 cities (19th highest of 38). Permit completion rates by city →
20% still open of electrical permits a year after issue here, against 20% across 37 cities (19th most left open of 38). Permits still open after a year, by city →
Firms per city, how many are active and how many are new, across 53 cities. How many contractors each city has →
Busiest Oct, quietest Feb for permits here; see when each trade peaks in 50 cities. Busiest months for home projects, by city →

Nearby permit data

Permit statistics for other places in Los Angeles and the Inland Empire. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.

Anaheim, CA Los Angeles, CA Corona, CA Riverside County, CA

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Culver City, Accela Building Safety Permits (ArcGIS feature layer), read 23 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical and demolition permits the City of Culver City issues inside the city limits, including the parts of the city with a Los Angeles (90066) mailing address. Neighboring Los Angeles neighborhoods (Palms, Mar Vista, Del Rey) and unincorporated Ladera Heights get their permits from the City or County of Los Angeles and are not in this file.

The city's file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Culver City.
The file has no issue date. A permit counts once its status reads Issued or Finaled, and it is dated by the day the city opened the record, which for plan-checked work can be weeks or months before the permit was issued. Records opened in the last few months that are still in plan check are not counted yet, so the latest months read low and will rise as those permits are issued.
The file has no final date, so we can say how many permits finished but not how long they took. The city does not mark permits expired: one that lapsed without a final still reads Issued and counts as open.
The file has no declared job value, so we show no costs.
Building permits share one type, so roofing, ADU, new-home, addition and remodel counts, and the homes share, come from keywords in the city's description of the work and are approximate.

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, "Culver City, CA building permit statistics", https://contractorrecords.com/culver-city/permit-statistics, data through September 2026, from the City of Culver City Building Safety Division building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · By year · By month · When each kind of work is filed · Homes and everything else · How many get finished · By ZIP code.

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Common questions

How many building permits does Culver City issue a year?About 2,836 a year in Culver City: 5,672 permits over 24 months, October 2024 through September 2026. 2,776 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 4% fewer than the 2,896 in the 12 months before.
Are building permits up or down in Culver City?2,776 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 4% fewer than the 2,896 in the 12 months before. Electrical permits grew most (784 to 838); ADU and casita permits fell most (99 to 38).
What is the busiest month for permits in Culver City?October, counting every kind of work (112 against an average month of 100). February is the quietest (94). Each kind of work has its own season; the charts above show them.
What share of Culver City permits are for homes?49%: 2,751 of the 5,672 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026 were residential permits.

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