Data through September 2026 · updated 19 Oct 2026
The usual permit in Edina takes 43 days from issue to the city's final inspection; the middle half take 15 to 124 days. That is from 4,073 permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025 that reached a final. Plumbing permits are quickest at 23 days; demolition permits take longest at 93 days. This is the time to finish the work and close the permit, not the wait for approval.
“How long does a permit take?” can mean two waits. This page measures the second one.
Getting the permit (not measured): application → issue, the wait for the city to approve the plans. Ask the city for its current review times.
Finishing the work (measured here): issue → final. From the day the city issued the permit to the day it recorded the final inspection. We count only permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025, at least 12 months before the file ends, so slow jobs have had time to finish; a permit still open is not in the days.
Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025. Usual days is the middle permit among those with a final date: half finished sooner, half later. Middle half is the range the middle 50% fell in. Kinds of work with fewer than 100 permits in that period are left out.
| Kind of work | Permits | Finished | Expired | Usual days to final | Middle half (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumbing | 2,073 | 69.6% | 0.0% | 23 | 8–87 |
| HVAC | 1,399 | 75.9% | 0.0% | 30 | 14–112 |
| Remodels & repairs | 1,298 | 71.0% | 0.0% | 85 | 42–146 |
| Roofing | 361 | 79.2% | 0.0% | 41 | 16–91 |
| Other | 258 | 77.5% | 0.4% | 45 | 20–133 |
Each kind of work on its own, issue to the city's final.
The usual plumbing permit in Edina takes 23 days from issue to final; the middle half take 8 to 87 days (1,442 permits with a final date, issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025). 70% of the 2,073 permits issued then have finished and 0% expired. Edina plumbing permits →
The usual HVAC permit in Edina takes 30 days from issue to final; the middle half take 14 to 112 days (1,062 permits with a final date, issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025). 76% of the 1,399 permits issued then have finished and 0% expired. Edina HVAC permits →
The usual remodel and repair permit in Edina takes 85 days from issue to final; the middle half take 42 to 146 days (921 permits with a final date, issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025). 71% of the 1,298 permits issued then have finished and 0% expired. Edina remodel and repair permits →
The usual roofing permit in Edina takes 41 days from issue to final; the middle half take 16 to 91 days (286 permits with a final date, issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025). 79% of the 361 permits issued then have finished and 0% expired. Edina roofing permits →
The usual demolition permit in Edina takes 93 days from issue to final; the middle half take 59 to 179 days (59 permits with a final date, issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025).
From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.
How long permits take for other places in the Twin Cities. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.
Source: City of Edina Permit Finder, PIMS Permits table (ArcGIS Building/Permit_Finder FeatureServer layer 5), read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.
Permits the City of Edina issues for houses, townhouses and two-family homes inside the city: building, remodel, reroof, siding, deck and addition permits, mechanical and plumbing permits, home sewer and water work, and solar. Commercial, institutional and apartment (3+ unit) permits, signs, driveways, grading and tree escrows in the same table are not counted. Minneapolis, Bloomington, Richfield and the other Hennepin County cities run their own permit offices and are not in this file.
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, "How long do permits take in Edina, MN?", https://contractorrecords.com/edina/how-long-does-a-permit-take, data through September 2026, from the City of Edina Building Inspections building-permit records.Link to a table: By kind of work · Each kind of permit.
Download the tables (CSV): Days to final by kind of work.