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The City of El Paso, TX building permits

Data through June 2026 · updated 19 Oct 2026

2,565 building permits in the city's new construction permit file were issued in the City of El Paso from July 2024 to June 2026, about 1,282 a year. New home permits lead with 1,559. 61% were for homes. The city's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here: these pages show what was built and when.

What this file covers: The city publishes only new construction: new homes and new commercial buildings, shells, additions and tenant improvements. Remodels, re-roofs, pools, demolition and trade permits are not in the file.

2,565permits issued
1,282a year
61%for homes
Jun 2026records through

What gets built here

New homes

1,559permits
654last 12 mo on file

What this page can and can't show

  • ✓The permits in the city's new construction permit file, by kind of work and month.
  • Who did the work. The city's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here.
  • Which permits were finished. El Paso's new construction file has had no permit status since 2020.
  • What the job cost. The file carries no job value.
  • Where, by ZIP code. The file carries no usable ZIP code.
  • Street addresses or owners. We publish counts and permit rows without them.

New construction permits the City of El Paso issues inside the city limits: new homes, duplexes and small multifamily buildings, and new commercial buildings, shells, commercial additions and tenant improvements. Remodels, re-roofs, pools, demolition and electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits are not in the city's published file. Unincorporated El Paso County and the separate towns of Horizon City, Socorro, Anthony, Vinton and Clint are not included.

Guides for this kind of work

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Permits by kind of work

Permits issued July 2024 through June 2026, every kind of work with 100 or more. Last 12 months on file is Jul 2025–Jun 2026. Homes is the share issued as residential permits.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo
New homes1,55961%654
Other1,00539%494

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: additions (1).

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El Paso permit statistics →El Paso building permit search: Accela Citizen Access and old records →

Guides for El Paso

Local permit rules and lookups, each with El Paso's own permit numbers.

How these numbers are made

Source: City of El Paso Planning, New Residential and New Commercial building permit layers (ArcGIS), read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued July 2024 through June 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out. El Paso's new construction file has had no permit status since 2020, so no finished share is shown.

New construction permits the City of El Paso issues inside the city limits: new homes, duplexes and small multifamily buildings, and new commercial buildings, shells, commercial additions and tenant improvements. Remodels, re-roofs, pools, demolition and electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits are not in the city's published file. Unincorporated El Paso County and the separate towns of Horizon City, Socorro, Anthony, Vinton and Clint are not included.

  • The city's file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for El Paso.
  • The file covers new construction only. It has no remodel, re-roof, pool, demolition, electrical, plumbing or mechanical permits.
  • Since 2020 the file has no status, final date, job value or ZIP code, so it can't show which permits finished, how long a permit takes or what work cost.
  • The file holds no permits issued in July 2026, so the window ends in June 2026.
  • New homes include duplexes; triplexes and fourplexes count as other. Commercial permits, including apartment buildings and tenant improvements, count as other.

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, "The City of El Paso, TX building permits", https://contractorrecords.com/el-paso/, data through June 2026, from the City of El Paso Planning and Inspections Department building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · Browse the permits · Permits each month.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits by kind of work · Permits in the last 12 months on file.

Common questions

  • How many building permits does El Paso issue a year?About 1,282 a year in the City of El Paso: 2,565 permits issued July 2024 through June 2026, 1,149 of them in the last 12 months on file (to June 2026). That counts the permits in the city's new construction permit file, homes and commercial, not denied or withdrawn applications; the file doesn't hold every permit the city issues (see what it covers above).
  • Can I find a contractor's permits in El Paso?Not from this file: the city publishes its permits without the contractor's name, so we can't list or rank firms. Ask the contractor for the permit number of a past job.
  • What do people build most in El Paso?New homes: 1,559 of the 2,565 permits (61%), July 2024 through June 2026.
  • How do I look up a building permit in El Paso?Filter the permit list on this page by month, kind of work to see what was issued. For one property's permits, search the city's own records by address or permit number; we don't publish addresses. How to look up a permit in El Paso →
  • How many permits were issued in El Paso last month?96 in June 2026, the last full month on file; 1,149 over the last 12 months on file (to June 2026).

Browse the permits

Browse 2,565 permits

Every permit in the file issued July 2024 through June 2026, newest first. Pick a month or a kind of work. Each row is one permit: no street address, no names.

The list loads as you reach it (2,565 permits).

IssuedKind of workCity permit type

Permits each month, the last 12 months on file

Permits issued each month and the kind of work with the most. A month opens its permits in the list above.

MonthPermitsTop kind of work
Jun 202696New homes (37)
May 202667New homes (40)
Apr 2026120New homes (72)
Mar 202682New homes (48)
Feb 2026104New homes (55)
Jan 202682New homes (46)
Dec 202596New homes (35)
Nov 202561New homes (40)
Oct 202592New homes (58)
Sep 2025112New homes (61)
Aug 2025108New homes (69)
Jul 2025129New homes (93)

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