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Anaheim building permit search: Anaheim NEXT and the Building Permit Report

Anaheim's permits are in Anaheim NEXT, the City's Accela portal: its Search for Building Records page searches by permit number, date range or street address (read 23 October 2026). The City also runs a Building Permit Report that "lets you search, view, and export issued and finaled building permits for the City of Anaheim", with the contractor's name on each row (user guide). In our Anaheim file, 2,999 firms pulled 9,903 permits on homes from October 2023 to September 2026.

By Contractor Records · data through October 1, 2026

Where to search Anaheim permits

Tool Search by What it shows
Search for Building Records (Anaheim NEXT) Permit number, start and end date, street address Building records
Building Permit Report Issued or finaled date range, up to 10 years Permit number and status, address, description, issued and finaled dates, job valuation, owner/builder, contractor name and phone; CSV export
City Clerk records portal The portal's search Building permits and other City records
Our Anaheim firm list Contractor name Each firm's permits, share finaled, days to final and CSLB license

How to look up permits on an Anaheim address

  1. Open Search for Building Records and enter the street number and street name.
  2. Open each record and read its type and status.
  3. For the contractor and job value, open the Building Permit Report, choose Issued, set a date range of up to 10 years, click Apply Changes, then sort or export to CSV and find your address.
  4. Read Owner / Builder: it shows whether the owner acted as the contractor.
  5. Check the contractor's CSLB license: the steps are in the Anaheim contractor license lookup. Permit questions go to buildingdivision@anaheim.net.

What the statuses mean

Our pages count Finaled and Completed as finished, timed from issue to the finaled date. Expired, On Hold and Case Closed count as not finished; void permits and those never issued are left out (Anaheim about page; methodology).

Trade Permits Firms Finaled (a year or more old) Usual days to final
Roofing 1,970 568 96.4% 16
Electrical 1,729 640 89.0% 35
HVAC 1,415 210 85.8% 64
Water heater 642 70 76.9% 55
Solar 1,112 258 80.1% 103
Remodel 668 423 68.3% 180
ADU 330 202 94.0% 307

Anaheim roofing permits usually final in 16 days. Remodels are the slow, often-open ones, so on a remodel ask for the final inspection before the last payment.

When the record is not online

The City Clerk's Records page lists building permits among the records "readily available to the public online through the Public Portal", and says to submit a Public Records Request if you can't find what you need. The Clerk's office is at 200 S. Anaheim Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Room 217, (714) 765-5166 (read 23 October 2026).

What our Anaheim data adds

Anaheim NEXT is organised by record. Ours groups the same permits by firm: the Anaheim permit statistics, and the compare lists for roofers, solar, ADUs and remodelers. Which jobs need a permit: Do I need a permit?

See every Anaheim roofer by share finaled →

How we know this

Search fields are from Anaheim NEXT's Search for Building Records page and the Building Permit Report and its user guide; records wording is from the City Clerk's Records page, all read 23 October 2026. Our counts are City of Anaheim building permits on homes, October 2023 to September 2026.

Numbers come from City of Anaheim Accela building permits on single-family homes and ADUs, data through October 1, 2026. Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can.

Questions

  • How do I find out if a permit was pulled on my house in Anaheim?

    In Anaheim NEXT, the City's Accela portal, use Search Building Records and enter the street number and name, or a permit number. The Building Division is on (714) 765-5153.

  • Are Anaheim building permits public record?

    Yes. They are searchable in Anaheim NEXT, exportable from the City's Building Permit Report, and the City Clerk lists building permits among the records readily available through its public records portal.

  • Can I search Anaheim permits by contractor?

    The Building Permit Report has a Contractors Name column you can sort or export to CSV. Our Anaheim pages group 9,903 permits from October 2023 to September 2026 under 2,999 firms, with CSLB license status.

  • How do I request old Anaheim permit records?

    Look first in the City Clerk's records portal, which holds building permits. If what you need isn't there, submit a Public Records Request from the City Clerk's Records page or call (714) 765-5166.

  • Was my Anaheim permit pulled by the owner or a contractor?

    The Building Permit Report has an Owner / Builder column that shows whether the owner acted as the contractor, alongside the contractor's name and phone.

Build your own list

Every firm with that kind of permit on record. Pick what you value. The list moves.

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Sources
  1. Anaheim NEXT (Accela Citizen Access) — City of Anaheim (2026-10-23)
  2. Search for Building Records — Anaheim NEXT (2026-10-23)
  3. Building Permit Report — City of Anaheim (2026-10-23)
  4. Building Permit Report — User Guide, City of Anaheim (2026-10-23)
  5. City Clerk Records — City of Anaheim (2026-10-23)