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Unincorporated Kitsap County, WA building permits

Data through September 2026 · updated 23 Oct 2026

6,613 building permits were issued in unincorporated Kitsap County from October 2024 to September 2026, about 3,306 a year. HVAC permits lead with 1,280, then remodels & repairs (1,214) and new homes (668). 75% were for homes. The county's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here: these pages show what was built, when and how fast the county signed it off.

6,613permits issued
3,306a year
75%for homes
66%finished (Oct 2024–Sep 2025 permits)
104days, usual issue to final
Sep 2026records through

What gets built here

HVAC

1,280permits
671last 12 mo
32days to final

Remodels & repairs

1,214permits
583last 12 mo
81days to final

New homes

668permits
342last 12 mo
260days to final

Plumbing

527permits
247last 12 mo
22days to final

Roofing

394permits
256last 12 mo
68days to final

Garages, sheds & shade structures

365permits
181last 12 mo
138days to final

What this page can and can't show

  • ✓Permits the county issued, by kind of work and month.
  • ✓How long a permit takes from issue to the county's final inspection.
  • ✓Which permits finished or are still open.
  • ✓What the job was declared at on the permit.
  • Who did the work. The county's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here.
  • Where, by ZIP code. The file carries no usable ZIP code.
  • Street addresses or owners. We publish counts and permit rows without them.

Permits Kitsap County Community Development issues for unincorporated land only: Silverdale, Kingston, Manchester, Hansville, Seabeck, Olalla, the county parts of the Port Orchard, Bremerton and Poulsbo growth areas, and the rural county. Bremerton, Port Orchard, Poulsbo and Bainbridge Island issue their own permits and are not in this file.

Hiring someone here?

The permit file can't tell you who does good work. Ask for the contractor's license number and look it up at the Washington L&I contractor lookup, then ask the county whether they pulled the permit for your job.

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Permits by kind of work

Permits issued October 2024 through September 2026, every kind of work with 100 or more. Last 12 months is Oct 2025–Sep 2026. Homes is the share issued as residential permits.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo
HVAC1,28019%671
Remodels & repairs1,21418%583
New homes66810%342
Plumbing5278%247
Roofing3946%256
Garages, sheds & shade structures3656%181
Electrical1843%78
Solar1813%71
Demolition1382%65
Other1,47022%764

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: additions (95), ADUs & casitas (66), fences & walls (29), pools & spas (2).

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Kitsap County permit statistics →How long permits take in Kitsap County →Kitsap County building permit search: the SmartGov portal, statuses and records →

Before you start a project

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Guides for Kitsap County

Local permit rules and lookups, each with Kitsap County's own permit numbers.

Nearby permit data

Permit data for other places in Seattle and Puget Sound. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.

Seattle, WABellevue, WAKing County, WAEverett, WATacoma, WAPierce County, WAAuburn, WA

How these numbers are made

Source: Kitsap County DCD, Permit Activity DCD Permits (ArcGIS: Permit_Activity_DCD_Permits_view), read 23 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Permits Kitsap County Community Development issues for unincorporated land only: Silverdale, Kingston, Manchester, Hansville, Seabeck, Olalla, the county parts of the Port Orchard, Bremerton and Poulsbo growth areas, and the rural county. Bremerton, Port Orchard, Poulsbo and Bainbridge Island issue their own permits and are not in this file.

  • The county's file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for this county.
  • Electrical permits in unincorporated Kitsap County come from the Washington Department of Labor & Industries, not the county, so electrical work (other than generators filed with gas piping) is not in this file.
  • The county files heating, cooling and plumbing under one mechanical-and-plumbing permit; we split it by the work described.
  • Solar permits are filed with the county fire marshal; a solar permit counts as a home when its parcel is residential.
  • The file has no expired status: a permit that lapsed without a final still shows as issued, so it counts as open here.
  • The file has no ZIP code, so there are no ZIP code pages.
  • Job value is the value declared on the permit. A final date is the county's finaled date.

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, "Unincorporated Kitsap County, WA building permits", https://contractorrecords.com/kitsap-county/, data through September 2026, from Kitsap County Department of Community Development 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.

Common questions

  • How many building permits does Kitsap County issue a year?About 3,306 a year in unincorporated Kitsap County: 6,613 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026, 3,338 of them in the last 12 months. That counts the permits the county issued, homes and commercial, not denied or withdrawn applications.
  • Can I find a contractor's permits in Kitsap County?Not from this file: the county publishes its permits without the contractor's name, so we can't list or rank firms. Check a license at the Washington L&I contractor lookup and ask the contractor for the permit number of a past job.
  • What do people build most in Kitsap County?HVAC: 1,280 of the 6,613 permits (19%), then remodels & repairs (1,214), new homes (668), October 2024 through September 2026.
  • How long does a building permit take in Kitsap County?The usual permit took 104 days from issue to the county's final (middle half: 36 to 225 days), from 2,164 permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025 that reached a final. Each kind of work →
  • How do I look up a building permit in Kitsap County?Filter the permit list on this page by month, kind of work to see what was issued. For one property's permits, search the county's own records by address or permit number; we don't publish addresses. How to look up a permit in Kitsap County →
  • How many permits were issued in Kitsap County last month?305 in September 2026, the last full month on file; 3,338 over the last 12 months.

Browse the permits

Browse 6,613 permits

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

The list loads as you reach it (6,613 permits).

IssuedKind of workCounty permit typeStatus

Permits each month, the last 12 months

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
Sep 2026305HVAC (63)
Aug 2026303Remodels & repairs (63)
Jul 2026384HVAC (69)
Jun 2026306Remodels & repairs (55)
May 2026256HVAC (54)
Apr 2026280Remodels & repairs (59)
Mar 2026269HVAC (60)
Feb 2026186HVAC (44)
Jan 2026235HVAC (51)
Dec 2025311HVAC (55)
Nov 2025219HVAC (41)
Oct 2025284HVAC (72)

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