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Cost to Build a Pool in Mesa, AZ: what the permits say

How much does it cost to build a pool in Mesa? The usual swimming pool & spa job filed with Mesa is $45,000, from 440 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $40,148 and $66,529. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$45,000usual filed value
$40,148–$66,529middle half of firms' usual jobs
440priced permits (97% of 452)
80firms on file
87days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does it cost to build a pool in Mesa?

The usual swimming pool & spa job filed with Mesa is $45,000, from 440 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $40,148 and $66,529. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A swimming pool & spa permit here usually takes 87 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 440 priced permits across 80 firms, pooled into one. Half of Mesa swimming pool & spa permits were filed between $35,700 and $62,900.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$31,1001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$35,7001 in 4 filed below
50th$45,000the middle permit
75th$62,9001 in 4 filed above
90th$85,2001 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Maricopa County Assessor full cash values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $577,050$44,50126269
Middle third$577,050–$781,000$58,69227126
Upper third$785,600 and up$65,0002757

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle half
Dolphin Pools7619$33,650$32,570–$36,650
Presidential Pools & Spas LLC8712$44,501$37,141–$54,285
Bluewave Pools238$45,000$45,000
Fair & Square Pool Builds194$40,000$40,000
Apricity Pools LLC104$85,000$85,000–$110,000
Sunkiss Pools, LLC123$49,500$30,000–$74,250
Shasta Industries103$67,000$65,000–$74,000
Unique Landscapes by Griffin73$27,500$26,500–$33,500
Caribbean Pool232$58,692$51,749–$88,056
Bellagio Pools & Spas, Inc102$115,500$104,250–$145,250

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $44,501; the 70 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $55,000.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $785,600 and up) usually file $65,000, against $44,501 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 swimming pool & spa permits is filed under $31,100 and 1 in 10 over $85,200, 3 times as much.
  • 97.3% of the 452 permits carry a value; the 12 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 440 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Mesa, 1 in 10 swimming pool & spa filed values sit under $31,100, the middle half between $35,700 and $62,900, and 1 in 10 over $85,200.

  • $111,000Above $85,200: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Mesa.
  • $45,000Right at the usual $45,000: in the middle of the file.
  • $21,800Below $31,100: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a pool build in Mesa

Mesa files the fewest swimming pool & spa permits in June (66 against an average month of 100) and the most in March (125). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Mesa →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Mesa residential building permits. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Mesa →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a swimming pool & spa job in Mesa?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Mesa swimming pool & spa firms usually file between $40,148 and $66,529 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.7 times apart and both be normal for Mesa. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for swimming pool & spa jobs in Mesa?Half of permits were filed between $35,700 and $62,900; 8 in 10 between $31,100 and $85,200. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do pool builders charge in Mesa?The usual swimming pool & spa job is filed at $45,000; the middle half of firms usually file between $40,148 and $66,529. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $44,501, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $45,000?$45,000 is the construction value contractors wrote on Mesa permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $65,000, the lower third $44,501. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Mesa residential building permits, read October 2026. How the records work in Mesa →

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