How much does it cost to build a pool in Orlando? The usual swimming pool job filed with Orlando is $65,000, from 857 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $50,000 and $86,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual swimming pool job filed with Orlando is $65,000, from 857 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $50,000 and $86,000. 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 permit here usually takes 198 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 857 priced permits across 122 firms, pooled into one. Half of Orlando swimming pool permits were filed between $45,800 and $89,200.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $30,000 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $45,800 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $65,500 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $89,200 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $118,000 | 1 in 10 filed above |
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: the Orange County tax roll (Florida Department of Revenue).
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $629,020 | $45,000 | 40 | 235 |
| Middle third | $629,020–$876,140 | $70,628 | 41 | 411 |
| Upper third | $877,500 and up | $82,000 | 41 | 218 |
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.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dreamscapes Pools and Spas LLC | 120 | 43 | $62,000 | $47,500–$78,000 |
| Grunit Pool Contractors | 91 | 36 | $45,000 | $40,000–$60,000 |
| Premier Pools of Central Florida Inc | 52 | 14 | $86,000 | $69,575–$110,250 |
| Kura Design Pools | 22 | 9 | $80,500 | $69,000–$98,500 |
| Holland Pools | 9 | 9 | $50,000 | $50,000 |
| Artesian Pools Inc | 31 | 8 | $73,560 | $63,740–$92,560 |
| Cody Pools Inc | 27 | 8 | $100,000 | $86,000–$117,250 |
| Dunota Pool Supplies LLC | 16 | 8 | $30,000 | $30,000–$30,500 |
| Ed Aluminum Construction Inc | 10 | 8 | $122,500 | $100,000–$147,500 |
| Thompson Pools and Spas, Inc | 17 | 7 | $53,000 | $39,000–$56,000 |
Line your quote up against the file. In Orlando, 1 in 10 swimming pool filed values sit under $30,000, the middle half between $45,800 and $89,200, and 1 in 10 over $118,000.
Orlando files the fewest swimming pool permits in September (71 against an average month of 100) and the most in February (117). 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 Orlando →
Source: City of Orlando building permits for one- and two-family homes. 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 Orlando →
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