The usual new home construction permit in Provo, the biggest trade with a completion date, takes 254 days from issue to the city's final inspection or closeout (458 permits, October 2023 through September 2026). Remodel is quickest at 227 days; solar the slowest at 925 days. This is the turnaround to finish the work and close the permit, not the wait for approval.
“How long does a permit take?” can mean two waits. This page measures the second one.
Getting the permit (not measured): application → issue, the wait for the city to approve it. Provo's file we read does not carry a usable application date, so we don't guess at it. Ask the permit office for its current review times.
Finishing the work (measured here): issue → completion. The day the city issued the permit to the day it recorded a final inspection or closeout. That is the contractor's part: doing the work and getting it signed off.
What “finished” means in Provo: For contractors with at least 5 permits a year or more old, the share that Provo City closed within a year of issue.
Speed: How long their permits take from issue to the city's finalized date, compared with other Provo contractors in the trade. Shown for firms with 10+ permits.
Usual is the middle permit: half finish sooner, half later. Finished is the share of permits a year or more old that the city closed out. A dash means the Provo record has no completion date for that trade (re-roof), so there is nothing to count days from; it does not mean those permits are slow.
| Trade | Permits | Usual days to finish | Finished | Firms with 10+ permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Home Construction | 458 | 254 | 87.3% | 10 |
| Re-Roof | 286 | — | 36.1% | 6 |
| Remodel | 226 | 227 | 61.4% | 1 |
| Solar | 179 | 925 | 19.3% | 6 |
Each trade on its own, from issue to the city's sign-off. The spread between the quickest and slowest quarter of firms is the part you can choose.
The usual new home construction permit in Provo takes 254 days from issue to the city's final inspection or closeout (458 permits, October 2023 through September 2026). 87.3% of new home construction permits a year or more old have been closed out. The quickest quarter of firms usually finish in 6.1 months, the slowest quarter in 7 months. The wait for approval before issue is not in Provo's file.
8 firms with enough permits to measure, each firm's usual months to finish, weighted by its permits. Compare Provo new home construction contractors →
The Provo record carries no completion date for re-roof permits, so we can't count days. 36.1% of re-roof permits a year or more old have been closed out. That is from 286 permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The wait for approval before issue is not in Provo's file.
The usual remodel permit in Provo takes 227 days from issue to the city's final inspection or closeout (226 permits, October 2023 through September 2026). 61.4% of remodel permits a year or more old have been closed out. The wait for approval before issue is not in Provo's file.
The usual solar permit in Provo takes 925 days from issue to the city's final inspection or closeout (179 permits, October 2023 through September 2026). 19.3% of solar permits a year or more old have been closed out. The quickest quarter of firms usually finish in 27.3 months, the slowest quarter in 32 months. The wait for approval before issue is not in Provo's file.
3 firms with enough permits to measure, each firm's usual months to finish, weighted by its permits. Compare Provo solar contractors →
Source: Provo City building permits on single-family homes, two-family homes, townhomes and condos (one record per permit number). The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit when they applied. It is not a quote and not the final bill.
Counts are permits, not jobs: one job can need several permits, and one permit can cover several visits.
Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Provo →
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