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Building permits in 94801, Richmond

Data through April 2025 · updated 21 Oct 2026

1,635 building permits were issued in ZIP code 94801 by City of Richmond Building Services, May 2023 through April 2025: 24% of the 6,783 in Richmond, the 2nd busiest ZIP code. Electrical permits lead with 419. 820 permits in the last 12 months on file (May 2024–Apr 2025), about the same as the 815 in the 12 months before. Permits from a city that runs its own permit office are not counted.

1,635permits in 94801
820last 12 months on file
55%for homes
83days, usual issue to final
Apr 2025records through

Permits in 94801 by kind of work

Share here is the part of the 1,635 permits in 94801; citywide is the same for all of Richmond.

Kind of workPermitsShare hereCitywide
Electrical41926%17%
Remodels & repairs24215%17%
Roofing19312%16%
Solar16910%15%
Plumbing885%11%
HVAC724%8%
ADUs & casitas332%2%
Demolition6under 1%under 1%
Additions6under 1%under 1%
New homes6under 1%2%
Fences & walls1under 1%under 1%
Garages, sheds & shade structures1under 1%under 1%
Other39924%11%

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Permits in 94801 by year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window.

YearMonthsPermitsPer year
2023 (from May)8511766
202412890890
2025 (through April)4234702

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How permits in 94801 finish

Permits issued May 2023–Apr 2024, at least 12 months before the file ends.

Measure94801Citywide
Permits issued May 2023–Apr 20248153,485
Finished80.4%76.0%
Expired6.5%11.1%
Usual days, issue to final8360

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How these numbers are made

Source: Transparent Richmond, PermitTrak (Socrata dataset qg2r-652v), read 21 Oct 2026. We count permits issued May 2023 through April 2025; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building and trade permits the City of Richmond issued inside the city limits, including SolarAPP+ solar permits; a few city parcels carry an El Sobrante or San Pablo mailing address. Encroachment, fire, wastewater, rent-control and business permits, plan-check records and revisions of earlier permits are left out. Unincorporated North Richmond and El Sobrante are permitted by Contra Costa County and are not in this file.

  • The city's file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Richmond.
  • The city's published file holds no building permit issued after April 2025, although it is still updated for other permit kinds, so these pages end with April 2025.
  • Finished means the city's status is Finaled or Closed; a final date comes from the city's finaled date. Expired permits lapsed without a final inspection; cancelled permits are not counted.
  • The value is the job value declared on the permit.
  • Homes are the permits the city files as residential (building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical) plus SolarAPP+ rooftop solar permits.
  • Solar battery (Powerwall) permits without panels count as electrical; seismic retrofits and alteration or repair permits count as remodels.

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, "Building permits in 94801, Richmond", https://contractorrecords.com/richmond-ca/zip/94801, data through April 2025, from City of Richmond Building Services building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · By year · How permits finish.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits in 94801 by kind of work · Permits in 94801 by year · Permits in 94801: finished and days to final.

Common questions

  • How many building permits were issued in 94801?1,635 permits issued by the city in ZIP code 94801, May 2023 through April 2025: 419 electrical, 242 remodels & repairs, 193 roofing. 820 were in the last 12 months on file (to April 2025).
  • What is built most in 94801?Electrical: 419 of the 1,635 permits (26%), against 17% citywide.
  • How long does a permit take in 94801?The usual permit issued here May 2023–Apr 2024 took 83 days from issue to final (653 permits with a final date), against 60 days citywide.
  • Who did the work in 94801?The city's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't say. Ask a contractor for the permit numbers of past jobs and check them with the city.

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