How much does it cost to build a pool in Sacramento County? The usual pool & spa job filed with Sacramento County is $68,906, from 350 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $59,654 and $83,822. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual pool & spa job filed with Sacramento County is $68,906, from 350 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $59,654 and $83,822. 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 pool & spa permit here usually takes 143 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 350 priced permits across 95 firms, pooled into one. Half of Sacramento County (unincorporated) pool & spa permits were filed between $42,000 and $90,500.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $15,000 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $42,000 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $69,300 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $90,500 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $109,000 | 1 in 10 filed above |
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 | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generation Pool Plastering Inc | 40 | 14 | $13,412 | $10,908–$17,858 | 78.6% |
| Wells Pools Inc | 37 | 11 | $90,000 | $78,612–$102,942 | 88.3% |
| Greggs Pool Works Service Division Inc | 9 | 8 | $74,237 | $64,243–$103,869 | — |
| Pinnacle Landscape Development | 15 | 7 | $73,420 | $63,016–$78,068 | 89.2% |
| Burkett's Pool Plastering Inc | 19 | 6 | $35,177 | $27,175–$45,484 | 76.9% |
| Century Pools | 12 | 6 | $68,723 | $61,757–$78,552 | 5 of 7 |
| Trademark Pool and Spa Inc | 18 | 5 | $68,649 | $59,459–$90,396 | 91.0% |
| Family Time Pools Inc | 14 | 4 | $84,172 | $75,469–$95,299 | 69.2% |
| Black Bear Pool Construction | 8 | 4 | $70,127 | $50,595–$85,351 | — |
| J M Swimming Pool Contractor | 6 | 4 | $36,243 | $20,000–$100,767 | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In Sacramento County (unincorporated), 1 in 10 pool & spa filed values sit under $15,000, the middle half between $42,000 and $90,500, and 1 in 10 over $109,000.
Sacramento County files the fewest pool & spa permits in February (69 against an average month of 100) and the most in September (134). 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 Sacramento County →
Source: Sacramento County building permits on single-family, duplex and townhouse homes in the unincorporated county (the County's Accela permit layer). 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.
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