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The City of San Antonio, TX building permits

Data through September 2026 · updated 18 Oct 2026

129,531 building permits were issued in the City of San Antonio from October 2024 to September 2026, about 64,766 a year. Plumbing permits lead with 29,644, then HVAC (19,298) and electrical (15,456). 17% were for homes. The city's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here: these pages show what was built, where and when.

129,531permits issued
64,766a year
17%for homes
Sep 2026records through

What gets built here

Plumbing

29,644permits
15,356last 12 mo

HVAC

19,298permits
9,630last 12 mo

Electrical

15,456permits
7,750last 12 mo

Remodels & repairs

15,019permits
8,189last 12 mo

Roofing

11,516permits
4,625last 12 mo

New homes

7,895permits
3,640last 12 mo

Fences & walls

2,699permits
1,240last 12 mo

Solar

2,055permits
620last 12 mo

Garages, sheds & shade structures

1,587permits
733last 12 mo

Additions

1,088permits
494last 12 mo

Demolition

902permits
462last 12 mo

Pools & spas

684permits
305last 12 mo

What this page can and can't show

  • ✓Permits the city issued, by kind of work, month and ZIP code.
  • Who did the work. The city's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here.
  • Which permits were finished. San Antonio's published permit file has no status and no final inspection date.
  • What the job cost. The file carries no job value.
  • Street addresses or owners. We publish counts and permit rows without them.

Building, trade, sign and demolition permits the City of San Antonio Development Services Department issues inside the city limits. Unincorporated Bexar County and the separate cities inside or next to San Antonio (Alamo Heights, Leon Valley, Castle Hills, Converse, Live Oak, Schertz and others) run their own permit offices and are not in this file. Garage sale, tree, temporary sign and banner, sidewalk, street and sitework permits in the same file are not counted.

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Permits by kind of work

Permits issued October 2024 through September 2026, every kind of work with 100 or more. Last 12 months is Oct 2025–Sep 2026. Homes is the share issued as residential permits.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo
Plumbing29,64423%15,356
HVAC19,29815%9,630
Electrical15,45612%7,750
Remodels & repairs15,01912%8,189
Roofing11,5169%4,625
New homes7,8956%3,640
Fences & walls2,6992%1,240
Solar2,0552%620
Garages, sheds & shade structures1,5871%733
Additions1,088under 1%494
Demolition902under 1%462
Pools & spas684under 1%305
ADUs & casitas112under 1%54
Other21,57617%10,405

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San Antonio permit statistics →San Antonio permits by ZIP code →San Antonio building permit search: BuildSA, the legacy portal and open records →

Nearby permit data

Permit data for other places in Austin and San Antonio. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.

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How these numbers are made

Source: City of San Antonio Open Data, Building Permits (Permits Issued 2020-2024 and Permits Issued), read 18 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out. San Antonio's published permit file has no status and no final inspection date, so no finished share is shown.

Building, trade, sign and demolition permits the City of San Antonio Development Services Department issues inside the city limits. Unincorporated Bexar County and the separate cities inside or next to San Antonio (Alamo Heights, Leon Valley, Castle Hills, Converse, Live Oak, Schertz and others) run their own permit offices and are not in this file. Garage sale, tree, temporary sign and banner, sidewalk, street and sitework permits in the same file are not counted.

  • The city's file lists a primary contact for each permit, often a person and not the contractor of record, so we show no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for San Antonio.
  • The file has no permit status or final inspection date, so it can't show which permits were finished or how long a permit takes.
  • A declared value is filled on only about 3% of permits, almost all commercial, so we show no costs.
  • A commercial building permit lists its electrical, plumbing and mechanical work under the same permit number; each number counts once, as the building permit.
  • Homes are the permit types the city files as residential: new homes, manufactured homes, residential repairs, additions, accessory dwellings, patios, carports, decks, sheds, fences and pools. Re-roof, foundation repair, solar and trade permits don't say whether the building is a home and count as other.
  • Lawn irrigation (sprinkler) permits are filed as plumbing permits by the city; we count them under other, not plumbing.
  • The ZIP code is read from the permit's address.

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, "The City of San Antonio, TX building permits", https://contractorrecords.com/san-antonio/, data through September 2026, from the City of San Antonio Development Services Department building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · Browse the permits · Permits each month.

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Common questions

  • How many building permits does San Antonio issue a year?About 64,766 a year in the City of San Antonio: 129,531 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026, 63,503 of them in the last 12 months. That counts the permits the city issued, homes and commercial, not denied or withdrawn applications.
  • Can I find a contractor's permits in San Antonio?Not from this file: the city publishes its permits without the contractor's name, so we can't list or rank firms. Ask the contractor for the permit number of a past job.
  • What do people build most in San Antonio?Plumbing: 29,644 of the 129,531 permits (23%), then HVAC (19,298), electrical (15,456), October 2024 through September 2026.
  • How do I look up a building permit in San Antonio?Filter the permit list on this page by month, kind of work and ZIP code to see what was issued. For one property's permits, search the city's own records by address or permit number; we don't publish addresses. How to look up a permit in San Antonio →
  • How many permits were issued in San Antonio last month?5,297 in September 2026, the last full month on file; 63,503 over the last 12 months.

Browse the permits

Browse 129,531 permits

Every permit in the file issued October 2024 through September 2026, newest first. Pick a month, a kind of work or a ZIP code. Each row is one permit: no street address, no names.

The list loads as you reach it (129,531 permits).

IssuedKind of workCity permit typeZIP

Permits each month, the last 12 months

Permits issued each month and the kind of work with the most. A month opens its permits in the list above.

MonthPermitsTop kind of work
Sep 20265,297Plumbing (1,235)
Aug 20265,558Plumbing (1,340)
Jul 20265,923Plumbing (1,417)
Jun 20265,827Plumbing (1,236)
May 20265,149Plumbing (1,117)
Apr 20265,585Plumbing (1,256)
Mar 20265,720Plumbing (1,303)
Feb 20264,928Plumbing (1,220)
Jan 20264,668Plumbing (1,280)
Dec 20254,281Plumbing (1,123)
Nov 20254,650Plumbing (1,258)
Oct 20255,917Plumbing (1,571)

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