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Building permits in 78237, the City of San Antonio

Data through September 2026 · updated 18 Oct 2026

1,912 building permits were issued in ZIP code 78237 by the City of San Antonio Development Services Department, October 2024 through September 2026: 1% of the 129,531 in the City of San Antonio, the 30th busiest ZIP code. Plumbing permits lead with 451. 910 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 9% fewer than the 1,002 in the 12 months before. Permits from a city that runs its own permit office are not counted.

1,912permits in 78237
910last 12 months
21%for homes
Sep 2026records through

Permits in 78237 by kind of work

Share here is the part of the 1,912 permits in 78237; citywide is the same for all of the City of San Antonio.

Kind of workPermitsShare hereCitywide
Plumbing45124%23%
Electrical34518%12%
Remodels & repairs26814%12%
HVAC26114%15%
Roofing1729%9%
Fences & walls885%2%
New homes674%6%
Demolition533%under 1%
Additions362%under 1%
Garages, sheds & shade structures352%1%
Solar221%2%
Pools & spas3under 1%under 1%
ADUs & casitas2under 1%under 1%
Other1096%17%

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Permits in 78237 by year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window.

YearMonthsPermitsPer year
2024 (from October)3215860
202512998998
2026 (through September)9699932

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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 We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.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.

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Contractor Records, "Building permits in 78237, the City of San Antonio", https://contractorrecords.com/san-antonio/zip/78237, data through September 2026, from the City of San Antonio Development Services Department building-permit records.

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Common questions

  • How many building permits were issued in 78237?1,912 permits issued by the city in ZIP code 78237, October 2024 through September 2026: 451 plumbing, 345 electrical, 268 remodels & repairs. 910 were in the last 12 months.
  • What is built most in 78237?Plumbing: 451 of the 1,912 permits (24%), against 23% citywide.
  • Who did the work in 78237?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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