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Building permits in 78245, the City of San Antonio

Data through September 2026 · updated 18 Oct 2026

5,810 building permits were issued in ZIP code 78245 by the City of San Antonio Development Services Department, October 2024 through September 2026: 4% of the 129,531 in the City of San Antonio, the busiest ZIP code. New home permits lead with 953. 2,668 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 15% fewer than the 3,142 in the 12 months before. Permits from a city that runs its own permit office are not counted.

5,810permits in 78245
2,668last 12 months
21%for homes
Sep 2026records through

Permits in 78245 by kind of work

Share here is the part of the 5,810 permits in 78245; citywide is the same for all of the City of San Antonio.

Kind of workPermitsShare hereCitywide
New homes95316%6%
Roofing67312%9%
Plumbing63311%23%
Remodels & repairs4928%12%
HVAC3606%15%
Electrical1883%12%
Solar50under 1%2%
Fences & walls38under 1%2%
Garages, sheds & shade structures35under 1%1%
Pools & spas7under 1%under 1%
Additions4under 1%under 1%
Demolition3under 1%under 1%
Other2,37441%17%

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Permits in 78245 by year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window.

YearMonthsPermitsPer year
2024 (from October)36752,700
2025123,0183,018
2026 (through September)92,1172,823

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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 We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.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 78245, the City of San Antonio", https://contractorrecords.com/san-antonio/zip/78245, 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 78245?5,810 permits issued by the city in ZIP code 78245, October 2024 through September 2026: 953 new homes, 673 roofing, 633 plumbing. 2,668 were in the last 12 months.
  • What is built most in 78245?New homes: 953 of the 5,810 permits (16%), against 6% citywide.
  • Who did the work in 78245?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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