Every trade card above opens a list of every contractor who pulled that kind of permit in the City of San Diego, October 2023 through September 2026: 5,296 firm listings across 13 kinds of work and 42,447 permits in all. Each row shows how many permits the firm filed, how many the city closed out, its usual filed job value and, where the state keeps one, whether its license matches. Names link to the firm's own page with its permits.
The busiest trades on the San Diego record are electrical, plumbing & HVAC (no-plan) (20,942 permits from 1,521 firms), solar (10,027 permits from 423 firms), electrical (2,265 permits from 576 firms). The smallest file is patio cover, garage & accessory structure, with 242 permits from 168 firms, so its lists are short and each firm's record is thin.
Before you call anyone, see what jobs usually cost here, from the values filed on the permits: remodel & alteration cost, ADU (companion unit) cost, addition cost, pool & spa cost, damage repair cost, new home cost, foundation & seismic retrofit cost, patio cover, garage & accessory structure cost.
Nobody at our end ranks anyone. You move five sliders: does exactly this work (how many permits of this kind the firm filed), finishes the job (where the file records it, the share of its permits that passed a final inspection), fits my job & budget (how close its usual job is to yours), busy lately (permits in the last 12 months) and works near me (permits near your ZIP code). Each firm gets a 0–100 fit score from those weights and the list re-sorts as you drag. A short record counts for less, and a license problem puts a firm at the bottom whatever its score. No one can pay to be listed or moved up.
Looking for one company? All San Diego firms A–Z. Want the totals? San Diego permit statistics.