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Electrical permits in the City of San Marcos, TX

Data through September 2026 · updated 20 Oct 2026

323 electrical permits were issued in the City of San Marcos, October 2024 through September 2026: about 162 a year and 8% of all permits. 131 electrical permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 32% fewer than the 192 in the 12 months before. The busiest month is May.

323permits issued
131last 12 months
Maybusiest month
73%finished
Sep 2026records through

Electrical permits by month

Permits issued each month, October 2024 through September 2026.

Oct 2024: 23Oct2024Nov 2024: 23Dec 2024: 12Jan 2025: 14Jan2025Feb 2025: 9Mar 2025: 11Apr 2025: 18May 2025: 28Jun 2025: 7Jul 2025: 22JulAug 2025: 9Sep 2025: 16Oct 2025: 11Nov 2025: 12Dec 2025: 11Jan 2026: 9Jan2026Feb 2026: 12Mar 2026: 15Apr 2026: 12May 2026: 9Jun 2026: 13Jul 2026: 13JulAug 2026: 4Sep 2026: 10
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MonthPermits
Oct 202423
Nov 202423
Dec 202412
Jan 202514
Feb 20259
Mar 202511
Apr 202518
May 202528
Jun 20257
Jul 202522
Aug 20259
Sep 202516
Oct 202511
Nov 202512
Dec 202511
Jan 20269
Feb 202612
Mar 202615
Apr 202612
May 20269
Jun 202613
Jul 202613
Aug 20264
Sep 202610

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When electrical permits are filed

By calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line). May is the busiest (137), August the quietest (48). A busy month at the permit counter usually means a longer wait for a contractor.

January: 85 (100 = an average month)February: 78 (100 = an average month)March: 97 (100 = an average month)April: 111 (100 = an average month)May: 137 (100 = an average month)137June: 74 (100 = an average month)July: 130 (100 = an average month)August: 48 (100 = an average month)September: 97 (100 = an average month)October: 126 (100 = an average month)November: 130 (100 = an average month)December: 85 (100 = an average month)JFMAMJJASOND
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MonthIndex
January85
February78
March97
April111
May137
June74
July130
August48
September97
October126
November130
December85

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How many electrical permits get finished

Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025, at least 12 months before the file ends.

MeasureValue
Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025192
Finished73.4%
Expired3.1%

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How San Marcos compares with other cities

From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.

Nearby permit data

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

How these numbers are made

Source: City of San Marcos GIS: CoSM BuildingPermits (Planning/CoSM_BuildingPermits FeatureServer layer 0, from MyPermitNow), read 20 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building and trade permits the City of San Marcos, Texas issues inside city limits: new homes and commercial buildings, remodels, additions, pools, fences, decks, solar, demolition, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, sign and fire-system permits. Lawn irrigation, right-of-way, road closure, special event, watershed, site and grading permits, Texas State University and city projects, and certificates of occupancy in the same file are not counted. Kyle, Buda, New Braunfels and unincorporated Hays, Caldwell and Guadalupe counties run their own permit offices and are not in this file, and neither is San Marcos, California.

  • The city's file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for San Marcos.
  • The file has no final inspection date, so we show no time to final. A permit counts as finished when the city marks it completed; a dormant permit counts as expired.
  • The file has no job value and no ZIP code we can publish, so we show no costs and no ZIP code pages.
  • New homes are the city's new residential permits for single-family homes, duplexes and townhouses; separate foundation-only permits for the same houses count as other, and so do new apartment buildings.
  • Lawn irrigation permits (about one per new house) are not counted. Roofing permits are rare in the file.

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Contractor Records, "Electrical permits in the City of San Marcos, TX", https://contractorrecords.com/san-marcos/electrical-permits, data through September 2026, from City of San Marcos Planning & Development Services, Building Division building-permit records.

Link to a table: By month · Season · How many get finished.

Download the tables (CSV): Electrical permits by month · Electrical permits by calendar month (index) · Electrical permits: finished share.

Common questions

  • How many electrical permits does San Marcos issue a year?About 162 a year in the City of San Marcos: 323 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026, 131 of them in the last 12 months.
  • When do people in San Marcos file the most electrical permits?May (137 against an average month of 100); August is the quietest (48). If you can choose, a quiet month at the permit counter can mean contractors have more room in their schedules.