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Building permits in 93109, the City of Santa Barbara

Data through August 2025 · updated 19 Oct 2026

1,045 building permits were issued in ZIP code 93109 by City of Santa Barbara Community Development, Building & Safety, September 2023 through August 2025: 20% of the 5,231 in the City of Santa Barbara, the 3rd busiest ZIP code. Electrical permits lead with 232. 495 permits in the last 12 months on file (Sep 2024–Aug 2025), 10% fewer than the 550 in the 12 months before. Permits from a city that runs its own permit office are not counted.

1,045permits in 93109
495last 12 months on file
79%for homes
52days, usual issue to final
Aug 2025records through

Permits in 93109 by kind of work

Share here is the part of the 1,045 permits in 93109; citywide is the same for all of the City of Santa Barbara.

Kind of workPermitsShare hereCitywide
Electrical23222%13%
Roofing22021%27%
Remodels & repairs14914%12%
Solar14614%13%
Plumbing929%8%
ADUs & casitas515%5%
HVAC394%5%
Additions252%2%
Demolition192%2%
Pools & spas131%1%
Fences & walls111%1%
New homes10under 1%under 1%
Garages, sheds & shade structures5under 1%under 1%
Other333%11%

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Permits in 93109 by year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window.

YearMonthsPermitsPer year
2023 (from September)4132396
202412570570
2025 (through August)8343514

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How permits in 93109 finish

Permits issued Sep 2023–Aug 2024, at least 12 months before the file ends.

Measure93109Citywide
Permits issued Sep 2023–Aug 20245502,648
Finished65.1%60.0%
Usual days, issue to final5264

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How these numbers are made

Source: City of Santa Barbara GIS, Building Permits layer (Building_Permits FeatureServer, Accela BLD records), read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued September 2023 through August 2025; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building and trade permits the City of Santa Barbara issues inside city limits: new homes and ADUs, additions, alterations, re-roofs, solar, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, pool, demolition and sign permits. Revisions to an earlier permit, flood-elevation determinations and other administrative records, and grading and paving sitework are not counted. Goleta, Montecito and the rest of unincorporated Santa Barbara County are permitted by other offices and are not in this file.

  • The city's layer names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Santa Barbara.
  • The layer has no declared job value, so we show no costs.
  • The city has not added permits to this layer since early September 2025, so these pages end with August 2025.
  • A permit counts as finished when the city marks it complete; the final date is the layer's completed date.
  • Homes are permits the city codes as one- or two-family dwellings (its R and R-3 codes) and its 1 & 2 family express permits; apartment buildings count as other.
  • Electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits are separate from the building permit for the same job, so one project can count more than once.

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, "Building permits in 93109, the City of Santa Barbara", https://contractorrecords.com/santa-barbara/zip/93109, data through August 2025, from City of Santa Barbara Community Development, Building & Safety building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · By year · How permits finish.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits in 93109 by kind of work · Permits in 93109 by year · Permits in 93109: finished and days to final.

Common questions

  • How many building permits were issued in 93109?1,045 permits issued by the city in ZIP code 93109, September 2023 through August 2025: 232 electrical, 220 roofing, 149 remodels & repairs. 495 were in the last 12 months on file (to August 2025).
  • What is built most in 93109?Electrical: 232 of the 1,045 permits (22%), against 13% citywide.
  • How long does a permit take in 93109?The usual permit issued here Sep 2023–Aug 2024 took 52 days from issue to final (358 permits with a final date), against 64 days citywide.
  • Who did the work in 93109?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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