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The City of Tempe, AZ building permits

Data through September 2026 · updated 19 Oct 2026

4,748 building permits were issued in the City of Tempe from October 2024 to September 2026, about 2,374 a year. Electrical permits lead with 979, then remodels & repairs (860) and plumbing (527). 62% were for homes. The city's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here: these pages show what was built, where, when and how fast the city signed it off.

4,748permits issued
2,374a year
62%for homes
72%finished (Oct 2024–Sep 2025 permits)
81days, usual issue to final
Sep 2026records through

What gets built here

Electrical

979permits
536last 12 mo
30days to final

Remodels & repairs

860permits
463last 12 mo
85days to final

Plumbing

527permits
254last 12 mo
41days to final

Solar

361permits
164last 12 mo
44days to final

What this page can and can't show

  • ✓Permits the city issued, by kind of work, month and ZIP code.
  • ✓How long a permit takes from issue to the city's final inspection.
  • ✓Which permits finished, are still open or expired.
  • ✓What the job was declared at on the permit.
  • Who did the work. The city's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here.
  • Street addresses or owners. We publish counts and permit rows without them.

Building, trade, pool, sign and demolition permits the City of Tempe Building Safety Division issues inside the city limits only. Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale and unincorporated Maricopa County run their own permit offices and are not in this file. The city's engineering permits (water and sewer, drainage, paving, grading) are left out.

Hiring someone here?

The permit file can't tell you who does good work. Ask for the contractor's license number and look it up at the Arizona Registrar of Contractors, then ask the city whether they pulled the permit for your job.

How to check a contractor's license in Arizona →

Permits by kind of work

Permits issued October 2024 through September 2026, every kind of work with 100 or more. Last 12 months is Oct 2025–Sep 2026. Homes is the share issued as residential permits.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo
Electrical97921%536
Remodels & repairs86018%463
Plumbing52711%254
Solar3618%164
Additions1513%83
Pools & spas1213%47
Garages, sheds & shade structures1012%59
ADUs & casitas1012%71
Other1,25826%652

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: new homes (94), demolition (85), HVAC (71), roofing (20), fences & walls (19).

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Tempe permit statistics →How long permits take in Tempe →Tempe permits by ZIP code →Tempe building permit search: how to look up permits on an address →

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Guides for Tempe

Local permit rules and lookups, each with Tempe's own permit numbers.

Nearby permit data

Permit data for other places in Phoenix. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.

Mesa, AZScottsdale, AZGilbert, AZMaricopa County, AZ

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Tempe Open Data, Permits Issued by Building Safety (BLDS layer from Accela), read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building, trade, pool, sign and demolition permits the City of Tempe Building Safety Division issues inside the city limits only. Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale and unincorporated Maricopa County run their own permit offices and are not in this file. The city's engineering permits (water and sewer, drainage, paving, grading) are left out.

  • The city's open permit file leaves the contractor field blank on building permits, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Tempe.
  • The value is the estimated project cost on the permit; electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits are filed as no-value permits and carry none. It is not a final cost.
  • Kinds of work come from the permit's federal building class; general residential alterations and miscellaneous permits are sorted into trades by keywords in the work description.
  • Few roof replacements appear in the file, so roofing has no page of its own.
  • A final date is the date the city recorded the permit as completed. Permits marked Final, Finaled, CofO Issued or Closed count as finished; some of them carry no completed date and add no days.

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, "The City of Tempe, AZ building permits", https://contractorrecords.com/tempe/, data through September 2026, from the City of Tempe Building Safety Division building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · Browse the permits · Permits each month.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits by kind of work · Permits in the last 12 months.

Common questions

  • How many building permits does Tempe issue a year?About 2,374 a year in the City of Tempe: 4,748 permits issued October 2024 through September 2026, 2,466 of them in the last 12 months. That counts the permits the city issued, homes and commercial, not denied or withdrawn applications.
  • Can I find a contractor's permits in Tempe?Not from this file: the city publishes its permits without the contractor's name, so we can't list or rank firms. Check a license at the Arizona Registrar of Contractors and ask the contractor for the permit number of a past job.
  • What do people build most in Tempe?Electrical: 979 of the 4,748 permits (21%), then remodels & repairs (860), plumbing (527), October 2024 through September 2026.
  • How long does a building permit take in Tempe?The usual permit took 81 days from issue to the city's final (middle half: 36 to 190 days), from 1,434 permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025 that reached a final. Each kind of work →
  • How do I look up a building permit in Tempe?Filter the permit list on this page by month, kind of work and ZIP code to see what was issued. For one property's permits, search the city's own records by address or permit number; we don't publish addresses. How to look up a permit in Tempe →
  • How many permits were issued in Tempe last month?227 in September 2026, the last full month on file; 2,466 over the last 12 months.

Browse the permits

Browse 4,748 permits

Every permit in the file issued October 2024 through September 2026, newest first. Pick a month, a kind of work, a ZIP code or a status. Each row is one permit: no street address, no names.

The list loads as you reach it (4,748 permits).

IssuedKind of workCity permit typeStatusZIP

Permits each month, the last 12 months

Permits issued each month and the kind of work with the most. A month opens its permits in the list above.

MonthPermitsTop kind of work
Sep 2026227Electrical (44)
Aug 2026223Electrical (43)
Jul 2026194Electrical (43)
Jun 2026207Electrical (37)
May 2026183Electrical (49)
Apr 2026245Remodels & repairs (68)
Mar 2026215Electrical (45)
Feb 2026160Remodels & repairs (36)
Jan 2026174Electrical (39)
Dec 2025207Electrical (52)
Nov 2025208Electrical (46)
Oct 2025223Electrical (59)

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