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 That counts the permits the city issued, homes and commercial, not denied or withdrawn applications.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.

Tempe, AZ Building Permits: 4,748 Permits by Kind of Work

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

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.

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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 work	Permits	Share	Last 12 mo
Electrical	979	21%	536
Remodels & repairs	860	18%	463
Plumbing	527	11%	254
Solar	361	8%	164
Additions	151	3%	83
Pools & spas	121	3%	47
Garages, sheds & shade structures	101	2%	59
ADUs & casitas	101	2%	71
Other	1,258	26%	652

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

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

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Nearby permit data

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

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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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Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Please credit Contractor Records and link to this page. Suggested citation:

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.

MonthKind of workZIP codeStatus

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

Issued	Kind of work	City permit type	Status	ZIP

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.

Month	Permits	Top kind of work
Sep 2026	227	Electrical (44)
Aug 2026	223	Electrical (43)
Jul 2026	194	Electrical (43)
Jun 2026	207	Electrical (37)
May 2026	183	Electrical (49)
Apr 2026	245	Remodels & repairs (68)
Mar 2026	215	Electrical (45)
Feb 2026	160	Remodels & repairs (36)
Jan 2026	174	Electrical (39)
Dec 2025	207	Electrical (52)
Nov 2025	208	Electrical (46)
Oct 2025	223	Electrical (59)