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Building permits in 85282, the City of Tempe

Data through September 2026 · updated 19 Oct 2026

1,412 building permits were issued in ZIP code 85282 by the City of Tempe Building Safety Division, October 2024 through September 2026: 30% of the 4,748 in the City of Tempe, the busiest ZIP code. Electrical permits lead with 362. 732 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 8% more than the 680 in the 12 months before. Permits from a city that runs its own permit office are not counted.

1,412permits in 85282
732last 12 months
69%for homes
72days, usual issue to final
Sep 2026records through

Permits in 85282 by kind of work

Share here is the part of the 1,412 permits in 85282; citywide is the same for all of the City of Tempe.

Kind of workPermitsShare hereCitywide
Electrical36226%21%
Remodels & repairs27620%18%
Plumbing15211%11%
Solar1329%8%
Pools & spas363%3%
Additions363%3%
Garages, sheds & shade structures322%2%
ADUs & casitas302%2%
Demolition232%2%
HVAC222%1%
Roofing10under 1%under 1%
Fences & walls8under 1%under 1%
New homes8under 1%2%
Other28520%26%

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Permits in 85282 by year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window.

YearMonthsPermitsPer year
2024 (from October)3173692
202512703703
2026 (through September)9536715

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How permits in 85282 finish

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

Measure85282Citywide
Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 20256802,282
Finished70.7%71.5%
Expired14.9%13.7%
Usual days, issue to final7281

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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 We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.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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Contractor Records, "Building permits in 85282, the City of Tempe", https://contractorrecords.com/tempe/zip/85282, data through September 2026, from the City of Tempe Building Safety Division building-permit records.

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

Download the tables (CSV): Permits in 85282 by kind of work · Permits in 85282 by year · Permits in 85282: finished and days to final.

Common questions

  • How many building permits were issued in 85282?1,412 permits issued by the city in ZIP code 85282, October 2024 through September 2026: 362 electrical, 276 remodels & repairs, 152 plumbing. 732 were in the last 12 months.
  • What is built most in 85282?Electrical: 362 of the 1,412 permits (26%), against 21% citywide.
  • How long does a permit take in 85282?The usual permit issued here Oct 2024–Sep 2025 took 72 days from issue to final (429 permits with a final date), against 81 days citywide.
  • Who did the work in 85282?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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