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Building permits in 85283, the City of Tempe

Data through September 2026 · updated 19 Oct 2026

946 building permits were issued in ZIP code 85283 by the City of Tempe Building Safety Division, October 2024 through September 2026: 20% of the 4,748 in the City of Tempe, the 3rd busiest ZIP code. Remodel and repair permits lead with 256. 491 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 8% more than the 455 in the 12 months before. Permits from a city that runs its own permit office are not counted.

946permits in 85283
491last 12 months
73%for homes
77days, usual issue to final
Sep 2026records through

Permits in 85283 by kind of work

Share here is the part of the 946 permits in 85283; citywide is the same for all of the City of Tempe.

Kind of workPermitsShare hereCitywide
Remodels & repairs25627%18%
Electrical17518%21%
Plumbing11312%11%
Solar10311%8%
Additions414%3%
Garages, sheds & shade structures232%2%
Pools & spas192%3%
HVAC172%1%
ADUs & casitas121%2%
Demolition5under 1%2%
Roofing2under 1%under 1%
Fences & walls1under 1%under 1%
Other17919%26%

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Permits in 85283 by year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window.

YearMonthsPermitsPer year
2024 (from October)399396
202512486486
2026 (through September)9361481

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How permits in 85283 finish

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

Measure85283Citywide
Permits issued Oct 2024–Sep 20254552,282
Finished76.7%71.5%
Expired11.6%13.7%
Usual days, issue to final7781

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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 We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.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 85283, the City of Tempe", https://contractorrecords.com/tempe/zip/85283, data through September 2026, from the City of Tempe Building Safety Division building-permit records.

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Common questions

  • How many building permits were issued in 85283?946 permits issued by the city in ZIP code 85283, October 2024 through September 2026: 256 remodels & repairs, 175 electrical, 113 plumbing. 491 were in the last 12 months.
  • What is built most in 85283?Remodels & repairs: 256 of the 946 permits (27%), against 18% citywide.
  • How long does a permit take in 85283?The usual permit issued here Oct 2024–Sep 2025 took 77 days from issue to final (313 permits with a final date), against 81 days citywide.
  • Who did the work in 85283?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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