132 plumbers filed 2,718 plumbing permits on homes in the City of Waco from June 2023 to May 2026; 84 filed one in the last 12 months on file. The most active in the last 12 months on file were J & S Plumbing (309 permits), Rojos Plumbing (64) and Sewer Medic (53); busy is not the same as careful. Waco, TX plumbing permits carry no filed job value, so this list compares firms on permits filed, finishing, license and recent activity only. Side by side: permits filed, share finished, license status and permits in the last 12 months on file for each firm. Pick what you value and the list re-orders.
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Top 5 by plumbing permits filed in the last 12 months on file, Jun 2025–May 2026. This is volume, not quality: a busy firm is not necessarily a careful one.
The 8 ZIP codes with the most plumbing permits on homes from June 2023 to May 2026. Each opens permits by trade and the most active firms there.
76708 (538) 76655 (467) 76710 (261) 76706 (241) 76712 (198) 76705 (192) 76707 (168) 76657 (141)
Before you move a slider, the list is in a default order built only from the permit record: how much of each firm’s record is this kind of job (weight 30), how often its permits reached completion (25), how many permits it filed in the last 12 months on file (15) and how quickly its permits closed (10). Each measure is ranked against the other 132 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short; a firm with a matched license problem is listed last.
The order comes from the Waco permit file, not from reviews: 84 of 132 plumbers filed a permit in the last 12 months on file and 89% of their permits a year or more old were finished. Nobody pays to be listed or to move up, and there are no star ratings or reviews. The sliders and presets change the weights, and the order changes with them. How the records work in Waco.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through May 2026, the top 3 are J & S Plumbing (1,026 permits, 100% finished), Christianson Plumbing (54 permits) and Mr. Rooter (69 permits, 94% finished).
132 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 309 plumbing permits in the last 12 months on file and the middle firm filed 4 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed, share of permits finished and license status. Pick what matters to you and the list re-orders, for example recent activity if you need someone soon. The order comes from the permit record only, and nobody pays to be listed or to move up.
132 firms filed at least one plumbing permit on homes in the City of Waco from June 2023 to May 2026; 84 of them filed one in the last 12 months on file.
98 of the 132 plumbers on the Waco permit file match an active license, 3 match one that is expired, suspended or inactive, and 31 we could not match. A firm we could not match is not proven unlicensed: the match is by company name. Look any firm up by name or license number with TSBPE public license search; statuses show under each firm’s name above. How to check a contractor's license in Texas →
Three you can check against this page: “How many plumbing permits have you filed in Waco?” (the middle firm here filed 4; 84 of 132 filed one in the last 12 months on file); “What does your quote include: the permit fee and the city inspection?”; “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?” (89% of older plumbing permits here were finished). All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 132 firms filed 2,718 plumbing permits from June 2023 to May 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from City of Waco EnerGov building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits on homes (the city's June 9, 2026 permit extract), with the contractor taken from each permit's public contact list on the city's Citizen Self Service site. To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Waco permit office. How the records work in Waco →
Waco plumbing permits carry no filed job value, so we can’t rank plumbers by price. Get two or three written quotes; ask whether the permit fee and the city inspection are included; shortlist from the 84 firms that filed in the last 12 months on file.
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 132 plumbers here is shown with its permit record: 2,718 permits, the share finished and license status. Read reviews on other sites and use this page to check them against the record. Reviews vs permit records →
Every number on this page comes from City of Waco EnerGov building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits on homes (the city's June 9, 2026 permit extract), with the contractor taken from each permit's public contact list on the city's Citizen Self Service site: 132 firms filed 2,718 plumbing permits on homes in the City of Waco from June 2023 to May 2026, and 84 of them filed one in the last 12 months on file. The middle firm has 4 permits in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
No usable job value is recorded for this permit type, so no typical cost is shown. See how we compare records.
Most Waco plumbing permits are filed in February (115 against an average month of 100); November is the quietest (66). When each trade is busiest in Waco →