California building permits

According to permitsearch.us records, 5,551,816 permit records are on file for California (1770–9863).

Permits on file by year

Show yearly totals

Year	Records on file
2017	152,518
2018	161,716
2019	168,624
2020	185,264
2021	210,635
2022	238,176
2023	243,512
2024	223,159
2025	221,099
2026	129,293

Top work types in our records

other — 2,110,496
building — 1,060,838
roofing — 543,239
electrical — 421,387
fire — 235,093

56% of records on file show a final or completed status.

Recent permits

9863-04-01 — roofing — 3937 ONEILL DR San Mateo CA
5200-01-01 — other — 4838 Elrovia AVE #A El Monte CA 917320000
2999-01-01 — solar_pv — 20081 ELLIPSE FOOTHILL RANCH CA 92610-
2999-01-01 — solar_pv — 20131 ELLIPSE FOOTHILL RANCH CA 92610-
2999-01-01 — building — 23792 ROCKFIELD BLVD 210 LAKE FOREST CA
2999-01-01 — building — 21082 WISTERIA LAKE FOREST CA 92630-
2999-01-01 — building — 26795 PORTOLA PKWY FOOTHILL RANCH CA 92610-
2999-01-01 — building — 26642 TOWNE CENTRE DR FOOTHILL RANCH CA 92610-2808

Permit records by area

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Based on 5,551,816 permit records on file from AlisoViejoCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-anaheim (ArcGIS Hub), Antioch (Tyler EnerGov), ArcadiaCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-berkeley (Accela), ca-beverly-hills (ArcGIS Hub), ca-brea (Accela), ca-calabasas (SmartGov), ca-carlsbad (ArcGIS Hub), CarsonCA (Tyler EnerGov), ChinoHills (Tyler EnerGov), ca-chula-vista (Accela), ca-citrus-heights (ArcGIS Hub), ClovisCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-colton (eTRAKiT), ca-concord (Accela), ca-corona (eTRAKiT), CostaMesaCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-culver-city (Accela), ca-cupertino (Accela), DanvilleCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-del-mar (eTRAKiT), ca-diamond-bar (CityView), ca-downey (Accela), DublinCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-eastvale (Accela), ElCajonCAProd (Tyler EnerGov), ca-el-dorado (eTRAKiT), ElMonteCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-fremont (Accela), GilroyCA (Tyler EnerGov), GlendaleCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-glendora (eTRAKiT), HawthorneCA (Tyler EnerGov), HaywardCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-hermosa-beach (Accela), ca-huntington-beach (Accela), ImperialBeachCA (Tyler EnerGov), Indio (Tyler EnerGov), ca-kern (Accela), ca-kern-bakersfield (Click2Gov), LaCanadaFlintridgeCA (Tyler EnerGov), LACounty (Tyler EnerGov), CityOfLaHabraCA (Tyler EnerGov), CityOfLagunaNiguelCA (Tyler EnerGov), LakeElsinore (Tyler EnerGov), CityOfLakeForestCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-lakewood (eTRAKiT), ca-lincoln-placer (Accela), ca-livermore (Accela), ca-los-angeles (Socrata), ca-los-gatos (Accela), ManhattanBeachCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-marin-county (Socrata), ca-menlo-park (Accela), ca-milpitas (eTRAKiT), MissionViejoCA (Tyler EnerGov), Moorpark (Tyler EnerGov), ca-moreno-valley (Accela), ca-morgan-hill (eTRAKiT), MurrietaCA (Tyler EnerGov), NewportBeachCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-oakland (Accela), ca-oceanside (eTRAKiT), ca-ontario (Accela), ca-palo-alto (Accela), PasadenaCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-placentia (SmartGov), ca-pleasanton (Accela), PomonaCA (Tyler EnerGov), PowayCA (Tyler EnerGov), RanchoCordovaCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-rancho-cucamonga (Accela), ca-redwood-city (eTRAKiT), RialtoCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-riverside-county-unincorp (Tyler EnerGov), ca-rocklin (eTRAKiT), ca-sacramento (Accela), ca-sacramento-county (ArcGIS Hub), ca-sacramento-current (ArcGIS Hub), ca-san-bernardino-county (Accela), ca-san-clemente (eTRAKiT), ca-san-diego (Accela), ca-san-diego-county-unincorp (Socrata), SanJacintoCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-san-leandro (Accela), CityofSanMateoCA (Tyler EnerGov), SanRamonCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-san_francisco (Socrata), ca-santa-clara (Accela), ca-santa-monica (CKAN), SanteeCA (Tyler EnerGov), SealBeachCA (Tyler EnerGov), SimiValley (Tyler EnerGov), ca-solana-beach (eTRAKiT), ca-sonoma (Accela), ca-sonoma-county-88ms-k5e7 (Socrata), ca-south-lake-tahoe (eTRAKiT), ca-south-san-francisco (eTRAKiT), ca-stockton (Accela), SunnyvaleCA (Tyler EnerGov), Temecula (Tyler EnerGov), TustinCA (Tyler EnerGov), CityofUplandCA (Tyler EnerGov), Ventura (Tyler EnerGov), ca-walnut-creek (Accela), ca-west-hollywood (Socrata), ca-west-sacramento (Accela), WestminsterCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-woodside (eTRAKiT), ca-yolo-davis (Click2Gov), ca-yorba-linda (Accela), CityofYucaipaCA (Tyler EnerGov), 1770–9863. Last updated 2026-08-20.