Santa Clara County, California building permits

According to permitsearch.us records, 368,105 permit records are on file for Santa Clara County, California (1900–2026).

Permits on file by year

Year	Records on file
2017	7,284
2018	7,101
2019	6,916
2020	5,602
2021	6,810
2022	6,965
2023	7,782
2024	7,328
2025	7,421
2026	3,593

Top work types in our records

building — 220,501
other — 32,479
roofing — 28,171
fire — 27,828
gas — 12,789

82% of records on file show a final or completed status.

Recent permit activity on file

2026-08-14 — other —
2026-07-06 — other —
2026-07-03 — mechanical — 1543 BARTON DR SUNNYVALE CA 94087
2026-07-03 — building — 637 KIRKLAND DR SUNNYVALE CA 94087
2026-07-03 — building — 1428 KNOWLTON DR SUNNYVALE CA 94087
2026-07-03 — gas — 1634 KAMSACK DR SUNNYVALE CA 94087
2026-07-02 — window_door — 571 S TAAFFE ST SUNNYVALE CA 94086
2026-07-02 — utility_site — 7600 CHURCH ST GILROY CA 95020
2026-07-02 — gas — 1230 S MARY AV SUNNYVALE CA 94087
2026-07-02 — building — 1031 PAYETTE AV SUNNYVALE CA 94087
2026-07-02 — utility_site — 7445 Monterey RD Gilroy CA 95020
2026-07-02 — other — 6700 MONTEREY RD APT 1104 GILROY CA 95020
2026-07-02 — roofing — 6490 KENSINGTON PL GILROY CA 95020
2026-07-02 — roofing — 74 W SIXTH ST W GILROY CA 95020
2026-07-02 — other — 7367 MILLER AV GILROY CA 95020
2026-07-02 — other — 1351 CEDAR CT GILROY CA 95020
2026-07-02 — solar_pv — 1211 E ARQUES AV SUNNYVALE CA 94085
2026-07-02 — gas — 978 E ARQUES AV SUNNYVALE CA 94085
2026-07-02 — building — 978 E ARQUES AV SUNNYVALE CA 94085
2026-07-02 — fire — 1230 E ARQUES AV SUNNYVALE CA 94085

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Based on 368,105 permit records on file from ca-cupertino (Accela), GilroyCA (Tyler EnerGov), ca-los-gatos (Accela), ca-milpitas (eTRAKiT), ca-morgan-hill (eTRAKiT), ca-palo-alto (Accela), ca-santa-clara (Accela), SunnyvaleCA (Tyler EnerGov), 1900–2026. Last updated 2026-07-06.