Permit Watch · San Mateo

Commercial building permits in San Mateo

New commercial jobs worth a call for electrical, HVAC, refrigeration and plumbing shops, picked from San Mateo's own permit records every weekday. Updated October 17, 2026.

Commercial jobs only. Looking up a permit for a home? San Mateo lets anyone search its records on its own permit site.

Sample: jobs from two to four weeks ago

Here's what a Permit Watch list looks like. This week's jobs go to pilot members first; the public sample is older.

• 110 S B St, San MateoGC: K and Q ConstructionKitchen / refrigeration

  Tenant Improvement to existing space for new restaurant, "MIXUE". 1,923 SF Improvement to include installation of new finishes, T-bar, service counter, equipment support…

  $565,631 · 1,923 sq ft · permit #BD-2026-303497 · issued Sep 25

• 1840 S Norfolk St, San MateoGC: Kirkley CorpKitchen / refrigeration

  Remodel and expansion of an existing 23,227 sq. Ft. Smart & final extra (mercantile use). Addition for a rotisserie chicken oven room and rotisserie chicken prep. Room. 394 sq.…

  $231,786 · 394 sq ft · permit #BD-2026-303209 · issued Sep 28

About San Mateo's permit records

Of the permits we read in full here, the city's record shows job value on 100% and a contractor named on 50%. Source: City of San Mateo building-permit records. See every source and how complete it is on the data report card. New to this? Read how to find commercial work before it's bid.

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Copied from public permit records as published and not independently verified; a permit doesn't guarantee a project goes ahead. How we sort records.