Permit Watch · Santa Clara

Commercial building permits in Santa Clara

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

Commercial jobs only. Looking up a permit for a home? Santa Clara 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.

• 2200 Mission College BL, Santa ClaraJust filedKitchen / refrigeration

  Interior renovations to approximately 7,600 square feet on the first-floor cafe only, of an existing six-story building. The scope of work includes new finishes, ceilings,…

  permit #BLD26-03791 · filed Sep 30

• 3260 Jay St, Santa ClaraJust filed

  Interior tenant improvement. New office build out of new walls, doors, ceiling, lights, break room, boardroom and restroom finishes.

  permit #BLD26-03739 · filed Sep 25

• 3975 Freedom CL, Santa ClaraJust filed

  Ste 200 - demo (e) millwork. Construct non-bearing partitions, office glass storefronts, doors, floor/wall finishes, ceiling tiles/grid, lighting, mechanical systems, and…

  permit #BLD26-03742 · filed Sep 25

• 3859 Kifer Rd, Santa ClaraJust filed

  Addition of Broadway Lab requirements, demand calculations, Argon piping and drops, pressure transducer schedules, and flow meter schedules. Also incorporates updates to…

  permit #BLD26-03743 · filed Sep 25

• 3979 Freedom CL, Santa ClaraJust filed

  Ste 970 - 405 sf interior improvements: (n) partitions, doors, reworking of existing ceiling, millwork, and related m/e/p reconfiguration.

  permit #BLD26-03747 · filed Sep 25

• 2722 Augustine Dr, Santa ClaraJust filed

  Two Set of Halo-lit channel letters one on the store front and another on the store side

  permit #BLD26-03766 · filed Sep 28

About Santa Clara's permit records

Of the permits we read in full here, the city's record shows job value on 99% and a contractor named on 75%. Source: City of Santa Clara 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.