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Search Bay Area commercial permits by city and trade
2,637 commercial building permits from 18 Bay Area cities and counties, Apr 25 to Oct 8, 2026, from each city's own records. Pick a city and a trade; the filtering happens on your phone.
How this works
- Delayed
Two weeks and older
Everything here is at least 14 days old. The newest two weeks, sorted and tagged, are the paid Permit Watch list.
- Facts
From the record
Address, value, dates, description, permit number and general contractor are copied from the city's record. The tags are our reading of it.
- Commercial
No homes
Offices, shops, restaurants, labs and other business spaces only. For a home permit, use the city's own permit search.
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“Trades open” means the electrical, mechanical or plumbing work isn't on the permit yet in the city's records. It doesn't confirm that work is unawarded or open for bid. A permit doesn't guarantee a project goes ahead. Copied from public permit records as published and not independently verified; each city's source is on the data report card. Built October 22, 2026; rebuilt with the Friday issues. How we sort records.