Los Altos Hills Building Permits
Fast answer: Los Altos Hills recorded 291 building permits in this snapshot (June 2026 to November 2026, latest record 2026-11-09). Plumbing is the largest tracked trade with 50 permits (17.2% of the total).
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What this page is
This page counts building permits issued in Los Altos Hills from the city's own public records, grouped by month and by trade. It is a market-activity page for contractors, suppliers, and competitors working in Los Altos Hills. It is not a list of available jobs, and it does not publish addresses or individual permit records.
Permits by month
| Month | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 8 | 2.7% |
| July 2026 | 70 | 24.1% |
| August 2026 | 59 | 20.3% |
| September 2026 | 72 | 24.7% |
| October 2026 | 60 | 20.6% |
| November 2026 | 22 | 7.6% |
Permits by trade
164 of 291 permits (56.4%) named a tracked trade; the rest are grouped as Other / unclassified.
| Trade | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Reroof | 32 | 11.0% |
| Water heater | 18 | 6.2% |
| HVAC | 26 | 8.9% |
| Solar | 23 | 7.9% |
| Plumbing | 50 | 17.2% |
| Electrical | 15 | 5.2% |
| Other / unclassified | 127 | 43.6% |
Reported project value
Applicants reported a value above $0 on 234 of 291 permits. Total reported value: $27,547,153. Median reported value: $26,181 (middle half between $8,246 and $58,960).
ZIP coverage
Los Altos Hills's published permit reports do not include ZIP codes, so no ZIP table appears on this page.
Most active companies
Companies with the most Los Altos Hills permits in this snapshot, after the cleaning pass described in Methodology. Counts group name variants of the same company.
| Company | Permits |
|---|---|
| Tesla Energy Operations | 4 |
| Cinnamon Energy Systems | 3 |
| Cozy House Forever | 2 |
| Richard Heath & Associates | 2 |
| Sunrun | 2 |
What the numbers say
November 2026 recorded 22 permits against 60 in October 2026, down 38 month over month on the months this snapshot covers. Treat the comparison as directional: each city publishes on its own timetable, and this snapshot's Los Altos Hills records run through 2026-11-09.
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Methodology
- Source. Public building-permit records published by each city, collected by PermitBriefly in its Monday refresh. This page is built from the snapshot collected November 9, 2026. Los Altos Hills' own window in this snapshot is 2026-06-29 to 2026-11-09.
- Counting. Every figure counts unique permits: records are deduplicated on city and permit number before any total, share, or valuation is computed, so a record a city lists twice is counted once.
- Trade categories. Assigned by PermitBriefly's automated filter over each record's work description. They are not classifications supplied by the city, and roughly half of all records land in "Other / unclassified" because their descriptions do not name a tracked trade.
- Valuations. The value the applicant reported to the city, printed only where at least 30 records in the group report a value above $0. A reported valuation is not a quote, a contract price, or a guarantee of project size.
- Company counts. Records are grouped with the same name normalization PermitBriefly uses in its own tooling, then matched against a hand-verified list of company names. Recorded names that are individuals, or that could not be verified as a company, are never printed.
- What is never published. Street addresses, property owner names, APNs, and individual permit rows stay off these public pages. They are the working data behind the subscriber dashboard.
Questions
How many building permits were issued in Los Altos Hills recently?
This snapshot holds 291 Los Altos Hills permits, with the latest record dated 2026-11-09. Counts come from the city's own published records, collected November 9, 2026.
Where does the Los Altos Hills permit data come from?
From Los Altos Hills's public building-permit records, collected in PermitBriefly's Monday refresh. Trade labels are PermitBriefly's automated filters over the work descriptions, not city classifications.
Does a permit on this page mean a job is available?
No. A permit records administrative activity. It does not verify whether work is pending or completed, whether a contractor is still involved, or whether an owner intends to buy additional services.
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Check TEST availabilitySource: Los Altos Hills building permit records, collected November 9, 2026 by PermitBriefly. Trade categories are automated filters of city work descriptions, not city classifications. Snapshot, not a live feed.