San Jose Building Permits
Fast answer: San Jose recorded 5,974 building permits in this snapshot (August 2026 to November 2026, latest record 2026-11-07). Reroof is the largest tracked trade with 867 permits (14.5% of the total).
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What this page is
This page counts building permits issued in San Jose 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 San Jose. It is not a list of available jobs, and it does not publish addresses or individual permit records.
Permits by month
San Jose records in this snapshot begin August 25, 2026, so August is a partial month, not a full month.
| Month | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 538 | 9.0% |
| September 2026 | 2,404 | 40.2% |
| October 2026 | 2,461 | 41.2% |
| November 2026 | 571 | 9.6% |
Permits by trade
2,891 of 5,974 permits (48.4%) named a tracked trade; the rest are grouped as Other / unclassified.
| Trade | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Reroof | 867 | 14.5% |
| Water heater | 796 | 13.3% |
| HVAC | 629 | 10.5% |
| Solar | 491 | 8.2% |
| Plumbing | 21 | 0.4% |
| Electrical | 87 | 1.5% |
| Other / unclassified | 3,083 | 51.6% |
Reported project value
Applicants reported a value above $0 on 2,042 of 5,974 permits. Total reported value: $879,186,501. Median reported value: $17,794 (middle half between $10,274 and $57,774).
Busiest ZIP codes
| ZIP | Permits |
|---|---|
| 95125 | 241 |
| 95120 | 226 |
| 95124 | 223 |
| 95123 | 215 |
| 95129 | 186 |
Most active companies
Companies with the most San Jose permits in this snapshot, after the cleaning pass described in Methodology. Counts group name variants of the same company.
| Company | Permits |
|---|---|
| Sunrun | 136 |
| On-Time AC & Heating | 127 |
| Fuse Service | 106 |
| Tesla Energy Operations | 100 |
| Irbis HVAC | 77 |
| Jireh | 64 |
| Center State Construction | 54 |
| Fast Water Heater | 51 |
| Rando AAA HVAC | 49 |
| Qmerit Electrification | 43 |
What the numbers say
November 2026 recorded 571 permits against 2,461 in October 2026, down 1,890 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 San Jose records run through 2026-11-07.
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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. San Jose's own window in this snapshot is 2026-08-25 to 2026-11-07.
- 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 San Jose recently?
This snapshot holds 5,974 San Jose permits, with the latest record dated 2026-11-07. Counts come from the city's own published records, collected November 9, 2026.
Where does the San Jose permit data come from?
From San Jose'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: San Jose 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.