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Every week, Austin, TX publishes the building permits it issued — every roof, remodel, panel upgrade, and new build, with the address and what the job is. Almost nobody reads them. This post reads them: it is built entirely from the 5,236 permits in our database for Austin, TX, pulled from the city's own published records for Oct 13, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026. No estimates, no padding — if a number is here, it is counted from those records.
The week in numbers
Austin, TX issued 5,236 permits in this window. Of those, 462 publish a job value, totaling $5,399,794,144 in published work. The busiest trade lane was electrical, and the full top five looks like this:
| Trade | Permits |
|---|---|
| Electrical | 1,687 |
| Plumbing | 1,483 |
| Remodel & addition | 1,021 |
| HVAC | 989 |
| New construction | 826 |
A permit can count toward more than one trade when the work spans trades, so lane counts add up to more than the permit total.
The biggest jobs by published value
These are the largest published job values in the pull. One line in this table is months of work for the right crew — and every contractor in town can see it the week it posts, if they're looking.
| Date | Address | Work filed | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | 500 E 3RD ST | ePlan: Commercial Expedited Review - [PULBLIC PROJECT] New Construction of Austin Convention Center - Area 1. | $812,383,209 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 500 E 3RD ST | ePlan: Commercial Expedited Review - [PULBLIC PROJECT] New Construction of Austin Convention Center - Area 2. | $812,383,209 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 500 E 3RD ST | ePlan: Commercial Expedited Review - [PULBLIC PROJECT] New Construction of Austin Convention Center - Area 3. | $812,383,209 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 500 E 3RD ST | ePlan: Commercial Expedited Review - [PULBLIC PROJECT] New Construction of Austin Convention Center - Area 4. | $812,383,209 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 8801 MC CANN DR | ePlan: Commercial Expedited Review - [SMART HOUSING] Redevelopment of Existing Site. New Construction of 4-... | $245,000,000 |
Five of the newest permits on the board
- 1304 MARIPOSA DR BLDG 3 — -(2)Lvl 2 Chargers-(1) 150A Panel-(1) 200A Meter-(1) 150A Main Breaker/(2)40A/2P Breakers-91) dual charger pedestal w/ cable ma... (Nov 11, 2026)
- 4817 CASWELL AVE — Express- Fire and smoke damage to property. Minor framing portion of roof siding windows insulation drywall. Will require elect... (Nov 11, 2026)
- 4817 CASWELL AVE — Express- Fire and smoke damage to property. Minor framing portion of roof siding windows insulation drywall. Will require elect... (Nov 11, 2026)
- 1412 RAMBLING ROSE RD — New construction of a 2-story single family dwelling in a condo regime. 3 Bedroom 2.5 Bathroom Attached 2 car garage (Nov 11, 2026)
- 3414 SPANISH OAK DR — New 2--story residence with attached 2-car garage covered patio 6 bedroom 4.5 bathroom (pool is existing & to remain). (Nov 11, 2026)
Each of those addresses is a real job that was filed this window. The owner or contractor named on the permit is in the public record; the fastest way to the work is to be the first trade to call about it — which is the entire point of reading the board the week permits post instead of hearing about the job after the sub work is awarded.
How to use a week like this
Pick the lane that matches your crew — for Austin this week, start with Austin permit alerts and the trade pages linked from it — and work the list while the jobs are still being staffed. That is exactly the list PermitBoards emails every morning, filtered to one county and one trade, so the reading is already done.