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Building permit alerts in Seattle, WA

Every morning, Seattle contractors who run on new work get the permits filed here the day before — filtered to their trade, with the address, the job, and the names on the permit. LIVE This market is pulling permits now.

APPLICATIONS LIVE Applications: LIVE — 354 filed in the last 30 days of filing data (through Nov 11, 2026) and still in process. See the filings below — they are included in every plan at the same price.

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569
permits pulled in the latest window
Oct 13, 2026 – Nov 11, 2026
565
of those permits publish a job value
$181,590,369
combined published job value across those permits

What got filed in Seattle, WA

TradePermitsShareDetail page
Other / general31155%
Remodel & addition permits in Seattle, WA12622%126 in last 30 days of feed data
New construction permits in Seattle, WA6612%66 in last 30 days of feed data
Demolition & dumpster permits in Seattle, WA448%44 in last 30 days of feed data
Roofing permits in Seattle, WA214%21 in last 30 days of feed data
Pool20%
Plumbing20%
Solar10%

A permit can count toward more than one trade when the work spans trades; shares are of all 569 permits pulled. Trade detail pages exist only where at least 5 permits in that trade appear in the last 30 days of this feed's data — thin combinations don't get pages.

Sample permits from this feed

DateAddressWork filedPublished valueContractor on permit
Nov 5, 20264200 S WEBSTER ST SEATTLE WA 98118Demo multi-family structure per plan$21,424,875Not published
Oct 13, 20261604 AURORA AVE N SEATTLE WA 98109Phased project: Construction of a residential apartment building with below grade parking occupy per plan. Mechanical...$8,008,660Not published
Oct 23, 20262001 8TH AVE SEATTLE WA 98121Construct blanket permit tenant improvements to Foster Garvey on the 26th 27th and 28th floors of existing commercial...$6,364,459Venture General Contracting LLC
Oct 15, 20266740 M L KING JR WAY S SEATTLE WA 98118Establish use as apartments and retail. Construct new mixed use apartment building occupy per plan. Mechanical included.$5,066,781Not published
Oct 19, 20261405 6TH AVE SEATTLE WA 98101Change use from medical services to concert hall in portion of commercial building per land use code. Construct inter...$4,380,615Not published
Oct 15, 2026925 TERRACE ST SEATTLE WA 98104Establish use as office per land use code. Construct modular office building occupy per plan. Mechanical included$4,281,099Not published

Real records from the Seattle, WA permit feed. This public sample redacts contact details; subscribers receive every field the city publishes on the permit.

How fresh is this feed?

Daily. Pulled daily from Seattle's building-permits open-data feed, keyed on the issued date the city publishes. The latest permits in our database for Seattle, WA are dated Oct 13, 2026 – Nov 11, 2026. When the city publishes, we're reading it the same day; when the city is slow, we show the real dates instead of claiming otherwise.

Applications & filings — Seattle projects filed, not yet issued

Seattle, WA also publishes permit applications — filings in the same city register as the issued feed above, separated here by stage: the ones still in process, before a permit issues. Withdrawn filings are left out. In the 30 days of filings ending Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 354 projects were filed in Seattle and are still in process:

StageProjectsWhat it means
Just filed0received by the city, not yet in review
In plan check272with the city's reviewers now
Corrections issued71sent back to the applicant with corrections or questions
Approved — waiting to issue11approved — waiting for the permit to issue

Newest filings still in process

FiledAddressWorkPublished valueStage
Nov 11, 20263910 NE 51ST ST SEATTLE WA 98105(Establish use as housing for five attached dwelling units per land use code.) Construct new multifamily building per plan.$1,310,294In plan check
Nov 11, 2026326 26TH AVE S SEATTLE WA 98144Construct substantial alterations to existing one family dwelling and construct new garage per plan.$150,000In plan check
Nov 11, 20268361 30TH AVE NW SEATTLE WA 98117Allow housing for one new stacked dwelling unit within an existing structure per land use code. Construct alterations for a two-family dw...$120,000In plan check
Nov 11, 20261814 12TH AVE SEATTLE WA 98122Construct repairs for apartment (Kaylin Lee Apartments) mainly at Units 1 2 5 6 and 9 at 1st and 2nd floors of existing multifamily build...$95,000In plan check
Nov 11, 20263910 NE 51ST ST SEATTLE WA 98105Demolish existing two-family dwelling per plan.Not publishedIn plan check
Nov 10, 2026755 ALDER ST SEATTLE WA 98104Establish use as parking per land use code. Construct garage (including below grade portion) for future medical office building occupy pe...$47,375,515In plan check

The register names the contractor company on each application; it does not publish phone numbers or email addresses for them, and we never invent one. What an application gives you is the project itself, ahead of issuance: the address, the work, the published project cost where the city prints one, and exactly where it sits in review. The newest filing in the register is dated Wednesday, November 11, 2026.

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