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Tempe Building Permits

Tempe building permits — residential, commercial, and infill activity — refreshed daily from the city portal.

Over the last 90 days, Tempe has logged 700 building permits, led by building permit work, with the most activity in ZIP 85282.

Free · no signup · last 90 days of history per address

Tempe permits — last 90 days

Permits issued
700
Total declared value
$131.4M
Avg. job size
$248K

Where the work is (top ZIPs)

  • 85282198 permits
  • 85281188 permits
  • 85284114 permits
  • 85283103 permits
  • 8528883 permits
  • 852013 permits

What's being built

  • Building Permit540
  • Water Sewer55
  • Water Permit18
  • Paving Permit17
  • Drainage Permit16
  • Single Family Residential Permit15

Permit timelines in Tempe

Recent Tempe permits typically issue about 21 days after the application is filed, based on issued history. Simple, code-standard work is often faster; plan-review projects — additions, remodels, new construction — run longer.

How Tempe compares

Tempe's 700 permits over the last 90 days are about 3% of the 25,523 issued across Arizona in the same window.

How pros use it

What Tempe permits are good for

Catch the job early

Applied and freshly issued Tempe permits surface the work before the trucks roll — reach the owner or GC while the material and sub decisions are still open.

Protect the account

Watch every permit pulled on the addresses and contractors you already sell to, so a competitor filing on your customer's property doesn't slip past you.

Spot the newcomer

See which contractors are ramping in Tempe this quarter — new license, rising permit count — before they're anyone else's account.

Look up any Tempe address, free

90 days of permit history per address, no signup. A Pro account unlocks the full history, saved searches, and daily alerts.

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Tempe permits — FAQ

How do I look up a building permit in Tempe?+

Search any Tempe address or contractor name above. You’ll see the permit, its status and valuation, the contractor, and the property owner. The last 90 days are free with no signup.

How often is Tempe permit data updated?+

Daily. We pull Tempe’s permit feed every day and classify each permit by lifecycle stage — applied, issued, in progress, finaled.

How long does a building permit take in Tempe?+

It depends on scope. Simple, code-standard work is often issued same-day or within a few days, while plan-review projects — additions, remodels, new construction — typically run from a couple of weeks to a couple of months. Our Tempe data shows a typical applied-to-issued time of about 21 days.

Where is the most construction happening in Tempe?+

The page above ranks Tempe’s most active ZIP codes by permit volume over the last 90 days, so you can see exactly where work is concentrated right now.

Who are the most active contractors in Tempe?+

We rank the contractors pulling the most permits in Tempe over the last 90 days, each linked to their full AZ ROC license record and permit history. See the Tempe contractor leaderboard for the 12-month ranking.

Are Tempe building permits public record?+

Yes. Building permits are public records in Arizona. We aggregate Tempe’s permits from the official jurisdiction feed and fuse them with the statewide AZ ROC contractor roster and Maricopa County Assessor parcel and owner data so they’re searchable in one place.