Search 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 763 building permits, led by building permit work, with the most activity in ZIP 85282.
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Tempe permits — last 90 days
- Permits issued
- 763
- Total declared value
- $279.5M
- from the 582 permits that declared a value
- Avg. declared value
- $480K
- across 582 valued permits — Tempe publishes value on 76% of permits
Where the work is (top ZIPs)
- 85282206 permits
- 85281172 permits
- 85284139 permits
- 85283135 permits
- 85288101 permits
What's being built
- Building Permit587
- Water Sewer77
- Paving Permit18
- Single Family Residential Permit16
- Drainage Permit14
- Water Permit14
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 763 permits over the last 90 days are about 3% of the 29,139 issued across Arizona in the same window.
Most active contractors in Tempe
By permits pulled in Tempe over the last 90 days.
- 1.Cactus Pipeline Contractors LLC — 9 permits
- 2.Willmeng Construction Inc — 6 permits
- 3.X CONTRACTING, LLC — 4 permits
- 4.Mission Underground LLC — 3 permits
- 5.Cherokee Engineering Inc — 3 permits
- 6.3D Contracting LLC — 2 permits
- 7.S & S Paving & Construction Inc — 1 permits
- 8.Gunsight Construction Companies LLC — 1 permits
- 9.Sunland Asphalt & Construction LLC — 1 permits
- 10.Creative Environments Design and Landscape Inc — 1 permits
Recently issued in Tempe
- →3006 S RURAL RDBuilding Permit · Sep 11, 2026 · $28K
- →1917 E EL PARQUE DRBuilding Permit · Sep 11, 2026 · $136K
- →1218 W HOWE STWater Sewer · Sep 11, 2026
- →1218 W HOWE STBuilding Permit · Sep 11, 2026 · $500
- →306 W LA JOLLA DRBuilding Permit · Sep 11, 2026 · $3K
- →6016 S MCCLINTOCK DRBuilding Permit · Sep 11, 2026 · $125
- →216 E UNIVERSITY DRDrainage Permit · Sep 11, 2026
- →1917 E EL PARQUE DRWater Sewer · Sep 11, 2026
- →216 E UNIVERSITY DRPaving Permit · Sep 11, 2026
- →1421 N MCALLISTER AVEBuilding Permit · Sep 10, 2026 · $2K
- →699 S MILL AVEBuilding Permit · Sep 10, 2026 · $20K
- →623 W 11TH STWater Sewer · Sep 10, 2026
A sample of the most recent Tempe permits. Search above for any specific address.
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What Tempe permits are good for
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.
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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.