Seattle SDCI permit data

Seattle construction permits, projects & contractor activity

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6,155active permits 2,087contractors linked to permits $12.5Bdeclared permit value

Seattle SDCI Open Data · Scheduled daily ingest · Last successful ingest Aug 30, 6:05 AM · Latest permit event Aug 26, 2026 · Methodology

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PENDING → NEW 2548 NE 92nd St, Seattle, WA Residential · $200K declared value · Aug 29, 6:00 AM COMPLETED → ACTIVE 331 NE 120th St, Seattle, WA Residential · $1K declared value · Aug 29, 6:00 AM NEW → PENDING 4020 SW Oregon St, Seattle, WA Residential · $600K declared value · Aug 29, 6:00 AM PENDING → NEW 5029 45th Ave S, Seattle, WA Residential · $165K declared value · Aug 29, 6:00 AM ACTIVE → COMPLETED 3102 S Day St, Seattle, WA Commercial · $75K declared value · Aug 29, 6:00 AM PENDING → NEW 7332 58th Ave NE, Seattle, WA Residential · $838K declared value · Aug 29, 6:00 AM

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Seattle construction activity

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Most active addresses

Current active permit count · all active records

1 2121 7th Ave, Seattle, WA16 active permits $642Kdeclared 2 800 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA13 active permits $6.35Mdeclared 3 2021 7th Ave, Seattle, WA13 active permits $321Kdeclared 4 4747 30th Ave NE, Seattle, WA12 active permits $1.55Bdeclared 5 4200 Mary Gates Memorial Dr NE, Seattle, WA12 active permits $1.32Bdeclared

Contractors with new active work

Active permits applied or issued · past 30 days

1 TALAKAI CONSTRUCTION LLC3 new active permits $630Kdeclared 2 VERTEX DEVELOPMENT LLC1 new active permits $3Mdeclared 3 KASSAM CONSTRUCTION LLC1 new active permits $2Mdeclared 4 Howard S Wright1 new active permits $1.66Mdeclared 5 BELOTTI MCHUGH DSN\CNST SR LLC1 new active permits $1.25Mdeclared

Neighborhoods with recent activity

Permits applied or issued · past 30 days

1 Other Seattle72 recent permits $80.7Mdeclared 2 West Seattle70 recent permits $19Mdeclared 3 Downtown59 recent permits $31.1Mdeclared 4 Ballard34 recent permits $13Mdeclared 5 Capitol Hill34 recent permits $4.49Mdeclared

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