The Seattle permit pipeline

Every permit travels from application to issuance to completion. Here's how many make it to each stage and how long the journey takes.

13,831

Applied

10,929

Issued

4,731

Completed

79%

Issue rate

43 days

Median to issue

Pipeline funnel

Applied

13,831

Issued

10,929 · 79% of applied

Completed

4,731 · 43% of issued

79% of applied permits reach issuance, and 43% of issued permits are marked complete.

Apply → Issue

43 days · avg 76 · p90 199

Issue → Complete

146 days · avg 171 · p90 353

Median durations across 10,929 issued and 4,730 completed permits.

residential

79 days · 8,393 permits

commercial

65 days · 2,391 permits

industrial

121 days · 115 permits

land

129 days · 30 permits

Raw numbers available as JSON at /api/pipeline.