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.

12,920

Applied

10,127

Issued

4,450

Completed

78%

Issue rate

43 days

Median to issue

Pipeline funnel

Applied

12,920

Issued

10,127 · 78% of applied

Completed

4,450 · 44% of issued

78% of applied permits reach issuance, and 44% of issued permits are marked complete.

Apply → Issue

43 days · avg 77 · p90 199

Issue → Complete

149 days · avg 175 · p90 359

Median durations across 10,127 issued and 4,450 completed permits.

residential

79 days · 7,762 permits

commercial

66 days · 2,231 permits

industrial

124 days · 106 permits

land

136 days · 28 permits

Raw numbers available as JSON at /api/pipeline.