Seattle building permits issued, May 2026
Seattle building permits issued: 524 records in May 2026, 17.7% fewer than April 2026 (637). Jump to the full CSV.
524records
-17.7%vs previous month
4categories
US$106,636median reported value
What the data shows
- The most common category was Building with 447 records (85% of the month); 4 categories appear in total.
- The area with the most records was 98103 (46); 27 areas appear.
- The busiest day was Wednesday 13 May with 41 records (issued date).
- 518 records (99%) carry a reported value of US$100 or more (smaller values are usually placeholders). The median is US$106,636, the 90th percentile US$680,880 and the largest US$52,638,258 (Building). Values are as reported by the city and can include data-entry errors.
- Status mix: Issued 378, Completed 140, Withdrawn 4, Inspections Completed 2.
Categories
| Category | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Building | 447 | 85.3% |
| Roof | 39 | 7.4% |
| Demolition | 36 | 6.9% |
| Grading | 2 | 0.4% |
Where records were located
| Area | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 98103 | 46 | 8.8% |
| 98115 | 44 | 8.4% |
| 98116 | 41 | 7.8% |
| 98118 | 39 | 7.4% |
| 98125 | 30 | 5.7% |
| 98117 | 28 | 5.3% |
| 98105 | 24 | 4.6% |
| 98199 | 24 | 4.6% |
Records per week
| Week starting (Monday) | Records | |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 27 Apr | 22 | |
| Mon 4 May | 125 | |
| Mon 11 May | 116 | |
| Mon 18 May | 134 | |
| Mon 25 May | 127 |
Largest reported values
| Value (US$) | Date | Address | Category | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52,638,258 | 2026-05-29 | 1740 NW MARKET ST | Building | 7076363-PH |
| 34,000,000 | 2026-05-13 | 2404 2ND AVE | Demolition | 7118488-DM |
| 11,127,769 | 2026-05-28 | 4401 FREMONT AVE N | Building | 6878334-CN |
| 8,398,358 | 2026-05-26 | 8611 FREMONT AVE N | Building | 6771368-CN |
| 8,000,000 | 2026-05-19 | 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY | Building | 7118028-CN |
Free preview: newest 25 records
| Date | Record | Address | Category | Status | Value (US$) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 7145546-RR | 1315 NE 47TH ST | Roof | Issued | 87,000 | Tpo Reroof |
| 2026-05-31 | 7133362-CN | 2625 11TH AVE E | Building | Issued | 24,000 | STFI request to replace an existing rockery retaining wall with new SRW under 4 feet along the front yard of… |
| 2026-05-31 | 7142881-CN | 7602 latona AVE NE | Building | Completed | 5,000 | Construct voluntary seismic retrofit per STFI |
| 2026-05-30 | 6909798-CN | 1944 4TH AVE W | Building | Issued | 747,072 | Construct new two-family dwelling on existing basement foundations per plan. (Establish use as single family… |
| 2026-05-30 | 7055331-CN | 7732 20TH AVE NE | Building | Issued | 666,546 | Construct new East two family dwelling per plan. (Establish use as single-family with attached accessory dwel… |
| 2026-05-30 | 7055329-CN | 7730 20TH AVE NE | Building | Issued | 665,304 | Construct east two-family dwelling (Establish use as single-family residence & allow attached accessory dwell… |
| 2026-05-30 | 7092000-CN | 7728 20TH AVE NE | Building | Issued | 338,228 | Construct west one-family dwelling (Establish use as single-family residence & allow attached accessory dwell… |
| 2026-05-30 | 7092919-CN | 7734 20TH AVE NE | Building | Issued | 314,033 | Construct new West single family dwelling per plan. (Establish use as single-family with attached accessory d… |
| 2026-05-30 | 7119849-CN | 617 NW 48TH ST | Building | Issued | 292,084 | Construct one-family dwelling per plan |
| 2026-05-30 | 7128537-BK | 1100 DEXTER AVE N | Building | Completed | 245,000 | Construct blanket permit tenant improvements to future tenant on the second floor of existing commercial buil… |
| 2026-05-30 | 6978363-CN | 1946 4TH AVE W | Building | Issued | 136,533 | Construct new one-family dwelling per plan. (Establish use as single family residence with attached and detac… |
| 2026-05-30 | 7138084-CN | 313 1ST AVE S | Building | Issued | 20,000 | Change of use from B Office to Restaurant (B <50 Occupants). Construct tenant improvements for existing B occ… |
| 2026-05-30 | 7135489-DM | 1944 4TH AVE W | Demolition | Issued | – | [Establish use as vacant lot per land use code]. Demolish one-family dwelling & detached garage subject to fi… |
| 2026-05-29 | 7076363-PH | 1740 NW MARKET ST | Building | Issued | 52,638,258 | PHASED PROJECT: Construct mixed-use apartment building with below-grade parking occupy per plan. Mechanical i… |
| 2026-05-29 | 7098134-DM | 218 31ST AVE E | Demolition | Completed | 1,361,221 | Demolish existing two family dwelling per plan. |
| 2026-05-29 | 7126770-CN | 370 LYNN ST | Building | Issued | 656,520 | Construct new WEST two family dwelling (THs 2A & 2B) per plan. (Establish use as housing for two attached dwe… |
| 2026-05-29 | 6994705-CN | 3608 COURTLAND PL S | Building | Issued | 622,763 | Construct east 4-unit apartment building and occupy per plans. (Establish use as apartments per Land Use Code… |
| 2026-05-29 | 7121877-CN | 2518 34TH AVE W | Building | Issued | 500,000 | Construct and replace sports lighting poles per plan. |
| 2026-05-29 | 7123133-CN | 8637 ISLAND DR S | Building | Issued | 423,388 | Construct EAST one-family dwelling (SFR C) per plan. ([Land use description.] Construct (3) one-family dwelli… |
| 2026-05-29 | 7093587-CN | 8641 ISLAND DR S | Building | Issued | 403,681 | Construct WEST one-family dwelling (SFR A) per plan. ([Land use description.] Construct (3) one-family dwelli… |
| 2026-05-29 | 7123132-CN | 8639 ISLAND DR S | Building | Issued | 366,574 | Construct MIDDLE one-family dwelling (SFR B) per plan. ([Land use description.] Construct (3) one-family dwel… |
| 2026-05-29 | 7129996-CN | 920 5TH AVE | Building | Completed | 350,000 | Remove connection stairs and infill floor between 25th & 26th floors of existing commercial building (Madison… |
| 2026-05-29 | 7062390-CN | 2608 51ST AVE SW | Building | Issued | 218,910 | Allow new detached accessory dwelling unit to existing single family use per land use code. Construct new sou… |
| 2026-05-29 | 7128505-CN | 5606 11TH AVE NE | Building | Issued | 211,439 | Allow housing for one new detached dwelling unit per land use code. Construct new one-family dwelling per pla… |
| 2026-05-29 | 7136998-CN | 5561 S HOLLY ST | Building | Issued | 150,000 | Construct addition and alterations to existing one family dwelling per plan. |
Source and licence
Source: Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (via data.seattle.gov), dataset Building Permits (76t5-zqzr) on data.seattle.gov.
Data retrieved 2026-10-24 11:59:15 UTC.
Licence: Public Domain.
Modifications by Open Registry Data: selected columns, renamed to a common schema, filtered by issued date, owner/applicant/contractor/inspector name and phone fields not downloaded, email-like and phone-like text in descriptions withheld entirely, personal-name patterns in descriptions (for example a surname before “Residence”) replaced with “[name removed]”, exact duplicate rows removed. Value is the estimated project cost in US dollars as reported; many trade permits carry no value. See all sources and licences and the methodology.
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