Seattle building permits issued, September 2026
Seattle building permits issued: 507 records in September 2026, 9.6% fewer than August 2026 (561). Jump to the full CSV.
507records
-9.6%vs previous month
4categories
US$100,000median reported value
What the data shows
- The most common category was Building with 415 records (82% of the month); 4 categories appear in total.
- The area with the most records was 98115 (54); 28 areas appear.
- The busiest day was Tuesday 1 September with 42 records (issued date).
- 498 records (98%) carry a reported value of US$100 or more (smaller values are usually placeholders). The median is US$100,000, the 90th percentile US$644,323 and the largest US$127,620,000 (Grading). Values are as reported by the city and can include data-entry errors.
- Status mix: Issued 472, Completed 33, Withdrawn 2.
Categories
| Category | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Building | 415 | 81.9% |
| Demolition | 44 | 8.7% |
| Roof | 44 | 8.7% |
| Grading | 4 | 0.8% |
Where records were located
| Area | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 98115 | 54 | 10.7% |
| 98117 | 39 | 7.7% |
| 98103 | 35 | 6.9% |
| 98105 | 28 | 5.5% |
| 98199 | 26 | 5.1% |
| 98126 | 24 | 4.7% |
| 98118 | 23 | 4.5% |
| 98108 | 22 | 4.3% |
Records per week
| Week starting (Monday) | Records | |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 31 Aug | 120 | |
| Mon 7 Sep | 114 | |
| Mon 14 Sep | 144 | |
| Mon 21 Sep | 67 | |
| Mon 28 Sep | 62 |
Largest reported values
| Value (US$) | Date | Address | Category | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127,620,000 | 2026-09-15 | 3919 OKANOGAN LN NE | Grading | 7125269-GR |
| 3,980,000 | 2026-09-16 | 701 DEXTER AVE N | Building | 7143336-CN |
| 3,000,000 | 2026-09-14 | 725 9TH AVE | Building | 7121231-CN |
| 2,600,000 | 2026-09-11 | 4719 21ST AVE NE | Demolition | 7155933-DM |
| 2,120,000 | 2026-09-10 | 201 16TH AVE E | Building | 7132347-CN |
Free preview: newest 25 records
| Date | Record | Address | Category | Status | Value (US$) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | 7091168-DM | 1708 25TH AVE | Demolition | Issued | 1,330,000 | Demolish existing multifamily building per plan. |
| 2026-09-30 | 7086955-CN | 4025 13TH AVE W | Building | Issued | 272,200 | Construct alterations to and establish for 1994 a floating boat repair and maintenance shed occupy per plan. |
| 2026-09-30 | 7126109-CN | 2310 E VALLEY ST | Building | Issued | 239,422 | Construct alterations and addition for one-family dwelling per plan. |
| 2026-09-30 | 7136612-CN | 5568 22ND AVE S | Building | Issued | 227,646 | Allow a detached housing unit maintaining an existing detached unit (no work) per the land use code. Construc… |
| 2026-09-30 | 7160220-CN | 3220 NW 69TH ST | Building | Issued | 100,000 | Interior alterations to existing single family residence subject to field inspection |
| 2026-09-30 | 7136568-CN | 6931 B FLORA AVE S | Building | Issued | 80,000 | Construct substantial alterations to convert existing detached accessory structure to a one family dwelling p… |
| 2026-09-30 | 7151515-CN | 712 N 73RD ST | Building | Completed | 75,000 | Allow housing for new stacked dwelling unit within an existing structure per land use code. Construct alterat… |
| 2026-09-30 | 7164993-CN | 11703 2nd AVE NW | Building | Issued | 50,000 | Alterations to existing dwelling unit Subject To Field Inspection (STFI) |
| 2026-09-30 | 7163042-CN | 6824 36TH AVE NE | Building | Issued | 45,000 | Construct interior alterations to bathroom of one family dwelling subject to field inspection STFI. |
| 2026-09-30 | 7164652-CN | 2723 E UNION ST | Building | Issued | 40,000 | Repair and replace in kind damage from vehicle impact to mixed-use building storefront at Level 1 East facade… |
| 2026-09-30 | 7131176-CN | 9733 ARROWSMITH AVE S | Building | Issued | 29,600 | Construct repairs to existing retaining wall including helical tiebacks per plan. |
| 2026-09-30 | 7160064-BK | 800 UNION ST | Building | Issued | 18,000 | Construct blanket permit tenant improvements to the Consulate General of Japan in Seattle on the tenth floor… |
| 2026-09-30 | 7165210-RR | 123 JOHN ST | Roof | Issued | 17,460 | Overlay on roof |
| 2026-09-30 | 7165204-RR | 117 JOHN ST | Roof | Issued | 17,460 | Overlay of the roof |
| 2026-09-30 | 7165216-RR | 125 WARREN AVE N | Roof | Issued | 13,380 | Roof overlay |
| 2026-09-30 | 7165214-RR | 129 WARREN AVE N | Roof | Issued | 13,380 | Roof overlay |
| 2026-09-30 | 7165147-CN | 839 NE 92ND ST | Building | Issued | 11,131 | Alterations to dwelling unit Subject To Field Inspection(STFI) |
| 2026-09-30 | 7154470-CN | 4030 7TH AVE NE | Building | Issued | 4,560 | Install solar PV system on apartment building roof per plan. |
| 2026-09-30 | 7139513-CN | 6931 FLORA AVE S | Building | Withdrawn | 1,000 | Construct alterations to existing one family dwelling per plan. (Allow housing for one new detached dwelling… |
| 2026-09-29 | 6949329-CN | 315 1ST AVE N | Building | Issued | 800,000 | Construct alterations to existing mixed-use building and change occupancy from R-2 apartment to R-1 hotel occ… |
| 2026-09-29 | 7140221-BK | 711 2ND AVE | Building | Issued | 700,000 | Blanket tenant improvements for MARKETY READY in Suite 1025 of existing commercial building per plan. |
| 2026-09-29 | 7123561-CN | 2852 NW 65TH ST | Building | Issued | 250,000 | Change of use from housing for one detached dwelling unit to housing for four stacked dwelling units per land… |
| 2026-09-29 | 7028993-CN | 1000 4TH AVE | Building | Issued | 250,000 | Construct alterations to SPL Central Library at L1 and L2 per plan. |
| 2026-09-29 | 7154097-CN | 2334 SHORELAND DR S | Building | Issued | 200,000 | Construct alterations to existing single family residence per STFI |
| 2026-09-29 | 7155273-CN | 1201 MERCER ST | Building | Issued | 150,000 | Construct like-for-like repairs to units 602 502 402 and 302 for smoke and water damage subject to field insp… |
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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