San Francisco building permits issued, March 2026
San Francisco building permits issued: 1,851 records in March 2026, 1.8% fewer than February 2026 (1,885). Jump to the full CSV.
1,851records
-1.8%vs previous month
7categories
US$25,000median reported value
What the data shows
- The most common category was otc alterations permit with 1,702 records (92% of the month); 7 categories appear in total.
- The area with the most records was Financial District/South Beach (182); 37 areas appear.
- The busiest day was Tuesday 10 March with 110 records (issued date).
- 1,563 records (84%) carry a reported value of US$100 or more (smaller values are usually placeholders). The median is US$25,000, the 90th percentile US$270,000 and the largest US$45,000,000 (new construction). Values are as reported by the city and can include data-entry errors.
- Status mix: complete 1,073, issued 741, cancelled 24, reinstated 12.
Categories
| Category | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| otc alterations permit | 1,702 | 92.0% |
| additions alterations or repairs | 83 | 4.5% |
| (blank) | 31 | 1.7% |
| sign - erect | 24 | 1.3% |
| new construction wood frame | 5 | 0.3% |
| demolitions | 4 | 0.2% |
| new construction | 2 | 0.1% |
Where records were located
| Area | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Financial District/South Beach | 182 | 9.8% |
| Sunset/Parkside | 160 | 8.6% |
| West of Twin Peaks | 117 | 6.3% |
| Mission | 113 | 6.1% |
| Castro/Upper Market | 93 | 5.0% |
| Outer Richmond | 89 | 4.8% |
| Noe Valley | 86 | 4.6% |
| Marina | 72 | 3.9% |
Records per week
| Week starting (Monday) | Records | |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 23 Feb | 4 | |
| Mon 2 Mar | 370 | |
| Mon 9 Mar | 445 | |
| Mon 16 Mar | 438 | |
| Mon 23 Mar | 428 | |
| Mon 30 Mar | 166 |
Largest reported values
| Value (US$) | Date | Address | Category | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45,000,000 | 2026-03-12 | 1200 Carroll Av | new construction | 202507241519 |
| 26,000,000 | 2026-03-09 | 1901 Jerrold Av | new construction wood frame | 202212208746 |
| 15,000,000 | 2026-03-31 | 1 Sgt John V Young St | new construction | 202212299456 |
| 13,383,368 | 2026-03-23 | 185 Berry St | otc alterations permit | 202602095509 |
| 9,700,000 | 2026-03-09 | 101 California St | otc alterations permit | 202512030869 |
Free preview: newest 25 records
| Date | Record | Address | Category | Status | Value (US$) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 202212299456 | 1 Sgt John V Young St | new construction | issued | 15,000,000 | to erect a 2-story, type 2a, office building. |
| 2026-03-31 | 202602266584 | 685 Market St | otc alterations permit | complete | 2,500,000 | 4/f: full office t.i, new non-structural partitions, ceilings and finishes, employee break room/pantry |
| 2026-03-31 | 202602065416 | 829 Hampshire St 0 | otc alterations permit | issued | 1,126,000 | repair of (e) multi unit building including exterior cladding, window replacement, rear stair and walkway, st… |
| 2026-03-31 | 202602065416 | 819 Hampshire St | otc alterations permit | issued | 1,126,000 | repair of (e) multi unit building including exterior cladding, window replacement, rear stair and walkway, st… |
| 2026-03-31 | 202601153902 | 345 Spear St | additions alterations or repairs | issued | 694,875 | voluntary replacement of (e), currently functioning, obsolete fire alarm control units (facu). internal compo… |
| 2026-03-31 | 202508263945 | 2760 Vallejo St | additions alterations or repairs | issued | 550,000 | revision to permit 202308033709 to modify dimensions of pool, provide new ejector pit, modify reatining walls… |
| 2026-03-31 | 202510036714 | 454 14th St | additions alterations or repairs | issued | 511,519 | raise (e)2nd fl of bldg/increase height of 1st fl.convert(e)1st fl to 1 new residential unit.remodel(e)2nd fl… |
| 2026-03-31 | 202603308516 | 424 Ellis St | otc alterations permit | issued | 500,000 | units 211, 311, 411, 511, & 611. remodel (5) kitchens and (5) bathrooms due to fire & water damage. replace (… |
| 2026-03-31 | 202603207998 | 2101 Mission St | otc alterations permit | issued | 400,000 | ste 108b ground floor: interior tenant improvement: new non-structural partitions and finishes. |
| 2026-03-31 | 202603318581 | 66 08th St | otc alterations permit | complete | 385,000 | reroofing no hot works |
| 2026-03-31 | 202504094043 | 4080 Mission St | otc alterations permit | issued | 385,000 | prop h:complete renovation of children's play area.this includes removing(e) plastic play equipment & the syn… |
| 2026-03-31 | 202602246429 | 1614 35th Av | otc alterations permit | issued | 288,000 | 1/f: add 2 (n) bedrooms, (n) bathroom, & (n) mudroom. 2/f: in-fill courtyard & lightwell. remodel (e) kitchen… |
| 2026-03-31 | 202603137502 | 415 Kearny St | otc alterations permit | issued | 286,000 | 4th fl - tenant improvement to include open office, phone rooms, break area |
| 2026-03-31 | 202602025062 | 830 Mount Vernon Av | otc alterations permit | complete | 283,000 | construct 2 bedroom, 2 full bath, family room, & install wetbar at g/f. remodel (e) kitchen, bathroom, and ad… |
| 2026-03-31 | 202602206295 | 1831 14th Av | otc alterations permit | issued | 210,000 | 1/f: reconfigure interior stairs. 2/f: remodel bath. 3/f: remodel bath and kitchen. repair (e) balcony and (e… |
| 2026-03-31 | 202603268337 | 550 California St 0 | otc alterations permit | issued | 126,000 | 4th fl, 450 deferred mep for bpa 202602196216 |
| 2026-03-31 | 202602276690 | 1330 Polk St | otc alterations permit | complete | 112,000 | tenant improvement to (e) first floor retail for a new cafe. legalize existing , security installed prior |
| 2026-03-31 | 202603278389 | 85 02nd St | otc alterations permit | issued | 106,000 | 2nd & 3rd fl - ti including demo of non-structural partitions (bldg is fully sprinklered). existing ceiling.… |
| 2026-03-31 | 202510097132 | 1470 De Haro St | otc alterations permit | issued | 96,000 | expand level 1 to create new conditioned space at level 1, and enlarge level 2 bathroom |
| 2026-03-31 | 202603318618 | 66 Cleary Ct 1104 | otc alterations permit | complete | 92,000 | unit 1104: kitchen remodel like to like; (2) bathroom remodeling like to like |
| 2026-03-31 | 202503283271 | 855 La Playa | additions alterations or repairs | issued | 83,557 | unit#163:like for like fire alarm panel replacement with the addition of wireless low frequency sounders to b… |
| 2026-03-31 | 202601083458 | 3124 Clay St | otc alterations permit | issued | 75,000 | add 2 new wood windows to match (e) style at rear elevation. replace (e) door at the rear of thr property tha… |
| 2026-03-31 | 202603268348 | 35 Western Shore Ln 3 | otc alterations permit | complete | 64,000 | unit #3: bathroom remodel like to like. kitchen remodel like to like. carpet replacing. |
| 2026-03-31 | 202603318559 | 1800 23rd Av | otc alterations permit | complete | 60,790 | remove & replace of drywall in units1,2,3,4 due to water damage. replace insulation as needed, install new dr… |
| 2026-03-31 | 202508122820 | 2901 Scott St | otc alterations permit | issued | 60,313 | replace fire alarm system to meet sf/ca code and add lf horns in units and instll wireless radio monitor |
Source and licence
Source: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (via DataSF), dataset Building Permits (i98e-djp9) on data.sfgov.org.
Data retrieved 2026-10-24 11:58:55 UTC.
Licence: Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (terms).
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 revised cost when present, else the applicant's estimated cost, in US dollars as reported. See all sources and licences and the methodology.
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