San Francisco building permits issued, September 2026
San Francisco building permits issued: 1,432 records in September 2026, 3.2% fewer than August 2026 (1,480). Jump to the full CSV.
1,432records
-3.2%vs previous month
7categories
US$35,000median reported value
What the data shows
- The most common category was otc alterations permit with 1,305 records (91% of the month); 7 categories appear in total.
- The area with the most records was Financial District/South Beach (183); 37 areas appear.
- The busiest day was Wednesday 2 September with 84 records (issued date).
- 1,151 records (80%) carry a reported value of US$100 or more (smaller values are usually placeholders). The median is US$35,000, the 90th percentile US$350,000 and the largest US$67,250,000 (new construction). Values are as reported by the city and can include data-entry errors.
- Status mix: issued 1,229, complete 186, reinstated 6, filed 5.
Categories
| Category | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| otc alterations permit | 1,305 | 91.1% |
| additions alterations or repairs | 85 | 5.9% |
| (blank) | 25 | 1.7% |
| sign - erect | 11 | 0.8% |
| new construction wood frame | 4 | 0.3% |
| wall or painted sign | 1 | 0.1% |
| new construction | 1 | 0.1% |
Where records were located
| Area | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Financial District/South Beach | 183 | 12.8% |
| Mission | 101 | 7.1% |
| West of Twin Peaks | 85 | 5.9% |
| Outer Richmond | 79 | 5.5% |
| Sunset/Parkside | 79 | 5.5% |
| Marina | 60 | 4.2% |
| Noe Valley | 57 | 4.0% |
| Pacific Heights | 52 | 3.6% |
Records per week
| Week starting (Monday) | Records | |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 31 Aug | 291 | |
| Mon 7 Sep | 259 | |
| Mon 14 Sep | 355 | |
| Mon 21 Sep | 324 | |
| Mon 28 Sep | 203 |
Largest reported values
| Value (US$) | Date | Address | Category | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67,250,000 | 2026-09-09 | 505 Mission Rock St | new construction | 202512172072 |
| 23,800,000 | 2026-09-04 | 800 Chestnut St | additions alterations or repairs | 202512081243 |
| 15,451,442 | 2026-09-24 | 300 Howard St | otc alterations permit | 202608176690 |
| 6,100,000 | 2026-09-16 | 425 Market St | otc alterations permit | 202609017517 |
| 5,419,764 | 2026-09-18 | 555 California St | otc alterations permit | 202512161909 |
Free preview: newest 25 records
| Date | Record | Address | Category | Status | Value (US$) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | 202608247039 | 600 Montgomery St 0 | otc alterations permit | issued | 2,800,000 | interior tenant fit out of office space on level 19. non-structural partitions and ceilings, finishes and mil… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609298755 | 600 Harrison St | otc alterations permit | issued | 2,000,000 | suite #650: interior demolition & construction of non-structural elements including interior partition, doors… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609308817 | 901 Tennessee St | otc alterations permit | issued | 1,209,600 | misc roof repairs/tune-up, siding repairs & repl at select areas & assoc waterproofing, stucco repairs assoc… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609248578 | 145 New Montgomery St | otc alterations permit | issued | 842,811 | ground floor: revise pa #202607175229 to show addition of sink and removal of millwork at reception desk. def… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202510308592 | 1778 30th Av | additions alterations or repairs | issued | 695,000 | 1/f rear addition, new roof deck & skylights. 1/f: relocate (e) bedroom, bathroom, laundry, add (n) family w/… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202604089102 | 519 22nd Av | additions alterations or repairs | issued | 610,147 | two story rear addition: infill lightwell on south side, reconfigure interior stairs. 1st floor add 1 bedroom… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609037676 | 50 Webster St | otc alterations permit | issued | 280,000 | interior remodel 1st fl. remodel e kitchen and bathroom, dining room, bedrooms. remove walls for open space a… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609188375 | 1838 Golden Gate Av 0 | otc alterations permit | issued | 250,000 | kithen and bath renovation. interior renovation,include new finishes, mill work, lighting, electrical, and ap… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609107888 | 888 Brannan St | otc alterations permit | issued | 250,000 | 1/fl-scope of work consist of selective interior demo of no strutural elements and new construction of all ge… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609017507 | 42 Seminole Av | otc alterations permit | issued | 189,535 | 1/f: add bedroom, family room, bathroom mechanical room & storage; 2/f: remodel kitchen & bathroom and add (1… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202608317494 | 370 Townsend St | otc alterations permit | issued | 128,545 | tenant interior work at ground floor & basement, adding new non-bearing interior partition walls, kitchenette… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609218399 | 2918 Mission St | otc alterations permit | issued | 125,000 | temporary tower crane for new construction reference to issued pa#2016-12-28-5987 s |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609308799 | 1849 Church St | otc alterations permit | issued | 120,240 | kitchen, bathroom and laundry-elec room remodel. (apartments 1 & 3) all work in-kind, no layout changes and r… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609117996 | 970 Naples St | otc alterations permit | issued | 100,000 | 1)remodeling of upper floor. 2)relocation and remodeling of kitchen. 3)remodeling of bathroom. 4) replacement… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202002194874 | 319 Capp St 0 | additions alterations or repairs | issued | 90,000 | add one dwelling unit (unit #8) on 1st flr per ordinance 162-16. include one bedroom, living room, kitchen, o… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609308816 | 1050 Van Ness Av | otc alterations permit | issued | 65,000 | recommencement and completion of work approved under pa# 2015-0602-7875 , #2016-1228-6013 & #2018-0314-3660 |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609308806 | 15 Garrison Av | otc alterations permit | issued | 65,000 | like in kind maintenance & repair of decks coatings @ 15 units-237 rey, 257 rey, 271 rey, 273 rey, 281 rey, 2… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609308806 | 298 Schwerin St | otc alterations permit | issued | 65,000 | like in kind maintenance & repair of decks coatings @ 15 units-237 rey, 257 rey, 271 rey, 273 rey, 281 rey, 2… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609308806 | 243 Rey St | otc alterations permit | issued | 65,000 | like in kind maintenance & repair of decks coatings @ 15 units-237 rey, 257 rey, 271 rey, 273 rey, 281 rey, 2… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609308806 | 11 Towerside Av | otc alterations permit | issued | 65,000 | like in kind maintenance & repair of decks coatings @ 15 units-237 rey, 257 rey, 271 rey, 273 rey, 281 rey, 2… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609308806 | 1075 Sunnydale Av | otc alterations permit | issued | 65,000 | like in kind maintenance & repair of decks coatings @ 15 units-237 rey, 257 rey, 271 rey, 273 rey, 281 rey, 2… |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609308818 | 1050 Van Ness Av | otc alterations permit | issued | 63,000 | recommencement and completion of work approved under pa# 2015-0713-1344 , #2015-1119-3095 & #2018-0410-5967 |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609107884 | 1151 Sutter St 402 | otc alterations permit | issued | 60,500 | in kind repairs to unit 402, due to fire water damage. finishes, wireing. wall framing at roof stairwell. |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609298779 | 600 Townsend St | otc alterations permit | issued | 40,000 | modify hvac ductwork for new layout. add electrical outlets. modify lighting. ref pa# 202605070870 |
| 2026-09-30 | 202609248550 | 149 Anderson St | otc alterations permit | issued | 40,000 | add a bathroom to the basement. |
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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