Who is hiring

Demolition jobs in California

189 permits that need demolition contractors were pulled in California over May 29 to August 14, 2026. That is roughly 17 a week. This is commercial and institutional work, led by commercial. Longer lead times, a general contractor between you and the owner, and a prequalification package expected before anyone talks price. Where a value is published, the median job is $148k and the largest was $2.2M.

189
permits pulled
17
new per week
$148k
median job value
Aug 14, 2026
most recent
Counts cover May 29 to August 14, 2026.

Who is pulling the demolition permits in California

Companies with more than one demolition permit in California in this window. The number is how many carry their name.

  1. BYCOR General Contractors Inc9 permits
    ElectricalHVAC and mechanicalPlumbinglatest Jul 29median $200k
  2. Davis & Adams Construction, Inc6 permits
    ElectricalHVAC and mechanicalPlumbinglatest Jul 15median $288k
  3. Irvine Company6 permits
    Concrete & FormingElectricalGeneral Contractinglatest Jul 7median $700k
  4. Bycor General Contractors - Rey Medina5 permits
    ElectricalFire ProtectionGlazinglatest Jul 8median $226k
  5. DRA Construction, LLC5 permits
    General Contractinglatest Jul 25
  6. Bycor General Contractors - Martin Chavez4 permits
    ElectricalHVAC and mechanicalPlumbinglatest Aug 3median $613k
  7. Pacific Contracting Group, Inc4 permits
    ElectricalHVAC and mechanicalPlumbinglatest Jul 28median $152k
  8. Bycor General Contractors - Christian Miller3 permits
    ElectricalHVAC and mechanicalPlumbinglatest Aug 11median $204k
  9. Crystal Martinez (DEB Construction3 permits
    ElectricalGeneral ContractingHVAC and mechanicallatest May 29
  10. Marengo Morton Architects, Inc3 permits
    ElectricalGeneral ContractingHVAC and mechanicallatest Jun 24median $131k
  11. RT Stevens Construction Inc3 permits
    ElectricalGeneral ContractingHVAC and mechanicallatest Jul 13median $489k
  12. Swinerton Builders3 permits
    ElectricalHVAC and mechanicallatest Jul 30median $340k

See the addresses on every one of these permits

Live right now in California

1,771 open
Just pulled a permit

Pacific Building Group

No value published
San DiegoPermit pulled Sep 23, 2026Addition/Alteration / Industrial

Likely scope, estimated

Electrical
Plumbing
HVAC/Mechanical
General Contracting
Demolition

Addition/Alteration permit at 2001 Sanyo Av, San Diego, CA, San Diego. Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC/Mechanical trade work. Structure type: Industrial. Primary party: Pacific Building Group.

Just pulled a permit

Pacific Building Group

No value published
San DiegoPermit pulled Sep 23, 2026Addition/Alteration / Industrial

Likely scope, estimated

Electrical
Plumbing
HVAC/Mechanical
General Contracting
Demolition

Addition/Alteration permit at 2001 Sanyo Av, San Diego, CA, San Diego. Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC/Mechanical trade work. Structure type: Industrial. Primary party: Pacific Building Group.

Just pulled a permit

Pacific Building Group

No value published
San DiegoPermit pulled Sep 23, 2026Addition/Alteration / Industrial

Likely scope, estimated

Electrical
Plumbing
HVAC/Mechanical
General Contracting
Demolition

Addition/Alteration permit at 2001 Sanyo Av, San Diego, CA, San Diego. Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC/Mechanical trade work. Structure type: Industrial. Primary party: Pacific Building Group.

Just pulled a permit

Pacific Building Group

$2.4M
San DiegoPermit pulled Sep 23, 2026Addition/Alteration / Industrial

Likely scope, estimated

Electrical
Plumbing
HVAC/Mechanical
General Contracting
Demolition

Addition/Alteration permit at 2001 Sanyo Av, San Diego, CA, San Diego. Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC/Mechanical trade work estimated at $2,379,624 USD. Structure type: Industrial. Primary party: Pacific Building Group.

See every job hiring demolition contractors in California

What the work actually is

How City and County of San Francisco (DBI) classified the 189 permits that name demolition.

Demolition
151(80%)
Addition/Alteration
36(19%)
New Building
2(1%)

What is being built

The structure types behind the demolition work. This is the fastest way to tell whether the volume in California is your kind of job.

Commercial
106(91%)
Industrial
5(4%)
Multi-Unit Residential
5(4%)
Institutional
1(1%)

How to work this list

  • A pulled permit means the money is committed and the schedule is being built. For demolition contractors that is weeks to months of warning before the call goes out.
  • On commercial and institutional work you are not selling the owner, you are selling the general contractor who is about to be awarded it. Find the GC, get on the bid list before the tender closes.
  • Have the prequalification package ready before you call: WSIB clearance or the local equivalent, certificate of insurance, safety record, three references in the same building type.

Demolition work in other markets

San Diego172Ontario54Toronto49Florida23Miami23Texas22Austin18Sacramento10

Other trades hiring in California

General Contracting1,075Electrical791Plumbing553HVAC and mechanical508Fire Protection325Roofing291Glazing195Concrete & Forming169Framing & Carpentry139Gas Fitting122Landscaping120Painting & Finishing120
Where this comes from. Open permit records published by City and County of San Francisco (DBI), City of Los Angeles (Building & Safety), City of Sacramento, City of San Diego. AEC Stack reads them daily, classifies the trades each job will need, and drops the jobs too large for a small contractor to bid.

Win one of these and the rest of it runs itself

Track a job from this page into a pipeline, quote it, and send the invoice when the work is done. Reply to an email from the truck and the invoice goes out. No account needed to start, and everything you do before you sign up stays yours.

Try it on a real jobAll trades in California