Who is hiring insulators in California right now?

18 permits naming insulation work were pulled in California over June 1 to August 12, 2026. Each one names the address, the work type and the party who filed it, and the trade call typically goes out one to four months after the permit is issued.

What kind of insulation work is it?

Mostly commercial (3), semi-detached/detached (2), multi-unit residential (1).

What are these insulation jobs worth in California?

17 of the 18 publish a declared value. The median is $10k and the largest is $149k. Declared value is the owner's construction cost estimate, not your contract value, so treat it as a size band rather than a budget.

How early is a permit compared to a job posting?

Months. A permit is pulled once the owner has committed the money and the drawings are stamped, and before the trades are picked. A job posting appears after somebody has already been chosen for everything else.

Who is hiring

Insulation jobs in California

Name: AEC Stack
Author: AEC Stack

18 permits that need insulators were pulled in California over June 1 to August 12, 2026. The mix runs both ways, housing and commercial, with commercial the single biggest slice. Worth watching both, because the two buy on completely different timelines. Where a value is published, the median job is $10k and the largest was $149k.

permits pulled

$10k

median job value

Aug 12, 2026

most recent

Counts cover June 1 to August 12, 2026.

Live right now in California

268 open

Just pulled a permit

Quality Restoration Services Inc

$87K

San DiegoPermit pulled Aug 31, 2026Plumbing

Likely scope, estimated

Plumbing

HVAC/Mechanical

Framing & Carpentry

Painting & Finishing

Insulation

Plumbing permit at 739 Ensenada Ct, San Diego, CA, San Diego. Plumbing, HVAC/Mechanical, Framing & Carpentry trade work estimated at $87,473.76 USD. Primary party: Quality Restoration Services Inc.

Just pulled a permit

5 STAR HOME RENOVATIONS INC

$70K

SacramentoPermit pulled Aug 21, 2026Mechanical

Likely scope, estimated

Electrical

Plumbing

HVAC/Mechanical

Gas Fitting

Fire Protection

Mechanical permit at 2420 NORTH AVE, Sacramento. Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC/Mechanical trade work estimated at $70,000 USD. Primary party: 5 STAR HOME RENOVATIONS INC.

Just pulled a permit

MICHAEL GIBBS CONSTRUCTION

$9K

SacramentoPermit pulled Aug 21, 2026General

Likely scope, estimated

Roofing

Painting & Finishing

Insulation

General permit at 1311 PERKINS WAY, Sacramento. Roofing, Painting & Finishing, Insulation trade work estimated at $9,000 USD. Primary party: MICHAEL GIBBS CONSTRUCTION.

Just pulled a permit

CLARK ROOFING INC

$10K

SacramentoPermit pulled Aug 19, 2026General / Industrial

Likely scope, estimated

Roofing

Insulation

General permit at 2008 TERRACINA DR, Sacramento. Roofing, Insulation trade work estimated at $10,000 USD. Structure type: Industrial. Primary party: CLARK ROOFING INC.

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What the work actually is

How City and County of San Francisco (DBI) classified the 18 permits that name insulation.

General		8(44%)
Addition/Alteration		7(39%)
Demolition		1(6%)
Electrical		1(6%)
Plumbing		1(6%)

What is being built

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

Commercial		3(50%)
Semi-Detached/Detached		2(33%)
Multi-Unit Residential		1(17%)

How to work this list

A pulled permit means the money is committed and the schedule is being built. For insulators that is weeks to months of warning before the call goes out.
Split the list. Housing permits you chase this week and win on being reachable; commercial ones you chase by finding the general contractor and getting on the bid list.
Track the ones you contact somewhere that will remind you, because the trade call on most of these lands one to four months after the permit is issued.

Insulation work in other markets

Sacramento9

Other trades hiring in California

General Contracting1,075 Electrical791 Plumbing553 HVAC and mechanical508 Fire Protection325 Roofing291 Glazing195 Demolition189 Concrete & Forming169 Framing & Carpentry139 Gas Fitting122 Landscaping120

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

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