Who is hiring

Painting & Finishing jobs in California

120 permits that need painters and finishers were pulled in California over May 29 to August 14, 2026. That is roughly 11 a week. 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 $15k and the largest was $2.8M.

120
permits pulled
11
new per week
$15k
median job value
Aug 14, 2026
most recent
Counts cover May 29 to August 14, 2026.

Who is pulling the painting and finishing permits in California

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

  1. Critical Path Reconstruction Inc4 permits
    latest Jul 8median $11k
  2. GLR, Inc3 permits
    ElectricalHVAC and mechanicallatest Jun 4median $137k
  3. Kustom US inc3 permits
    Fire ProtectionInsulationlatest Aug 4median $2k
  4. Hall's Window Center Inc2 permits
    Glazinglatest Jul 9median $33k

See the addresses on every one of these permits

Live right now in California

1,302 open
Just pulled a permit

Sunset Carpet Cleaning / Sunset Pro Services

$48K
San DiegoPermit pulled Sep 11, 2026General

Likely scope, estimated

Fire Protection
General Contracting
Framing & Carpentry
Building Envelope
Glazing
+1

General permit at Rapid Review-Standard-Building Construction:1612/06th, San Diego. Fire Protection, General Contracting, Framing & Carpentry trade work estimated at $48,200 USD. Primary party: Sunset Carpet Cleaning / Sunset Pro Services.

Just pulled a permit

Kustom US inc

$3K
San DiegoPermit pulled Sep 10, 2026General

Likely scope, estimated

Fire Protection
General Contracting
Painting & Finishing

General permit at Rapid Review-Standard-Building Construction:2531/Old Quarry, San Diego. Fire Protection, General Contracting, Painting & Finishing trade work estimated at $2,750 USD. Primary party: Kustom US inc.

Just pulled a permit

Kustom US inc

$3K
San DiegoPermit pulled Sep 10, 2026General

Likely scope, estimated

Fire Protection
General Contracting
Painting & Finishing

General permit at Rapid Review-Standard-Building Construction:2575/Old Quarry, San Diego. Fire Protection, General Contracting, Painting & Finishing trade work estimated at $2,500 USD. Primary party: Kustom US inc.

Just pulled a permit

Kustom US inc

$4K
San DiegoPermit pulled Sep 10, 2026General / Multi-Unit Residential

Likely scope, estimated

Fire Protection
General Contracting
Painting & Finishing

General permit at Rapid Review-Standard-Building Construction:2505/Old Quarry, San Diego. Fire Protection, General Contracting, Painting & Finishing trade work estimated at $3,500 USD. Structure type: Multi-Unit Residential. Primary party: Kustom US inc.

What the work actually is

How City and County of San Francisco (DBI) classified the 120 permits that name painting and finishing.

General
51(43%)
Addition/Alteration
37(31%)
Mechanical
22(18%)
Electrical
4(3%)
Plumbing
4(3%)
Demolition
2(2%)

What is being built

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

Commercial
21(60%)
Multi-Unit Residential
12(34%)
Semi-Detached/Detached
2(6%)

How to work this list

  • A pulled permit means the money is committed and the schedule is being built. For painters and finishers 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.

Painting & Finishing work in other markets

Other trades hiring in California

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.

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Get qualified for this work

The licensing and certification route for painters and finishers, and who employs them.