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Who is hiring

Plumbing jobs in California

553 permits that need plumbers were pulled in California over May 29 to August 14, 2026. That is roughly 50 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 $55k and the largest was $61M.

553
permits pulled
50
new per week
$55k
median job value
Aug 14, 2026
most recent
Counts cover May 29 to August 14, 2026.

Who is pulling the plumbing permits in California

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

  1. General Drainworks Inc8 permits
    Glazinglatest Jun 4median $5k
  2. BYCOR General Contractors7 permits
  3. Davis & Adams Construction, Inc6 permits
  4. Pacific West Builders6 permits
  5. Bycor General Contractors - Rey Medina5 permits
  6. Pacific Building Group5 permits
  7. Bycor General Contractors - Martin Chavez4 permits
  8. H.A. Builders Inc4 permits
  9. Ideal Fire Protection, LLC4 permits
  10. Ob Apartment Fund I LLC4 permits
    ElectricalHVAC and mechanicallatest Aug 13median $89k
  11. Pacific Contracting Group, Inc4 permits
  12. Studio 10 CA LLC4 permits

See the addresses on every one of these permits

Live right now in California

1,948 open
Just pulled a permit

OB APARTMENT FUND I LLC

No value published
San DiegoPermit pulled Aug 13, 2026Mechanical

Likely scope, estimated

Electrical
Plumbing
HVAC/Mechanical

Mechanical permit at 4657 Muir Av, San Diego, CA, San Diego. Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC/Mechanical trade work. Primary party: OB APARTMENT FUND I LLC.

Just pulled a permit

OB APARTMENT FUND I LLC

No value published
San DiegoPermit pulled Aug 13, 2026Mechanical

Likely scope, estimated

Electrical
Plumbing
HVAC/Mechanical

Mechanical permit at 4657 Muir Av, San Diego, CA, San Diego. Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC/Mechanical trade work. Primary party: OB APARTMENT FUND I LLC.

Just pulled a permit

OB APARTMENT FUND I LLC

$89K
San DiegoPermit pulled Aug 13, 2026Mechanical

Likely scope, estimated

Electrical
Plumbing
HVAC/Mechanical

Mechanical permit at 4657 Muir Av, San Diego, CA, San Diego. Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC/Mechanical trade work estimated at $89,336 USD. Primary party: OB APARTMENT FUND I LLC.

Just pulled a permit

OB APARTMENT FUND I LLC

No value published
San DiegoPermit pulled Aug 13, 2026Mechanical

Likely scope, estimated

Electrical
Plumbing
HVAC/Mechanical

Mechanical permit at 4657 Muir Av, San Diego, CA, San Diego. Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC/Mechanical trade work. Primary party: OB APARTMENT FUND I LLC.

What the work actually is

How City and County of San Francisco (DBI) classified the 553 permits that name plumbing.

Mechanical
207(37%)
Addition/Alteration
92(17%)
Plumbing
84(15%)
General
83(15%)
Demolition
82(15%)
Electrical
3(1%)

What is being built

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

Commercial
228(86%)
Multi-Unit Residential
25(9%)
Industrial
6(2%)
Institutional
6(2%)
Long-Term Care
1(0%)

How to work this list

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

Plumbing 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.

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.

Get qualified for this work

The licensing and certification route for plumbers, and who employs them.