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Construction work starting in Kitchener

129 construction building permits were pulled in Kitchener and the wider Kitchener-Waterloo over the 23 days to August 14, 2026, across 3 trades. The busiest trades right now are general contracting, roofing and plumbing. Median declared job value across the ones that publish a number is $39k. Everything here comes off the City of Kitchener.

129
building permits pulled
$39k
median job value
3
trades covered
Aug 14, 2026
most recent
Counts cover the 23 days to August 14, 2026.

Who is pulling the building permits in Kitchener

2 companies put their name on three or more building permits in Kitchener over the 23 days to August 14, 2026. These are the 2 busiest of them, straight off the public record.

  1. Activa Construction Inc13 building permits
    latest Aug 13median $541k
  2. Fusion Homes4 building permits
    latest Aug 13median $501k

See the addresses on every one of these building permits

Hiring by trade in Kitchener

Every trade with enough building permit volume in Kitchener to be worth watching. The count is how many of the 129 name that trade.

Live right now in Kitchener

691 open
Just pulled a permit

MTE CONSULTANTS INC.

$440K
KitchenerPermit pulled Aug 14, 2026Addition/Alteration / Institutional

Likely scope, estimated

General Contracting
Structural Steel

Addition/Alteration permit at RCP 1524 PT LOT 10 RP 58R-16376 PART 5, Kitchener. General Contracting, Structural Steel trade work estimated at $440,000 CAD. Structure type: Institutional. Primary party: TOMAS WAITE :MTE CONSULTANTS INC..

Just pulled a permit

MCGREGOR PLUMBING AND HEATING

$2K
KitchenerPermit pulled Aug 14, 2026General

Likely scope, estimated

Plumbing

General permit at PLAN 1057 LOT 125, Kitchener. Plumbing trade work estimated at $2,000 CAD. Primary party: SCOTT MCGREGOR :MCGREGOR PLUMBING AND HEATING.

Just pulled a permit

APEX EXCAVATION

$40K
KitchenerPermit pulled Aug 14, 2026General

Likely scope, estimated

General permit at PLAN 1295 LOT 253, Kitchener. trade work estimated at $40,000 CAD. Primary party: EVAN ISRAEL :APEX EXCAVATION.

Just pulled a permit

TWB CO-OPERATIVE BREWING

No value published
KitchenerPermit pulled Aug 13, 2026General

Likely scope, estimated

General permit at TRACT GERMAN COMPANY SUB LT 18 PT LTS 10 & 16, Kitchener. trade work. Primary party: ALEKSANDRA SZAFLARSKA :TWB CO-OPERATIVE BREWING.

Why a permit is the earliest useful signal

By the time a job is on a jobs board the trades are already picked. A pulled permit is months earlier: the owner has committed the money, the drawings are stamped, and the schedule is being built. Nobody has called your trade yet.

That gap is the whole opportunity. Kitchener issued 129 of them in this window, and each one names an address, a work type and the party who filed it. Reach the ones that will need you before the phone tree starts and you are not bidding against four other quotes.

Elsewhere in Ontario

Where this comes from. Open building permit records published by City of Kitchener. 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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