Who is hiring painters and finishers in San Diego right now?

57 permits naming painting and finishing work were pulled in San Diego over June 2 to August 12, 2026, about 6 a week. 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 painting and finishing work is it?

Mostly commercial (16), multi-unit residential (10).

What are these painting and finishing jobs worth in San Diego?

33 of the 57 publish a declared value. The median is $9k and the largest is $2.8M. 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

Painting & Finishing jobs in San Diego

Name: AEC Stack
Author: AEC Stack

57 permits that need painters and finishers were pulled in San Diego, California over June 2 to August 12, 2026. That is roughly 6 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 $9k and the largest was $2.8M.

permits pulled

new per week

$9k

median job value

Aug 12, 2026

most recent

Counts cover June 2 to August 12, 2026.

Who is pulling the painting and finishing permits in San Diego

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

GLR, Inc3 permits
Electrical HVAC and mechanicallatest Jun 4median $137k

See the addresses on every one of these permits

Live right now in San Diego

603 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

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.

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What the work actually is

How City of San Diego classified the 57 permits that name painting and finishing.

General		29(51%)
Mechanical		19(33%)
Addition/Alteration		4(7%)
Electrical		2(4%)
Plumbing		2(4%)
Demolition		1(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 San Diego is your kind of job.

Commercial		16(62%)
Multi-Unit Residential		10(38%)

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

California120 San Francisco29 Sacramento28 Texas26 Fort Worth17 Austin9

Other trades hiring in San Diego

General Contracting600 Electrical580 Plumbing459 HVAC and mechanical419 Fire Protection202 Demolition172 Concrete & Forming113 Framing & Carpentry109 Paving & Asphalt100 Building Envelope86 Landscaping85 Glazing82

Where this comes from. Open permit records published by 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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