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Construction work starting in San Francisco

404 construction permits were pulled in San Francisco over the 8 days to August 14, across 13 trades. The busiest trades right now are general contracting, electrical and glazing. Median declared job value across the ones that publish a number is $19k. Everything here comes off the City and County of San Francisco (DBI).

404
permits pulled
$19k
median job value
13
trades covered
Aug 14, 2026
most recent
Counts cover the 8 days to August 14.

Hiring by trade in San Francisco

Every trade with enough permit volume in San Francisco to be worth watching. The count is how many of the 404 name that trade.

Live right now in San Francisco

404 open
Just pulled a permit

Employer not named on record

$20K
San FranciscoPermit pulled Aug 14, 2026Addition/Alteration

Likely scope, estimated

General Contracting

Addition/Alteration permit at 1419 16th Av, San Francisco. General Contracting trade work estimated at $20,000 USD.

Just pulled a permit

Employer not named on record

$45K
San FranciscoPermit pulled Aug 14, 2026Addition/Alteration

Likely scope, estimated

General Contracting

Addition/Alteration permit at 132 Beulah St, San Francisco. General Contracting trade work estimated at $45,000 USD.

Just pulled a permit

Employer not named on record

$21K
San FranciscoPermit pulled Aug 14, 2026Addition/Alteration

Likely scope, estimated

Electrical
Plumbing
General Contracting

Addition/Alteration permit at 380 Union St, San Francisco. Electrical, Plumbing, General Contracting trade work estimated at $20,552 USD.

Just pulled a permit

Employer not named on record

$2K
San FranciscoPermit pulled Aug 14, 2026Addition/Alteration

Likely scope, estimated

HVAC/Mechanical
General Contracting

Addition/Alteration permit at 1012 14th St, San Francisco. HVAC/Mechanical, General Contracting trade work estimated at $2,000 USD.

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. San Francisco issued 404 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 California

Where this comes from. Open permit records published by City and County of San Francisco (DBI). 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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