Who is hiring
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).
Every trade with enough permit volume in San Francisco to be worth watching. The count is how many of the 404 name that trade.
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Addition/Alteration permit at 2407 21st Av, San Francisco. Roofing, General Contracting, Painting & Finishing trade work estimated at $5,000 USD.
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Addition/Alteration permit at 1515 37th Av, San Francisco. General Contracting, Glazing trade work estimated at $20,000 USD.
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Addition/Alteration permit at 1306 Montgomery St, San Francisco. General Contracting trade work estimated at $5,000 USD.
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Addition/Alteration permit at 645 Haight St #2, San Francisco. General Contracting trade work estimated at $36,000 USD.
Demolition~Sep-Nov 2026
Plumbing~Oct 2026 to Mar 2027
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.
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