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Seattle building permits, a free weekly list

Every building permit issued in Seattle in the last seven days, rebuilt every Monday from the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI) open-data feed: how many, what kind, where, which contractors pulled the most, and the largest projects by declared value.

See this week's Seattle permits

Public listing only. The paid weekly owner report (permits joined to the owner's mailing address, with an absentee-owner flag) is sold for Lee County, Florida, not for Seattle. See Lee County this week · sample owner report.

Where Seattle permits come from

The Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI) publishes every building permit through the city's open-data portal, data.seattle.gov (dataset 76t5-zqzr), and updates it daily. PermitRadar reads that feed and rebuilds a weekly summary page every Monday; the map on the home page shows the newest rows with a marker per permit. Every field is the city's own: address, permit class and type, estimated project cost, contractor and description. Nothing is estimated.

What the weekly Seattle page shows

Areas that appear in the feed include:

BallardCapitol HillWest SeattleQueen AnneFremontBeacon HillGreenwoodWallingford

What the page does not do: it does not join permits to property owners, it does not send alerts, and it is not a live stream. It is a weekly public record summary, rebuilt on Mondays.

Seattle permits FAQ

How often is the Seattle permit page updated?

Seattle publishes its permit data daily through data.seattle.gov. PermitRadar's weekly page for Seattle is rebuilt every Monday and covers the seven days before the rebuild: counts by type and ZIP code, the contractors pulling the most permits where the feed names them, and the largest permits by declared value.

Is Seattle building permit data public?

Yes. Seattle building permits are public records published by the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI) through the city's open-data portal (data.seattle.gov, dataset 76t5-zqzr). PermitRadar republishes the counts and the largest permits as published; nothing is estimated.

Can I get an owner report for Seattle?

No. PermitRadar's weekly owner report, which joins each permit to the owner's name and mailing address, is sold for Lee County, Florida only. For Seattle PermitRadar keeps a free public permit page and a map on the home page, and no owner join is offered. Seattle's open-data terms restrict commercial use of any list of individuals, which is one reason no owner report is sold for Seattle.

This week's Seattle permits, free

Rebuilt every Monday from data.seattle.gov. No signup to read.

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