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San Jose building permits

San Jose's commercial permit activity is led by residential alteration — 71% of the 15,319 permits PermitCore classifies across 9 commercial segments there. Reliable permit valuations total ≈$4.6B (across the 41% of filings with a valuation we can stand behind). Filing activity is up 88% over the last 90 days versus the prior 90 — a market heating up. 22 IBC segment tags. Field-level data-quality flags. Older history available via free signup or API; the recency module on this page surfaces the last 10 days.
15,319 permits classified · field-DQ-cleared · refreshed nightly

15,344 permits in San Jose. Use Explore the data below for the filterable view.

Where the value concentratesSan Jose
MAPPEDLast 10 days of permits · parcel-joined · 22 IBC segments · field-level DQ flags
6 of 6 segments currentsee per-segment freshness →
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Top contractors in San Jose

Ranked by permits indexed · Each links to that contractor in San Jose
Why this data is real

We classify permits into real segments — and label what we don't know.

Classified, not scraped

We read each permit's work-type, scope, and occupancy fields to place it in a real segment — so “commercial HVAC in San Jose” means real HVAC work, not a keyword match.

Parcel-joined + enriched

Every permit is joined to its tax lot and geocoded, with roof & HVAC sized — you see the building, not just the address.

— and we flag what we don't know

Coverage is labeled, missing fields show —, and where there are too few reliable filings to stand behind a value we publish —, never a fabricated number.

San Jose by segment

Sourced from the segment-distribution artifact · Each links to that segment in San Jose

13 segments: no permits in window.