Residential plumbing permits in San Diego, CA
1,996 residential plumbing permits issued by San Diego (city), San Diego County unincorporated, the 8 weeks ending Oct 17, 2026. Oct 17, 2026 is the latest issue date the source has published.
Quick answer. In the 8 weeks ending Oct 17, 2026, 1,996 residential plumbing permits were issued in San Diego, CA, according to public records from San Diego (city), San Diego County unincorporated. The busiest ZIP codes were 92130 (127 permits), 92129 (122 permits), 92037 (112 permits). The median declared value was $224,640 across 25 permits that list one. The latest permit date published is Oct 17, 2026.
What a plumbing permit means in San Diego
A residential plumbing permit covers water heaters, repipes, sewer laterals, gas lines and fixture work. For a plumber it marks houses whose systems are at replacement age, on streets where neighbors are likely next.
In San Diego, permits were issued on 52 different days in the window; the most recent were Oct 15, 2026, Oct 14, 2026, Oct 13, 2026. The busiest ZIPs were 92130 (127), 92129 (122), 92037 (112).
By residential plumbing permit count, San Diego ranks #1 of the 70 plumbing pages on this site and #1 of 20 in CA.
- Mail water-heater and repipe offers to the blocks with the most permits.
- Use sewer and repipe permits as an age signal for the surrounding housing stock.
- Remodel permits upstream of plumbing work show where fixture jobs are coming.
Other work on the same permits
Share of these 1,996 permits whose type or description also matches another trade. These are the follow-on and partner trades on San Diego jobs.
- electrical: 1,951 permits (98%)
- HVAC: 1,872 permits (94%)
- addition/ADU: 54 permits (3%)
- general remodel: 45 permits (2%)
Weekly trend
Permits per 7-day period, ending Oct 17, 2026. n/c = not collected yet (before our pipeline started pulling this source). It is not zero. Striped bars are partly collected weeks.
Top permit types
| Permit type / subtype | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| No-Plan - Residential - Combination Mech/Elec/Plum | 1,856 | 93% |
| Approval - Construction - Right Of Way Pmt-Const Plan | 16 | 1% |
| Approval - Process - Agreement | 13 | 1% |
| Building / Residential Alteration-Addn | 13 | 1% |
| Mechanical Pmt / Add/Alt Companion Unit/Acc Apt | 8 | 0% |
Busiest ZIP codes
| ZIP | Permits | Share | 8-wk avg / week |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92130 | 127 | 6% | 16.38 |
| 92129 | 122 | 6% | 16.38 |
| 92037 | 112 | 6% | 16.38 |
| 92128 | 109 | 5% | 14.62 |
| 92117 | 103 | 5% | 14.25 |
8-wk avg / week is the trailing 8-week weekly average we quote in coverage checks for that ZIP and trade. It counts every source in the ZIP and includes permits with unknown use, so it can be higher than this page's residential count. 37 permits on this page have no ZIP in the source.
Work stated in the permit
| Work | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| sewer | 12 | 1% |
| water heater | 11 | 1% |
| backflow | 8 | 0% |
| fixtures | 7 | 0% |
| gas line | 2 | 0% |
Parsed from the permit's own type and work text. A permit can state more than one; many state none.
Sample rows
Anonymized: street address, permit number and any names removed. Subscribers get the full row with address, permit number and source link.
| Issued | ZIP | Permit type | Scope | Work | Declared value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | 92106 | No-Plan - Residential - Combination Mech/Elec/Plum | HVAC + plumbing + electrical | not stated | n/a |
| 2026-10-07 | 92126 | No-Plan - Residential - Combination Mech/Elec/Plum | HVAC + plumbing + electrical | not stated | n/a |
| 2026-09-29 | 92131 | No-Plan - Residential - Combination Mech/Elec/Plum | HVAC + plumbing + electrical | not stated | n/a |
| 2026-09-18 | 92122 | No-Plan - Residential - Combination Mech/Elec/Plum | HVAC + plumbing + electrical | not stated | n/a |
| 2026-09-10 | 92122 | No-Plan - Residential - Combination Mech/Elec/Plum | HVAC + plumbing + electrical | not stated | n/a |
| 2026-08-31 | 92131 | No-Plan - Residential - Combination Mech/Elec/Plum | HVAC + plumbing + electrical | not stated | n/a |
Source
- San Diego (city): Development Permits Set 2 (data.sandiego.gov), published by City of San Diego. Source dataset. Collected window(s): Aug 21, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026. Last pulled Oct 18, 2026.
- San Diego County unincorporated: Permit records on internal-sandiegocounty.data.socrata.com (dataset red2-qccu), published by San Diego County unincorporated. Source dataset. Collected window(s): Aug 23, 2026 – Oct 17, 2026. Last pulled Oct 18, 2026.
Metric: Residential = the source marks the permit's use as residential (permits with commercial or unknown use are not counted). Plumbing = the permit's type or work description matches the Curbside Signal plumbing rules. Counts exclude void or cancelled permits. Dates are the jurisdiction's permit issue date. Records are deduplicated on source and permit number. How we count. Part of the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro: every trade × city page there.
The honest limit. A permit usually means the job is already sold. We say that up front. The value is what happens around it:
- Neighbor marketing around active jobs: same-age houses on the same street.
- Cross-trade follow-on demand: new roof → solar, gutters, insulation; remodel → HVAC, electrical, landscaping, pool; new build → pest, security, landscaping.
- Competitor intelligence: which contractors pull permits where (where the jurisdiction publishes it), and who to recruit as subs.
- Early-stage projects for commercial trades and GC subs.
Follow-on: Remodels drive plumbing, electrical and HVAC together, so Pro Signals customers often partner across trades on the same addresses.
Other trades in San Diego, CA
Residential permits in the same window, by trade.
Questions
How many residential plumbing permits were issued in San Diego, CA recently?
1,996 residential plumbing permits in the public records we pulled, the 8 weeks ending Oct 17, 2026. Source: San Diego (city), San Diego County unincorporated.
Which San Diego ZIP codes have the most plumbing permits?
92130 (127 permits), 92129 (122 permits), 92037 (112 permits), by residential plumbing permit count the 8 weeks ending Oct 17, 2026. 34 ZIP codes had at least one permit.
What is the median declared value of a residential plumbing permit in San Diego?
$224,640, across 25 permits that list a valuation. Declared values are what the applicant stated on the permit, not the contract price.
How do I get the San Diego plumbing permit list, and what does it cost?
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