What got permitted in Philadelphia this week
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Every week, Philadelphia, PA publishes the building permits it issued — every roof, remodel, panel upgrade, and new build, with the address and what the job is. Almost nobody reads them. This post reads them: it is built entirely from the 799 permits in our database for Philadelphia, PA, pulled from the city's own published records for Nov 5, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026. No estimates, no padding — if a number is here, it is counted from those records.
The week in numbers
Philadelphia, PA issued 799 permits in this window. Of those, 0 publish a job value, totaling Not published in published work. The busiest trade lane was plumbing, and the full top five looks like this:
| Trade | Permits |
|---|---|
| Plumbing | 271 |
| Other / general | 222 |
| Electrical | 160 |
| Remodel & addition | 106 |
| HVAC | 96 |
A permit can count toward more than one trade when the work spans trades, so lane counts add up to more than the permit total.
What this feed does not publish: job values
Philadelphia, PA does not publish a job-value field in its permit table, so this post shows counts and work descriptions only. We never estimate or invent a value the city didn't publish — when a feed has no values, the honest number is "not published."
Five of the newest permits on the board
- 1 N 30TH ST — FOR LEVEL II ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE PARTIAL DEMOLITION AND THE ERECTION OF PARTITION WALL... (Nov 11, 2026)
- 1616-22 MCKEAN ST — LEVEL III ALTERATIONS WITH COMPLETE CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY TO CREATE A LIMITED INDUSTRIAL, SIT-DOWN RESTAURANT & RETAIL SALES OF F... (Nov 11, 2026)
- 2342 N CARLISLE ST — Install a 400-amp electrical service, including wiring and equipment as required with four (4) meter packs, including proper gr... (Nov 11, 2026)
- 4143 LANCASTER AVE — Install 600amp service 5-gang meter socket, 5 breaker panels. wire with outlets, lights ,show-window receptacles, fixtures, swi... (Nov 11, 2026)
- 7400 E ROOSEVELT BLVD — NEW DEVICES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AS AN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING FIRE ALARM SYSTEM UNDER CP-2026-002377 FOR A FOUR-STORY ADDITION... (Nov 11, 2026)
Each of those addresses is a real job that was filed this window. The owner or contractor named on the permit is in the public record; the fastest way to the work is to be the first trade to call about it — which is the entire point of reading the board the week permits post instead of hearing about the job after the sub work is awarded.
How to use a week like this
Pick the lane that matches your crew — for Philadelphia this week, start with Philadelphia permit alerts and the trade pages linked from it — and work the list while the jobs are still being staffed. That is exactly the list PermitBoards emails every morning, filtered to one county and one trade, so the reading is already done.