Austin permits
By Mario Bailey Last checked 2026-06-18 · 2 official sources
Verified against official sourcesAustin Development Services Department
- 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr., Austin, TX 78752
- Official permit page
- Permit portal
- Official fee schedule
Look up a permit in Austin
Austin lets you look up permit records and application status for a property online. The Records and Research page links the AB+C public search, which needs no registration.
Or search the Austin permit portal
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- Who pulls the permit, you or me, and is the permit fee included in the bid?
- Which inspections will this job need, and who meets the inspector on site?
- Is your contractor license active in this locality, and under which business name?
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Schedule an inspection in Austin
Permitted work is not finished until it passes inspection. The Development Services inspections page covers inspection types and scheduling through the Austin Build + Connect portal.
Schedule or request a Austin inspection
Checked 2026-07-12. If the office has changed its process, report it.
Real permit outcomes in Austin
Based on 39,585 residential permits issued in Austin between 2025-07-12 and 2026-07-12: permits typically took 19 days to issue.
Source: City of Austin issued construction permits (open data), fetched 2026-07-12. Figures are medians of actual issued-permit records, not a quote.
Permitting activity in Austin
In 2024, Austin authorized permits for 9,444 new residential housing units (1,946 single-family, 7,498 in multi-family buildings), valued at $1.5B , down from13,684 the year before. That works out to about 10.1 permits per 1,000 residents. It is a useful gauge of how busy the local permit office is.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual data · population 937,492.
About Austin
Austin has about 466,428 housing units. The median home is valued at $512,700, against a median household income of $91,461. About 44% of homes are owner-occupied, and the typical home was built around 1993.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year.