How long does a remodel permit take in Austin?

In Austin, the typical remodel permit took 57 days from application to issue, across 1,546 permits issued from September 2024 to September 2026. After the permit, the typical finished remodel took about 8 months (255 days) from permit to final inspection (1,365 finished of 1,593 permits issued from September 2022 to September 2024; 14% had no final inspection on record by September 2026).

57 daysfrom application to permitMiddle half: 27 days to 4 months
8 monthsfrom permit to final inspectionMiddle half: 5 months to 13 months

The two steps

How long remodels take in Austin, in daysApplication to permit issued: median 57 days, middle half 27 to 114 days, 1,546 permits; Permit issued to final inspection: median 255 days, middle half 139 to 389 days, 1,365 permits.Application to permit issued: 57 daysPermit issued to final inspection: about 8 months03 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo
Bars show the median; the line through each bar spans the middle half of jobs. The second step starts where the typical permit wait ends. The two steps come from different groups of permits, so they are not added up.
The numbers behind the chart
StepMedianMiddle halfPermitsPermits issued
Application to permit issued57 days27 days to about 4 months1,546September 2024 to September 2026
Permit to final inspectionabout 8 monthsabout 5 months to about 13 months1,365September 2022 to September 2024

Remodeling contractors with the most jobs in Austin

RankContractorJobsContact
1Statewide Remodeling of Austin
157
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2Together Design & Build
112
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3Rwb Renovations LLC dba Rebath of Austin
48
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Permit wait by year issued

Year issuedJobsMedianMiddle half
202220390 days42 days to about 6 months
202379765 days27 days to about 5 months
202476755 days21 days to about 4 months
202577359 days26 days to about 4 months
202659955 days29 days to about 3 months

Why it takes this long

  • 3% of permits were issued the day they were applied for, and 29% within 30 days (1,546 permits).
  • The longer step is building and inspection: 57 days for the permit against about 8 months from permit to final, at the median.
  • 13% of finished jobs passed final inspection within 90 days of the permit.
  • Of the 1,593 permits issued from September 2022 to September 2024, 228 (14%) had no final inspection on record by September 2026. They may still be under way, dropped or never inspected; the records do not say which. They are left out of the build time; any of them that finishes will have taken more than two years, so counting them would make the typical time longer.

Days are counted between the dates on each city permit: applieddate, issue_date, completed_date. Median and middle half: half of the jobs took longer than the median; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. A figure is shown only when it rests on 30 or more permits. Kinds of work are sorted by the same rules as our contractor lists. Source: Austin Issued Construction Permits (data.austintexas.gov 3syk-w9eu), read 2026-09-24. The same figures as data: remodel.json.