How long does a panel upgrade permit take in San Francisco?

In San Francisco, the typical panel upgrade permit was issued the same day it was applied for: 94% of 9,456 permits issued from September 2024 to September 2026 were. After the permit, the typical finished panel upgrade took 77 days from permit to final inspection (5,833 finished of 7,034 permits issued from September 2022 to September 2024; 17% had no final inspection on record by September 2026).

Same dayfrom application to permitMiddle half: same day to same day
77 daysfrom permit to final inspectionMiddle half: 19 days to 6 months

The two steps

How long panel upgrades take in San Francisco, in daysApplication to permit issued: median 0 days, middle half 0 to 0 days, 9,456 permits; Permit issued to final inspection: median 77 days, middle half 19 to 191 days, 5,833 permits.Application to permit issued: same dayPermit issued to final inspection: 77 days02 mo4 mo6 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 issuedsame daysame day to same day9,456September 2024 to September 2026
Permit to final inspection77 days19 days to about 6 months5,833September 2022 to September 2024

Panel upgrade electricians with the most jobs in San Francisco

RankContractorJobsContact
1Wells Electrical, Inc
San Francisco, licensed 33 years
476
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2Chasov Electrical Voice & Data
licensed 26 years
342
Call (415) 682-7582
3Willie Electric Company
licensed 36 years
273
Call (510) 385-1528

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Permit wait by year issued

Year issuedJobsMedianMiddle half
2022797same daysame day to same day
20233,483same daysame day to same day
20243,905same daysame day to same day
20255,240same daysame day to same day
20263,065same daysame day to same day

Why it takes this long

  • 94% of permits were issued the day they were applied for, and 100% within 30 days (9,456 permits).
  • The longer step is building and inspection: same day for the permit against 77 days from permit to final, at the median.
  • 55% of finished jobs passed final inspection within 90 days of the permit.
  • Of the 7,034 permits issued from September 2022 to September 2024, 1,201 (17%) 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: filed_date, issued_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: San Francisco Building, Electrical and Plumbing Permits (data.sf.gov i98e-djp9, ftty-kx6y, a6aw-rudh), read 2026-09-24. The same figures as data: electrical-panel.json.