Electrical permits

Electrical Permits in Portland

Free weekly electrical building-permit activity for Portland, OR, computed from PortlandMaps BDS.

Electrical permits this period
649
Share of all permits
45.0%
Trend
-29% week-over-week

Weekly electrical trend: May 29: 70 · Jun 5: 249 · Jun 12: 227 · Jun 19: 208 · Jun 26: 221 · Jul 3: 168 · Jul 10: 238 · Jul 17: 217 · Jul 24: 272 · Jul 31: 236 · Aug 7: 28 · Aug 14: 23

The official data source published no Portland permits with issue dates from May 11 to May 31, 2026. Zero counts in that stretch are a source coverage gap, not a real slowdown in permitting.

Latest period through 2026-08-20, vs. 920 in the prior period, out of 1,442 total Portland permits.

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Frequently asked questions

How active are electrical permits in Portland?

Permit Ledger tracks every electrical building permit filed in Portland each week and shows the count, the week-over-week trend, and electrical permits' share of all Portland permits, computed from PortlandMaps BDS, never estimated.

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How often are Portland electrical permit numbers updated?

Weekly. Every electrical figure on this page refreshes after each weekly pull from PortlandMaps BDS.