Sacramento County building & ADU permits
Recent permit activity, updated continuously.
Sacramento County issues building permits for the unincorporated communities around the state capital — Carmichael, Fair Oaks, Orangevale, Arden-Arcade, Rio Linda, Antelope and North Highlands among them — separately from the City of Sacramento. Its public permit records carry the site address, project valuation and contractor, and California's statewide rules make a conforming ADU a ministerial approval here as everywhere in the state.
Igni is tracking 3,234 residential and building permits in Sacramento County, CA — including 42 classified accessory-dwelling-unit (ADU) filings. The most active ZIP is 95608. The most recent filing Igni tracked was Nov 11, 2026. All records come from Sacramento County Open Data (ArcGIS), an official government open-data feed, and are refreshed continuously.
3234
Permits tracked
42
ADU permits
26
Distinct ZIP codes
Nov 11, 2026
Newest permit
Recent permits
A sample of the freshest permits in this jurisdiction — ZIP and city only (no street addresses).
| ZIP | Permit type | ADU type | Valuation | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95660 | Residential | — | $6,205 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95608 | Commercial | — | $28,215 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95608 | Residential | — | $500,000 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95821 | Residential | — | $8,030 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95829 | Residential | — | $50,907 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95824 | Commercial | — | $0 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95608 | Residential | — | $23,923 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95628 | Residential | — | $5,000 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95662 | Residential | — | $1,100 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95673 | Residential | — | $0 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95841 | Residential | — | $25,000 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95823 | Residential | — | $2,100 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95670 | Residential | — | $5,523 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95829 | Residential | — | $9,872 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95673 | Residential | — | $5,200 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95608 | Commercial | — | $35,000 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95628 | Residential | — | $30,000 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95825 | Commercial | — | $0 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95608 | Commercial | — | $40,000 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| 95628 | Residential | — | $8,500 | Nov 10, 2026 |
Top ZIP codes by recent activity
ADU types in the recent set
Permit activity in Sacramento County
Igni counted 25,538 permits issued in Sacramento County over the last 12 months (Nov 2025 – Oct 2026) — down 22.8% on the 33,093 in the 12 months before. The forecast expects about 12,669 over the next 6 months.
Forecast: Holt–Winters, typical error ±12% in backtests one to six months ahead. How we forecast
| Permit type | Last 12 months | Year over year | Forecast, next 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| All permits | 25,538 | Down 22.8% | ≈ 12,669 |
| Residential building | 21,295 | Down 18.2% | ≈ 10,155 |
| Commercial building | 4,243 | Down 39.8% | ≈ 2,000 |
| Trade (electrical, plumbing, mechanical) | 0 | — | — |
| ADU | 361 | —* | — |
* No year-over-year figure: the source's volume for this permit type stepped up within the last two years — likely a change in what the city publishes — so the two 12-month windows are not comparable.
Monthly figures
| Month | Permits | 10th–90th percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2023 | 1,607 | — |
| Dec 2023 | 1,367 | — |
| Jan 2024 | 1,632 | — |
| Feb 2024 | 1,644 | — |
| Mar 2024 | 1,744 | — |
| Apr 2024 | 1,874 | — |
| May 2024 | 2,012 | — |
| Jun 2024 | 1,893 | — |
| Jul 2024 | 2,130 | — |
| Aug 2024 | 1,963 | — |
| Sep 2024 | 1,712 | — |
| Oct 2024 | 1,831 | — |
| Nov 2024 | 1,453 | — |
| Dec 2024 | 1,422 | — |
| Jan 2025 | 1,476 | — |
| Feb 2025 | 1,243 | — |
| Mar 2025 | 13,394 | — |
| Apr 2025 | 2,305 | — |
| May 2025 | 2,033 | — |
| Jun 2025 | 1,911 | — |
| Jul 2025 | 2,147 | — |
| Aug 2025 | 1,876 | — |
| Sep 2025 | 1,891 | — |
| Oct 2025 | 1,942 | — |
| Nov 2025 | 1,593 | — |
| Dec 2025 | 1,979 | — |
| Jan 2026 | 1,798 | — |
| Feb 2026 | 1,609 | — |
| Mar 2026 | 1,902 | — |
| Apr 2026 | 2,074 | — |
| May 2026 | 2,480 | — |
| Jun 2026 | 2,349 | — |
| Jul 2026 | 2,437 | — |
| Aug 2026 | 2,496 | — |
| Sep 2026 | 2,473 | — |
| Oct 2026 | 2,348 | — |
| Nov 2026 (forecast) | ≈ 1,960 | 1,683–2,319 |
| Dec 2026 (forecast) | ≈ 2,057 | 1,766–2,446 |
| Jan 2027 (forecast) | ≈ 1,869 | 1,645–2,233 |
| Feb 2027 (forecast) | ≈ 1,895 | 1,644–2,304 |
| Mar 2027 (forecast) | ≈ 2,439 | 2,144–3,021 |
| Apr 2027 (forecast) | ≈ 2,449 | 2,081–3,056 |
Counts are permits issued per calendar month as Sacramento County publishes them to its open-data feed — not a complete census; a change in what the city publishes moves them too. The current month is left out, and the most recent months are provisional. A forecast is a statistical estimate with a range, not a prediction for any project. Informational only.
How long do permits take in Sacramento County?
Based on 39,935 Sacramento County permits applied for between Nov 2023 and Aug 2026, the typical (median) permit was issued 12 days after application, and the middle half of permits took 2–98 days. One in ten took longer than 339 days.
| Permit type | Median | Typical range | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|
| All permits | 12 days | 2–98 days | 39,935 |
| Residential building | 8 days | 1–70 days | 28,975 |
| Commercial building | 25 days | 4–167 days | 10,960 |
| ADU | 211 days | 93–437 days | 1,010 |
Typical, not guaranteed: individual permits vary with project scope, application completeness and plan-review workload. Days are calendar days from application to issuance; applications still pending are counted as not-yet-issued rather than dropped. Informational only, not legal advice. How we calculate approval times.
Housing law — California
California mandates ministerial (by-right) approval of accessory dwelling units statewide, with a 60-day decision deadline and one ADU plus one junior ADU allowed on most single-family lots; owner-occupancy is generally not required.
SB 9 allows by-right duplexes and urban lot splits on single-family lots, and newer transit-oriented upzoning (SB 79) phases in from 2026.
Data source
Sourced from Sacramento County Open Data (ArcGIS). CC0 1.0 (public domain).
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Informational only, not legal advice. Headline counts reflect all permits Igni has tracked for this jurisdiction; the table shows recent activity. Housing law changes — verify current statutes before relying on this.