FINAL19 ends Jul 1, 11:59pm ET — $19/mo first month, then $99/mo  · 30-day win-or-refund  —  --d --h --m remaining
PermitPulse Book Houston briefing →
🏗️ Houston, TX — Permit Types Reference

Houston Permit Types — The 9 Categories Houston Contractors Pull Most Often

Houston's daily permit feed runs through the Houston Permitting Center and the MyPermitNow portal, and most of the volume comes from the same nine permit categories month after month. This page walks through each one — what it covers, what ZIPs hottest, and how PermitPulse turns the daily filings into your next booked job.

Houston permit categories — what they cover, and how to win them

The 9 permit types a Houston contractor should be tracking

Residential New Construction
Single-family and townhome builds filed under Houston's CD (Residential) review pathway — typically the highest-value permits in the Houston feed, with declarations often running $250K–$1.2M. PermitPulse flags every new-construction filing the day it lands in MyPermitNow so you reach the homeowner before three other GCs do.
Book a Residential New Construction briefing →
Remodel / Renovation
Kitchen, bath, and whole-home rehabs — the bread-and-butter of Houston's Inner Loop (77008, 77006, 77019, 77098) and master-planned HOA communities. These permits move fast and the GC who calls first usually wins the bid.
Book a Remodel / Renovation briefing →
Electrical
Service-panel upgrades, rewires, EV charger circuits, and generator hookups filed under Houston's electrical trade permit review. Houston's surge in panel upgrades (post-storm and EV-driven) makes this one of the hottest electrical categories in Harris, Fort Bend, and Brazoria counties.
Book a Electrical briefing →
Plumbing / Mechanical
Water-heater swaps, re-pipes, gas-line runs, and mechanical equipment permits filed through MyPermitNow. Plumbing/mechanical filings dominate the daily Houston feed and are the easiest category to turn into recurring work via PermitPulse's instant-alert streams.
Book a Plumbing / Mechanical briefing →
HVAC Replacement
A/C and heat-pump replacements — essentially year-round in Houston's climate, with a heavy spike every time a storm or heat wave rolls through. Replacement permits pull in 24–48 hours and the homeowner almost always takes the first call, so first-mover wins the install.
Book a HVAC Replacement briefing →
Roofing Re-Roof
Re-roof and storm-damage replacements filed after every Houston hailstorm or wind event (and there are a lot). Roofing reroof permits carry the highest "first-call closes" rate of any category in the Houston feed — but the window is tight because every roofer in town is watching the same MyPermitNow page.
Book a Roofing Re-Roof briefing →
Pool
In-ground pool, spa, and pool-resurface permits — concentrated in Houston's higher-end ZIPs (Memorial, Tanglewood, Sugar Land, Cinco Ranch). Pool permits move slower through review but the per-job value is high and the homeowner-to-contractor conversion rate is among the best in the Houston permit stream.
Book a Pool briefing →
Fence
Wood, wrought-iron, and HOA-spec fence permits — high volume but low ticket, useful as a feeder into larger backyard / outdoor projects. Watch the fence feed to spot Houston neighborhoods where new construction or infill is heating up before anyone else in your trade does.
Book a Fence briefing →
Commercial Tenant Buildout
White-box and TI (tenant improvement) buildouts for Houston's commercial corridors — The Heights, Memorial City, Energy Corridor, Galleria / Uptown, and the downtown CBD. These CD-Commercial filings carry a longer review timeline but represent the highest revenue per permit in the Houston book.
Book a Commercial Tenant Buildout briefing →

Book a free 30-minute Houston permit intel briefing

Founder-led. Pick the category you chase — residential new construction, reroof, HVAC replacement, tenant buildout, or anything else — and we'll pull the last 30 days of Houston permits in your trade + ZIP, show you the GCs and homeowners you should be calling this week, and map out the HPC / MyPermitNow review pathway specific to your project. No deck. No sales pitch. Just signal.

Book My Houston Briefing →

Pre-filled for Houston · 30-min call · No credit card

New to Houston permits? Read the Houston permit help guide →