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How long do kitchen remodel permits take in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood?

In the Glen Park neighborhood of San Francisco, of the 39 kitchen remodel permits filed from October 2025 through September 2026 that have been issued, half were issued within 0 days, the same as a year earlier. Of the 35 permits filed from October 2023 through September 2024 that have reached final sign-off, half did so within 148 days of being issued, down from 267 days the year before.

From the city’s permit records, by the quarter each permit was filed. Data as of 8 October 2026. How to cite this · How this is calculated

How long until a permit is issued, and until final sign-off?

How long kitchen remodel permits take in San Francisco's GlenPark neighborhoodMedian days from filing to permit issuedMedian days from issue to final sign-offToo recent to judge01002003004005006002017201820192020202120222023202420252026DaysSource: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection permit data via DataSF, analysis by Permit Graph(permitgraph.org), CC BY 4.0.permitgraph.org/neighborhoods/glen-park/kitchen · Data as of 8 October 2026By the quarter the permit was filed. A median counts only permits that finished the stage, so recent quarterslook faster than they will end up. Gaps: fewer than 5 permits.

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At a glance

StagePermits filedPermits countedMedian daysCounted a year earlierMedian a year earlier
Filed to permit issuedOctober 2025 through September 202639 issued049 issued0
Permit issued to final sign-offOctober 2023 through September 202435 finished14835 finished267

“Counted” is the permits the median was taken over: those filed in the window that have been issued, or that have reached final sign-off. The first stage covers the last four complete quarters, since most permits are issued within the year. The second covers the last four quarters that ended two or more years ago, so that most of their permits have had time to finish. Citywide, the median was 0 days to issue and 176 days from issue to final over the same quarters.

Every quarter since 2000

Quarter filedFiledIssuedMedian days to issueSlowest 10%Reached finalMedian days issue to finalSlowest 10%Never finaledSettled
2026-Q41000too recent
2026-Q310100720too recent
2026-Q29701100too recent
2026-Q112111655841360too recent
2025-Q4111101640too recent
2025-Q31413721972092410too recent
2025-Q277011420too recent
2025-Q11313110592043590too recent
2024-Q417160136122223200too recent
2024-Q31111720182123140yes
2024-Q29903881061620yes
2024-Q1131330132122226140yes
2023-Q41311022571347410yes
2023-Q310812265707402yes
2023-Q27732162817640yes
2023-Q11414267132676331yes
2022-Q41312042101703961yes
2022-Q377023963436300yes
2022-Q2131045181896762yes
2022-Q110902282744931yes
2021-Q487139373627420yes
2021-Q377080554469471yes
2021-Q2171713302123327014yes
2021-Q1181867403143107143yes
2020-Q419190245143288034yes
2020-Q3242314112172987635yes
2020-Q25440yes
2020-Q11110021691354330yes
2019-Q415144206122387442yes
2019-Q311102834184341,2721yes
2019-Q21010220993086341yes
2019-Q117170127163206330yes
2018-Q4109210781598791yes
2018-Q311112856591687601yes
2018-Q2131205182586783yes
2018-Q120180252132878585yes
2017-Q41313386113861,0442yes
2017-Q312881357974701yes
2017-Q2141294320113586871yes
2017-Q112120372102155062yes
2016-Q410102846973661,4603yes
2016-Q31716070131674292yes
2016-Q219175295132217322yes
2016-Q114132312102191,9051yes
2015-Q418170131162385201yes
2015-Q324235318203285552yes
2015-Q22323167133324837yes
2015-Q114144318122226231yes
2014-Q415130271101804112yes
2014-Q317162154142296391yes
2014-Q218184225152937752yes
2014-Q114130355101125202yes
2013-Q418188260162678971yes
2013-Q319164172161503530yes
2013-Q2212106181002622yes
2013-Q110100781201602yes
2012-Q41010019573818851yes
2012-Q31090687996111yes
2012-Q22020012171113172yes
2012-Q11010316101242810yes
2011-Q4870271314050yes
2011-Q3870261131302yes
2011-Q29901248851611yes
2011-Q17715662014231yes
2010-Q498008962410yes
2010-Q31414193141165070yes
2010-Q2171705813912741yes
2010-Q1770361482200yes
2009-Q466612461192190yes
2009-Q3880981006930yes
2009-Q21010009812790yes
2009-Q19706751332113yes
2008-Q41010010182506670yes
2008-Q3161507111373991yes
2008-Q21212024571115511yes
2008-Q1131304181482600yes
2007-Q41715016471513521yes
2007-Q3151501428982464yes
2007-Q216160291963181yes
2007-Q114140081923301yes
2006-Q4870021yes
2006-Q31212024771403120yes
2006-Q212120082324662yes
2006-Q188017241yes
2005-Q499050171274501yes
2005-Q310100284101944150yes
2005-Q2880031yes
2005-Q112120093014720yes
2004-Q4770040yes
2004-Q312120091262040yes
2004-Q2990042yes
2004-Q111110071893450yes
2003-Q488019271592900yes
2003-Q3111108581784402yes
2003-Q21817022142083501yes
2003-Q11111037833yes
2002-Q46603021yes
2002-Q31312025271162190yes
2002-Q28807971323090yes
2002-Q177005802690yes
2001-Q410100146101663460yes
2001-Q31313014481424940yes
2001-Q266022830yes
2001-Q1550551623390yes
2000-Q414140091712660yes
2000-Q3101007740yes
2000-Q2121207372665710yes
2000-Q111112114551863690yes

A blank median means fewer than 5 permits behind it: issued permits for the first stage, and for the second, finished permits whose final is dated after their issue (a permit never issued has no span). “Slowest 10%” is the 90th percentile: one permit in ten took at least this long. Download the table as CSV or JSON; both carry the source, license and data date.

What the numbers leave out

111 of the 1,308 kitchen remodel permits filed since 2000 (8%) have no final sign-off 3 years after they were issued or, if never issued, filed. A median over finished permits understates the real wait: the permits that never finish are not in it. Inspection records are not yet included: “final sign-off” is the city’s own completion date on the permit.

Project types in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

Shown apart, with their own page here: bathroom remodel (1,601 filed, 1,164 finished; contractors); kitchen remodel (1,308 filed, 929 finished; contractors); deck (818 filed, 553 finished; contractors); stairs (805 filed, 522 finished; contractors); roof deck (122 filed, 75 finished; contractors). Other types: 7,929 permits. All permits in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

Nearby neighborhoods

Noe Valley, Bernal Heights, Twin Peaks; all of San Francisco; every neighborhood compared.

How this is calculated

Approved means the city issued the permit: the permit’s issue date. The first stage counts days from the filing date to the issue date, over permits issued on or after they were filed. Final sign-off means the city’s own status for the permit is “complete”, with its completion date; this site does not yet read inspection records, so the inspection date is not a separate stage. The second stage counts days from the issue date to the completion date, over permits that have reached it.

Permits are grouped by the quarter they were filed. A quarter’s median counts only its permits that have finished the stage, so recent quarters look faster than they will end up: their slow permits have not finished yet. Quarters that ended two or more years ago are marked settled; the rest are shaded in the chart. The headline’s first stage uses the last four complete quarters; its second uses the last four settled quarters.

The median is the middle permit: half took less, half more. The slowest 10% is the 90th percentile. A median needs at least 5 permits behind it, or it is left out. A project type is shown apart within a neighborhood only when it has 30 or more finished permits there; the rest are “other types”.

Never finaled means no final sign-off three years after the permit was issued (or filed, if never issued), and not expired, cancelled, withdrawn, revoked, disapproved, denied or suspended (the site’s “expired or cancelled” outcome). About a quarter of permits citywide end this way; often the work was done and nobody called for the final inspection. These permits are in the counts and not in the medians.

A permit’s neighborhood is the Analysis Neighborhood the city writes on the permit record (the official set of 41). Permits with none are counted citywide only; the page says how many. “Nearby” neighborhoods are the three nearest by the center of their permits. The site reloads the city’s data every night; permits filed since 1 January 2000 are included. The placement of a permit, its dates and its status are the city’s; the grouping and the words are this site’s. How to read these records.