PermitMap has temporarily removed the prior Fort Bend County lead feed. The prior Fire Marshal specialty snapshot used an activity/status date as an issue date and did not represent county-wide building-permit coverage. No live Fort Bend County lead feed is currently offered.
In July 2026, builders pulled 807 residential building permits across Fort Bend County, ranking it #7 of 221 Texas counties by permit volume. Volume moved down 27% from the prior month, and is up 3.9% year over year. Single-family work accounted for 736 of those permits and multifamily (5+ unit) for 71.
Lower on the modeled index
Composite of residential permit volume, month-over-month change, and year-over-year trend. It is not a Census figure and does not measure contractor opportunity or suitability.
See the full Construction Demand Index ranking →Fort Bend ranks #7 of 221 Texas counties by permits authorized in July 2026.
Fort Bend permit volume trended up over the last 6 months (793 → 807 units).
| Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul |
| 793 | 889 | 859 | 985 | 1,105 | 807 |
Sources: Census BPS, FRED. Volume and trend are real U.S. Census Building Permits Survey data; year-over-year is FRED; the Construction Demand Index is a modeled composite. Trade- and ZIP-level breakdowns are real permit records, shown where the Texas permit feed covers the county.
These are nearby jurisdictions for geographic context; PermitMap does not currently deliver a live Fort Bend County permit feed.
Property address when supplied by the underlying public source
Project valuation to prioritize high-value leads
Filtered by your trade (roofing, HVAC, etc.)
Know exactly when permits were filed
No. PermitMap removed the prior snapshot from delivery while an authoritative source with valid issue-date semantics and county-wide scope is revalidated.
The prior Fire Marshal specialty snapshot used an activity/status date as an issue date and did not represent county-wide building-permit coverage.