Honolulu building permits, decoded
403,407 building permits from the Honolulu Department of Planning & Permitting, 2005 to present, refreshed nightly — indexed by contractor, trade, and neighborhood so you can see who's building what, where. Free to browse.
By trade
By neighborhood
Busiest contractors
| # | Contractor | Permits | Primary trade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alternate Energy, Inc | 17,011 | Solar |
| 2 | Revolusun LLC | 13,293 | Solar |
| 3 | Sunrun Installation SVS INC | 10,715 | Solar |
| 4 | Hawaii Energy Connection, LLC | 10,531 | Solar |
| 5 | P&T Solar Company LTD DBA Poncho's Solar | 6,915 | Solar |
| 6 | Hawaiian Island Solar | 5,736 | Solar |
| 7 | Solarcity Corporation Dba Tesla Energy | 5,021 | Solar |
| 8 | Vertical Construction | 4,638 | New |
| 9 | Gentry Builders LLC | 4,083 | Fence |
| 10 | Best Vinyl Fence & Deck LLC Attn: Medardo Batoon | 3,633 | Fence |
| 11 | ECO Solar, LLC | 3,629 | Solar |
| 12 | Vivint Solar INC | 3,628 | Solar |
| 13 | Castle & Cooke Homes HI, INC | 3,464 | New |
| 14 | Elemental Energy LLC Dba Sunetric | 3,349 | Solar |
| 15 | Haseko Construction INC | 2,961 | Fence |
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Source: City & County of Honolulu Department of Planning & Permitting building-permit records, 2005 to present, refreshed nightly. Facts (permit numbers, dates, valuations, contractor of record) are public records. Rankings and neighborhood/trade groupings are computed by ʻĀina Atlas — a BlueWave Projects property-intelligence suite: parcel lookup, permit intelligence, and STR compliance.