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How long do kitchen remodel permits take in San Francisco's Inner Richmond neighborhood?

In the Inner Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco, of the 90 kitchen remodel permits filed from October 2025 through September 2026 that have been issued, half were issued within 0 days, down from 2 days a year earlier. Of the 65 permits filed from October 2023 through September 2024 that have reached final sign-off, half did so within 170 days of being issued, down from 184 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 InnerRichmond 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/inner-richmond/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 202690 issued086 issued2
Permit issued to final sign-offOctober 2023 through September 202465 finished17058 finished184

“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-Q3252101200too recent
2026-Q2282603481281570too recent
2026-Q1211602481441960too recent
2025-Q428274192141932570too recent
2025-Q3222229711853150too recent
2025-Q222212147142203100too recent
2025-Q11616538111333830too recent
2024-Q429271105182154290too recent
2024-Q32120014141053880yes
2024-Q23232083241385300yes
2024-Q11414087102066620yes
2023-Q425242148172875350yes
2023-Q31919040131754315yes
2023-Q21919048112064415yes
2023-Q12120011181854461yes
2022-Q42422045161765912yes
2022-Q323223228181564411yes
2022-Q22928055251544582yes
2022-Q13131025292406751yes
2021-Q423221349185101,0923yes
2021-Q32221031202567591yes
2021-Q225250274211874723yes
2021-Q1252368140192658944yes
2020-Q4302851250222386527yes
2020-Q321202153135021,3708yes
2020-Q29812347842480yes
2020-Q122191680162849453yes
2019-Q428263484223536824yes
2019-Q331311287291716912yes
2019-Q2333111138292166393yes
2019-Q128260180221298293yes
2018-Q426230270212348611yes
2018-Q332300102251747434yes
2018-Q237326409262449226yes
2018-Q12220539171965053yes
2017-Q4222112391183166263yes
2017-Q32925050231801,1663yes
2017-Q2333112294292887222yes
2017-Q12120652171965672yes
2016-Q42725197221247513yes
2016-Q329275275232545574yes
2016-Q22725183231816782yes
2016-Q127260310192044823yes
2015-Q415151194131425332yes
2015-Q32019033151396712yes
2015-Q23131137201443624yes
2015-Q131302185252245782yes
2014-Q42624060201755233yes
2014-Q33333181262886446yes
2014-Q22422047173275824yes
2014-Q119191167133164204yes
2013-Q42626048212173835yes
2013-Q324230265201175074yes
2013-Q22322014191342992yes
2013-Q11515018131143872yes
2012-Q42422028201562751yes
2012-Q32624066201503914yes
2012-Q22322126201332322yes
2012-Q1181704514841423yes
2011-Q41717097151214580yes
2011-Q31716015151673681yes
2011-Q2131301311671471yes
2011-Q1191901181343260yes
2010-Q42020294151233814yes
2010-Q31716044151343380yes
2010-Q2212106201275051yes
2010-Q117170163141283902yes
2009-Q410102798545292yes
2009-Q32422011171685584yes
2009-Q215150591557834yes
2009-Q1171703162324201yes
2008-Q422200248161763445yes
2008-Q3313002251734221yes
2008-Q225231252152043933yes
2008-Q1201905161582531yes
2007-Q432320146201203984yes
2007-Q3232202171781,7942yes
2007-Q223230170171293352yes
2007-Q123230185181822712yes
2006-Q4191900141303851yes
2006-Q32423062141563604yes
2006-Q2282700171854524yes
2006-Q126260018996730yes
2005-Q4262600171813141yes
2005-Q3232300101181963yes
2005-Q2252500171322492yes
2005-Q121200015922570yes
2004-Q41919077131563283yes
2004-Q3222200141884421yes
2004-Q213130187112514340yes
2004-Q115150091836763yes
2003-Q4151500131201901yes
2003-Q31716008952062yes
2003-Q21514059111693340yes
2003-Q114140188121412121yes
2002-Q4161601037771801yes
2002-Q3121100101402540yes
2002-Q22525011171953140yes
2002-Q12020097151824352yes
2001-Q413130286941610yes
2001-Q3101003161442780yes
2001-Q211110081283690yes
2001-Q117170260152003440yes
2000-Q41818014291623150yes
2000-Q32221016101073650yes
2000-Q29902461082280yes
2000-Q122220140141702610yes

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

213 of the 2,379 kitchen remodel permits filed since 2000 (9%) 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 Inner Richmond neighborhood

Shown apart, with their own page here: bathroom remodel (2,738 filed, 1,981 finished; contractors); kitchen remodel (2,379 filed, 1,729 finished; contractors); stairs (1,267 filed, 921 finished; contractors); deck (636 filed, 449 finished; contractors); roof deck (131 filed, 82 finished; contractors). Other types: 13,632 permits. All permits in San Francisco's Inner Richmond neighborhood

Nearby neighborhoods

Presidio Heights, Presidio, Golden Gate Park; 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.