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

In the Inner Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco, of the 115 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 79 permits filed from October 2023 through September 2024 that have reached final sign-off, half did so within 195 days of being issued, down from 247 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 InnerSunset neighborhoodMedian days from filing to permit issuedMedian days from issue to final sign-offToo recent to judge01002003004002017201820192020202120222023202420252026DaysSource: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection permit data via DataSF, analysis by Permit Graph(permitgraph.org), CC BY 4.0.permitgraph.org/neighborhoods/inner-sunset/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 2026115 issued0112 issued0
Permit issued to final sign-offOctober 2023 through September 202479 finished19588 finished247

“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-Q3433502310too recent
2026-Q2353218961161420too recent
2026-Q12725038111502460too recent
2025-Q426231108111522770too recent
2025-Q32524029131643330too recent
2025-Q23232040211153290too recent
2025-Q12423175181593840too recent
2024-Q43433054231512690too recent
2024-Q330280145211693460yes
2024-Q226253110181533100yes
2024-Q12724159212515840yes
2023-Q428257235192274450yes
2023-Q330291105211463746yes
2023-Q231307128263025502yes
2023-Q122224228161584742yes
2022-Q43230693253154274yes
2022-Q3292916361253687132yes
2022-Q23028268252034132yes
2022-Q128274266202726855yes
2021-Q43430051262005193yes
2021-Q333320156232344837yes
2021-Q24747084392319256yes
2021-Q129290118221093196yes
2020-Q4342938333253296065yes
2020-Q335315334221975426yes
2020-Q27741361905171yes
2020-Q122198198132253695yes
2019-Q436333163272758728yes
2019-Q34037096272666086yes
2019-Q23332094251533596yes
2019-Q133334143302827491yes
2018-Q42726362203387823yes
2018-Q33027349241786263yes
2018-Q240394347252395659yes
2018-Q138360226262055089yes
2017-Q4343410277263445128yes
2017-Q343430172342348296yes
2017-Q243400393342048615yes
2017-Q129271124191405348yes
2016-Q435350134282185104yes
2016-Q33635042311554853yes
2016-Q241403260331566787yes
2016-Q127250173231536461yes
2015-Q437370118302065495yes
2015-Q351501193391974199yes
2015-Q249460149421253955yes
2015-Q13332016281403884yes
2014-Q42927042231605613yes
2014-Q3484601663617686710yes
2014-Q242420100381375542yes
2014-Q1373609341273571yes
2013-Q4414001982812758911yes
2013-Q3424001532943126yes
2013-Q2525206401284685yes
2013-Q13838058311134466yes
2012-Q448480112441063021yes
2012-Q32525083231343351yes
2012-Q225250722802172yes
2012-Q13232011291023192yes
2011-Q42626026211744785yes
2011-Q33333020261346465yes
2011-Q2222103419663610yes
2011-Q122220518772203yes
2010-Q426260100241281,4371yes
2010-Q32625030191225523yes
2010-Q23635085241183245yes
2010-Q1242303171885004yes
2009-Q418180137171244251yes
2009-Q33030015211572992yes
2009-Q220200185161583683yes
2009-Q122210126171403733yes
2008-Q43533021301444212yes
2008-Q334320221221694004yes
2008-Q23635016271452905yes
2008-Q13129022211443446yes
2007-Q42825053152073668yes
2007-Q33836024211813668yes
2007-Q2262600161213306yes
2007-Q148480166341213698yes
2006-Q4252500181673721yes
2006-Q32827013201783304yes
2006-Q225250295202316342yes
2006-Q1262600221361770yes
2005-Q4222100191394032yes
2005-Q33636040221353476yes
2005-Q22828067141774215yes
2005-Q1262600201312665yes
2004-Q4323008232143656yes
2004-Q32828014171472963yes
2004-Q226250184171273825yes
2004-Q1232200161564715yes
2003-Q4191900151565452yes
2003-Q331310201812426311yes
2003-Q2272700171402867yes
2003-Q11818086101222065yes
2002-Q41717010141503353yes
2002-Q3212100141804995yes
2002-Q225250219131462774yes
2002-Q11616033101453430yes
2001-Q41818030791543881yes
2001-Q310100051492970yes
2001-Q21615026101225000yes
2001-Q1131304891654190yes
2000-Q4201900101242160yes
2000-Q3252400121873090yes
2000-Q225220188131472730yes
2000-Q123220157132384861yes

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

387 of the 3,224 kitchen remodel permits filed since 2000 (12%) 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 Sunset neighborhood

Shown apart, with their own page here: bathroom remodel (3,920 filed, 2,888 finished; contractors); kitchen remodel (3,224 filed, 2,313 finished; contractors); stairs (1,621 filed, 1,088 finished; contractors); deck (1,328 filed, 890 finished; contractors); roof deck (157 filed, 91 finished; contractors). Other types: 17,714 permits. All permits in San Francisco's Inner Sunset neighborhood

Nearby neighborhoods

Golden Gate Park, Twin Peaks, Haight Ashbury; 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.