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How long do bathroom remodel permits take in San Francisco's Outer Mission neighborhood?

In the Outer Mission neighborhood of San Francisco, of the 55 bathroom remodel permits filed from October 2025 through September 2026 that have been issued, half were issued within 5 days, down from 7 days a year earlier. Of the 51 permits filed from October 2023 through September 2024 that have reached final sign-off, half did so within 140 days of being issued, down from 219 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 bathroom remodel permits take in San Francisco'sOuter Mission 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/outer-mission/bathroom · 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 202655 issued565 issued7
Permit issued to final sign-offOctober 2023 through September 202451 finished14065 finished219

“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 169 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-Q312901710too recent
2026-Q2171446230too recent
2026-Q12319156761112100too recent
2025-Q4141313710982070too recent
2025-Q3252210125151612240too recent
2025-Q2111116787572110too recent
2025-Q119177122131984270too recent
2024-Q41515338131782400too recent
2024-Q32322351172373190yes
2024-Q21717113513912870yes
2024-Q11311063101403190yes
2023-Q41313032111403590yes
2023-Q318171043132254184yes
2023-Q21817171152263812yes
2023-Q120191745151364164yes
2022-Q4272635208221776584yes
2022-Q31818061142845553yes
2022-Q2222118407183119051yes
2022-Q1111026573187042yes
2021-Q42521390172415864yes
2021-Q322221165181142943yes
2021-Q2151324450111841,0592yes
2021-Q1262341185162587086yes
2020-Q4222250343192488392yes
2020-Q3191927133162003781yes
2020-Q2772520961603921yes
2020-Q1191712524131974454yes
2019-Q4232010893152115223yes
2019-Q32017797132356654yes
2019-Q2423974002716752612yes
2019-Q125237167192666194yes
2018-Q4181612540142809442yes
2018-Q316151159121822833yes
2018-Q227236156171546606yes
2018-Q124202240123365507yes
2017-Q42323259191424612yes
2017-Q325256203182103996yes
2017-Q228275315211903884yes
2017-Q1201814208172817741yes
2016-Q42120171131994653yes
2016-Q328255188242025452yes
2016-Q223228168172374904yes
2016-Q1393814279342003852yes
2015-Q420197239172178632yes
2015-Q3111113571213624yes
2015-Q22221229201945320yes
2015-Q129275138241424963yes
2014-Q424248244213177153yes
2014-Q32119235141963533yes
2014-Q22524629221843501yes
2014-Q12323495211646162yes
2013-Q423222121192037453yes
2013-Q324231462181545584yes
2013-Q22322235181222242yes
2013-Q12119523171345881yes
2012-Q42221231161584414yes
2012-Q32524111221103983yes
2012-Q21817111111052095yes
2012-Q12422114181142314yes
2011-Q42626013231443681yes
2011-Q32020018191141781yes
2011-Q2202008151013820yes
2011-Q129290527842231yes
2010-Q4212003516882372yes
2010-Q31715111151183070yes
2010-Q226262188241383482yes
2010-Q1181711312962794yes
2009-Q4181801816932321yes
2009-Q3232111319983323yes
2009-Q2131118101974770yes
2009-Q116160814722660yes
2008-Q41414012132125721yes
2008-Q32724021211132281yes
2008-Q21818047161303041yes
2008-Q11818011151482042yes
2007-Q4202009131582423yes
2007-Q33331025231833281yes
2007-Q2242400191532631yes
2007-Q12323078181683810yes
2006-Q4202000151372831yes
2006-Q31817029681653533yes
2006-Q2141400121622371yes
2006-Q114130191534711yes
2005-Q4101002091712301yes
2005-Q321210104151743651yes
2005-Q219190135181222290yes
2005-Q1181800121253492yes
2004-Q414140279131893431yes
2004-Q31919030161683320yes
2004-Q213130233121353890yes
2004-Q1141300101202010yes
2003-Q41414015101582261yes
2003-Q3151500121242051yes
2003-Q27709141yes
2003-Q1141401081706723yes
2002-Q4111001282563381yes
2002-Q31616039111682510yes
2002-Q216150116101474200yes
2002-Q11616036141372230yes
2001-Q41212014881026160yes
2001-Q3181802691634170yes
2001-Q266023952523,1660yes
2001-Q112120164101184280yes
2000-Q41616013091532791yes
2000-Q31515070121864481yes
2000-Q220200369893600yes
2000-Q110810397881710yes

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

197 of the 2,084 bathroom 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 Outer Mission neighborhood

Shown apart, with their own page here: bathroom remodel (2,084 filed, 1,559 finished; contractors); kitchen remodel (1,307 filed, 942 finished; contractors); stairs (749 filed, 512 finished; contractors); deck (403 filed, 278 finished; contractors). Other types: 8,343 permits. All permits in San Francisco's Outer Mission neighborhood

Nearby neighborhoods

Excelsior, Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside, Glen 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.