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Building permit leads in Costa Mesa

PermitFeed reads Costa Mesa’s counter every night, straight from the city’s own permit system, and scores each filing for the trades that will actually build it. Everything below came off a recent night’s sweep. Your competitors will read about these projects somewhere else, later.

473
permits · 12 months
115
filed this week
37
qualified · 90 days
MEASURED NIGHTLY · COSTA MESA, ORANGE CO.
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Costa Mesa · City Sheet
SCALE: 7 NIGHTS = 115 PERMITS

Recent qualified leads in Costa Mesa

Stamped 0.5 or better in the last 90 days. Full records include the address, applicant, source portal link, and a written outreach angle.

LeadTypeValueFiledScore
MECHANICAL permitMECHANICAL·2026-07-010.95
SOLAR permitSOLAR·2026-07-100.95
MECHANICAL permitMECHANICAL·2026-07-010.95
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-150.90
MECHANICAL permitMECHANICAL·2026-07-100.90
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-020.90
+ 31 more qualified Costa Mesa leads with outreach angles, addresses, and applicants
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
MECHANICAL permitMECHANICAL·2026-07-010.85
MECHANICAL permitMECHANICAL·2026-07-010.75
MECHANICAL permitMECHANICAL·2026-07-100.75
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-100.55
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-130.55
+ 5 more qualified HVAC & Mechanical leads in Costa Mesa
FULL HVAC & MECHANICAL COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-130.85
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-06-290.80
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-090.80
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-100.80
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-140.80
+ 8 more qualified Electrical leads in Costa Mesa
FULL ELECTRICAL COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-06-290.70
FIRE permitFIRE·2026-07-010.70
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-090.70
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-100.70
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-130.70
+ 3 more qualified Security & Low-Voltage leads in Costa Mesa
FULL SECURITY & LOW-VOLTAGE COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
MECHANICAL permitMECHANICAL·2026-07-010.95
MECHANICAL permitMECHANICAL·2026-07-010.95
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-020.90
FIRE permitFIRE·2026-07-010.90
MECHANICAL permitMECHANICAL·2026-07-100.90
+ 12 more qualified Fire Protection leads in Costa Mesa
FULL FIRE PROTECTION COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-06-290.80
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-140.80
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-140.80
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-090.50
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-100.50
+ 2 more qualified Signage leads in Costa Mesa
FULL SIGNAGE COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
MECHANICAL permitMECHANICAL·2026-07-010.85
MECHANICAL permitMECHANICAL·2026-07-100.85
MECHANICAL permitMECHANICAL·2026-07-010.75
PLUMBING permitPLUMBING·2026-07-080.70
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-130.60
+ 6 more qualified Plumbing leads in Costa Mesa
FULL PLUMBING COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
SOLAR permitSOLAR·2026-07-100.50
FULL ROOFING COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
SOLAR permitSOLAR·2026-07-100.95
FULL SOLAR & BATTERY COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
DEMO permitDEMO·2026-07-010.70
DEMO permitDEMO·2026-07-090.70
DEMO permitDEMO·2026-07-140.70
DEMO permitDEMO·2026-07-140.70
DEMO permitDEMO·2026-07-150.70
+ 1 more qualified Demolition lead in Costa Mesa
FULL DEMOLITION COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-140.65
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-06-290.60
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-140.60
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-090.55
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-130.55
+ 2 more qualified Glass & Glazing leads in Costa Mesa
FULL GLASS & GLAZING COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
GRADING permitGRADING·2026-07-140.65
GRADING permitGRADING·2026-07-010.55
OTHER permitOTHER·2026-07-060.55
OTHER permitOTHER·2026-07-060.55
OTHER permit EARLY · PLANOTHER·2026-07-140.55
+ 1 more qualified Concrete & Paving lead in Costa Mesa
FULL CONCRETE & PAVING COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
OTHER permitOTHER·2026-07-060.50
OTHER permit EARLY · PLANOTHER·2026-07-140.50
FULL LANDSCAPING COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-140.80
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-06-290.75
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-130.75
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-140.75
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-150.75
+ 2 more qualified Commercial Painting leads in Costa Mesa
FULL COMMERCIAL PAINTING COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-140.80
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-06-290.75
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-130.75
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-140.75
TENANT_IMPROVEMENT permitTENANT_IMPROVEMENT·2026-07-150.75
FULL COMMERCIAL FLOORING COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
GRADING permitGRADING·2026-07-140.75
GRADING permitGRADING·2026-07-010.65
OTHER permitOTHER·2026-07-060.65
GRADING permitGRADING·2026-07-140.65
OTHER permitOTHER·2026-07-060.60
+ 1 more qualified Grading & Earthwork lead in Costa Mesa
FULL GRADING & EARTHWORK COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
No qualified Structural & Seismic leads in Costa Mesa in the last 90 days. The nightly sweep keeps watching, and the digest emails you the morning one lands.
FULL STRUCTURAL & SEISMIC COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
LeadTypeValueFiledScore
OTHER permit EARLY · PLANOTHER·2026-07-080.85
FULL WATERPROOFING & DECKS COVERAGE ACROSS SOCAL →
FILING ACTIVITY · LAST 12 WEEKS
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Why Costa Mesa permits are worth watching

Costa Mesa runs from South Coast Plaza luxury to west-side light industrial in about three miles, with the arts complex and anti-mall retail churn in between.

The counter’s own numbers: 473 permits filed in the last twelve months, and 37 filings in the last ninety days that scored as qualified trade leads. Twelve months of filings here run heaviest on addition, electrical, and solar work. A building permit is the earliest public record most projects ever produce, filed months before anything reaches a bid board or the trade press. Around it, Orange County’s wider market runs on hotel and resort corridors from Anaheim to Dana Point, the Irvine Business Complex office market, and a steady churn of restaurant and retail build-outs. Our nightly sweep filters the noise by rule, scores what remains for each trade, and sends the best of it to your inbox with a written outreach angle.

These are first-party records. We pull them from Costa Mesa’s own portal, nightly, and we do not resell anyone’s list. The national data platforms will surface the same filings weeks from now, behind a demo call and an annual contract. By then you will have already made yours. Our prices are posted: $59 to $499 a month, month to month.

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