Where we work
All 67 counties. Real depth where it counts.
We file statewide, and we have written a genuine guide to each of the jurisdictions we work in most — which portal, which municipalities file separately, and the local rules that cost people weeks when they do not know about them.
Suncoast & Southwest Florida
Sarasota County
Sarasota County is our home jurisdiction. We file here weekly, and the difference between a permit that clears in one cycle and one tha…
County guideManatee County
Manatee County runs its building division on an Accela platform, and the county's island municipalities operate their own departments w…
County guideCharlotte County Punta Gorda
Charlotte County sits between our Sarasota base and the heavy post-storm demand in Lee County, and carries a significant volume of floo…
County guideLee County Sanibel Fort Myers Fort Myers Beach Estero Cape Coral Bonita Springs
Lee County has carried the heaviest permitting load in Florida since Hurricane Ian, and the phrase "my permit is stuck" is more literal…
County guideCollier County Naples Marco Island
Collier County pairs a high-value residential remodel market with coastal, environmental and design review layers that most Florida cou…
County guideTampa Bay
Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County and the City of Tampa run entirely separate permitting systems. This is the single most consequential fact about pe…
County guidePinellas County
Pinellas is the most jurisdictionally fragmented county in Tampa Bay, the most flood-exposed county in Florida, and the one with a sepa…
County guidePasco County
Pasco has been one of the fastest-growing counties in Florida, with Wesley Chapel and the SR-54 corridor driving heavy residential and …
County guideSouth Florida, Treasure Coast & the Keys
Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade is the most complex permitting environment in Florida: 34 municipalities, a county-specific product approval regime, a High …
County guideBroward County
Broward is unique in Florida for having a county-level Board of Rules and Appeals with authority to amend the building code countywide,…
County guidePalm Beach County
Palm Beach County sits outside the High Velocity Hurricane Zone but within a high wind-speed coastal region, and its 39 municipalities …
County guideSt. Lucie County Port St. Lucie
Port St. Lucie has been among the fastest-growing cities in the United States, and its permitting volume reflects that.…
County guideMonroe County Marathon Key West
Monroe County is the most restrictive permitting environment in Florida. Nothing here works the way it works on the mainland.…
County guideCentral Florida
Orange County
Orange County operates a One-Stop permitting model, and the City of Orlando maintains separate contractor registration from the county.…
County guidePolk County
Polk County sits between Tampa and Orlando and has absorbed substantial residential growth, with a correspondingly heavy new-constructi…
County guideBrevard County
Brevard combines a long barrier island coastline with substantial aerospace-driven commercial and residential growth.…
County guideSeminole County
Seminole County sits immediately north of Orlando with seven municipalities and a mature, remodel-heavy residential base.…
County guideNorth & Northeast Florida
Duval County
Duval County has the simplest jurisdictional structure of any major Florida metro, because Jacksonville and Duval County are a consolid…
County guideVolusia County
Volusia spans a heavily developed Atlantic coastline and a large inland area, with sixteen municipalities administering permitting sepa…
County guideAlachua County
Alachua County's permitting is shaped by the University of Florida, a large student rental market and a substantial historic housing st…
County guideCity guides
Municipalities that run their own building department, separate from the county.
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