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Bay Area architects ranked by building permits

We rank residential and commercial architects by the building permits a city issued with their name on the record: how many, for what kind of project, where, and how long they took. The rankings start with San Francisco, where 202,974 permits filed since 2018 name 8,077 professionals. More Bay Area cities are being added.

SF permits filed since 2018
202,974
Issued so far
188,085
Architects and designers listed
1,543

What are you building?

Pick a building to see the architects with the most issued permits for that kind of project.

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Each building is as tall as the number of architects and designers with 2 or more issued permits of that type in San Francisco since 2018.

Residential architects

Remodels, additions, new houses, ADUs and apartment buildings. San Francisco permits.

All 1,204 residential architects, ranked across these project types

Commercial architects

Office fit-outs, shops, restaurants and bars, hotels, clinics and schools. San Francisco permits.

All 754 commercial architects, ranked across these project types

Everyone in San Francisco, by role

Updated October 20, 2026 · from DBI permit records

Other Bay Area cities

More cities, one at a time

Each city publishes permit records differently, and not all of them name the architect. Where a city's records do, we rank its architects by permits issued. Where they do not, the city's page lists every architect licensed there, A to Z, with its ADU permit times and official building and planning links.

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