San Francisco directory · Ranked by permits issued

Home remodel architects in San Francisco

869 architects and designers have 2 or more home remodel permits issued in San Francisco since 2018. We rank them by how many the city issued with their name on the record, and show how long their plan-review permits took.

Updated October 20, 2026 · Nobody pays to be listed or ranked

Architects ranked: 869
Permits of this type filed since 2018: 93,498
Citywide median with plan review: 8.9 mo

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Sheet: A-101
Drawing: Home remodel architects, San Francisco
Source: SF DBI building permits since 2018
Date: Oct 2026
Scale: 2+ issued to be listed
Drawn by: Bay Area Architect

869 listed, most home remodel permits issued first

No. 1

Their permits by type, as a plan. Hatched: home remodels.
390 issued
Xie Associates

Architect · License C32963 · San Francisco

Home remodels issued

390 of 431

Share of their work

60%

Median to issue

8.3 mo

This firm
8.3 mo
Citywide
8.9 mo

628 permits of all types issued since 2018. Mostly home remodels 60% · apartments and multifamily 18% · ADUs 10%. Last filed Oct 2026.
Most active in
- Sunset/Parkside
- Outer Richmond
- West of Twin Peaks
- Excelsior
2018 Permits filed per year 2026

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No. 2

Their permits by type, as a plan. Hatched: home remodels.
281 issued
Hing Wah Construction

Designer · License 662696 · San Francisco

Home remodels issued

281 of 293

Share of their work

78%

Median to issue

9.5 mo

This firm
9.5 mo
Citywide
8.9 mo

356 permits of all types issued since 2018. Mostly home remodels 78% · apartments and multifamily 9% · home additions 6%. Last filed Oct 2026.
Most active in
- Sunset/Parkside
- West of Twin Peaks
- Outer Richmond
- Excelsior
2018 Permits filed per year 2026

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No. 3

Their permits by type, as a plan. Hatched: home remodels.
264 issued
Hing Wah Design

Designer · San Francisco

Home remodels issued

264 of 278

Share of their work

86%

Median to issue

6.6 mo

This firm
6.6 mo
Citywide
8.9 mo

303 permits of all types issued since 2018. Mostly home remodels 86% · apartments and multifamily 6% · home additions 4%. Last filed Oct 2026.
Most active in
- Sunset/Parkside
- West of Twin Peaks
- Outer Richmond
- Excelsior
2018 Permits filed per year 2026

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Ranked by home remodel building permits issued in San Francisco since 2018 with the firm named on the permit record; firms need 2 or more to be listed. The line under each name shows the firm's two largest project types as a share of its permits. Median time covers the firm's home remodel plan-review permits only and needs 3 or more issued with dates; the blue dimension line under it is drawn to scale, and the small dark mark on it is the citywide median of 8.9 months for home remodel permits. Neighborhoods are where it filed the most permits of any type. A listing is not an endorsement, and nobody pays to be ranked. Some firms appear twice when the city recorded them under two names.

How to shortlist

1Pick two or three with issued permits for work like yours, in or near your neighborhood.
2Ask each for the permit numbers of recent projects and look them up on the DBI permit search.
3Check the license before you sign. Profiles with a license number link to the state lookup.
4 Compare their median time for home remodel permits with the citywide 8.9 months for home remodel permits that needed plan review, and ask what made the slow ones slow.

What the numbers mean

Issued counts home remodel permits the city issued with this firm on the record. "Of" is how many were filed.

Median to issue is months from filing to issue across a firm's home remodel permits that went through plan review, shown for 154 of 869 with 3 or more.

Full method

Source and notes

Source: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection building permits and permit contacts on DataSF. We include new-construction, plan-review and over-the-counter alteration permits filed since 2018, sorted into project types from the building's use and the permit description. Owner-builders and other private individuals are left out, and we never publish project addresses. Is your firm listed wrong? Send a correction.

Common questions

Which architects have the most home remodel permits in San Francisco?

On city permit records since 2018, Xie Associates is named on the most issued home remodel permits among architects and designers (390 issued of 431 filed).

How long does a home remodel permit take in San Francisco?

Of 93,498 home remodel permits filed since 2018, 90,137 were over-the-counter permits without full plan review. For those that went through plan review, the median took 8.9 months from filing to issue, and the middle half took 5.0 to 15.6 months.

How is this list ranked?

By the number of home remodel building permits issued in San Francisco since 2018 where the firm or person is named on the permit record in the city's public contacts data. We sort permits into project types from the building's use and the permit description. Nobody pays to be listed or ranked. Sponsored placements, when they exist, are labeled and shown apart from the ranking.

Xie Associates

Hing Wah Construction

Hing Wah Design

Common questions