Skip to content
Bay Area Architect Architects ranked by permits
Who to call firstWho to call

Architect License C39474

Carol To

The city has issued 5 of the 5 San Francisco building permits that name Carol To since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by restaurants and bars. Their busiest neighborhoods are North Beach, Mission and Russian Hill.

Issued by the city
5 of 5 filed since 2018
Rank for restaurants and bars
No. 184 of 200 by restaurants and bars issued
Overall rank
No. 961 of 1,543 architects and designers
Commercial share
80% last filing Sep 2024

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Carol To on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 2 restaurants and bars, 1 apartments and multifamily, 1 offices.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

20% residential
80% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Restaurants and bars Commercial 2 of 2 issued 40% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 1 of 1 issued 20% of filings.
  3. Offices Commercial 1 of 1 issued 20% of filings.
  4. Retail and shops Commercial 1 of 1 issued 20% of filings.

Permits over time

Permits filed each year, drawn as a street with one building per year, and how many of all their permits the city has issued.

Busiest year
2023
3 permits filed
Latest filing
Sep 2024
100% of 5 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 0, 2019: 0, 2020: 0, 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 3, 2024: 2, 2025: 0, 2026: 0. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 1 permit; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 5 of 5 permits filed

100%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

Source: SF Department of Building Inspection permits via DataSF.

How fast their permits come through

Filing to issue for permits that went through plan review. Carol To has 0 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for restaurants and bars, their most filed type, where 260 of 3,793 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

No median yet: fewer than 3 issued plan-review permits with usable dates.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. San Francisco, restaurants and bars: 7.4 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.7 to 12.5 months.
0 other architects and designers ranked for restaurants and bars have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for restaurants and bars. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for restaurants and bars, 7.4 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 3.7 to 12.5 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15 months 0 3 6 9 12 15 months

Where they rank

Ranked by permits the city has issued since 2018, first across every project type, then for restaurants and bars alone.

  1. 959 Brian J. Brown 5
  2. 960 Bright Architect 5
  3. 961 Carol To 5
  4. 962 Cdg Architecture 5
  5. 963 Charlie Barnett Associates 5

All permits issued, 1,543 architects and designers Full ranking

  1. 182 Pn A+D 2
  2. 183 Ashdown Architecture Inc. 2
  3. 184 Carol To 2
  4. 185 Rcusa Corp 2
  5. 186 Phoebe Wing Kan Lam 2

Restaurants and bars issued, 200 architects and designers Restaurants and bars ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Carol To files the most permits, and how many architects and designers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 North Beach 97 architects and designers count North Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Russian Hill 102 architects and designers count Russian Hill among their busiest neighborhoods

Questions for the first call

  1. Which of your recent San Francisco permits are closest to my project in type, size and neighborhood, and can I see the permit numbers?
  2. How long did those permits take from filing to issue, and what did plan check send back?
  3. Who on your team draws the set, who stamps it, and who answers the city's comments?

Other architects and designers for restaurants and bars

Firms ranked near Carol To by permits issued for restaurants and bars.

  1. 179 Design West Partnership 2 restaurants and bars issued
  2. 180 Jeffrey Liederman 2 restaurants and bars issued
  3. 181 Ladc Consulting Inc 2 restaurants and bars issued
  4. 182 Pn A+D 2 restaurants and bars issued
  5. 183 Ashdown Architecture Inc. 2 restaurants and bars issued
  6. 185 Rcusa Corp 2 restaurants and bars issued

See all 200 architects and designers ranked for restaurants and bars

Sheet
A-961 No. 961 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Carol To
Architect
License
C39474 check with CAB
Data as of
Oct 2026
Scale
Not to scale

Built only from public San Francisco Department of Building Inspection records (permits, permit contacts), updated 2026-10-20. It is not a review or an endorsement, and Carol To has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

Is this your firm? Claim it or send a correction.