Contractor, San Francisco License 948262
Forma Construction
The city has issued 93 of the 97 San Francisco building permits that name Forma Construction since 2018. The work is mostly residential, led by home remodels. Their median plan-review permit for home remodels took 5.3 months from filing to issue, 41% faster than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Pacific Heights, Marina and Presidio Heights.
- Issued by the city
- 93 of 97 filed since 2018
- Median plan-review time, home remodels
- 5.3 mo city median 8.9 mo
- Rank for home remodels
- No. 31 of 184 by home remodels issued
- Overall rank
- No. 108 of 226 contractors
What they work on
Every San Francisco building permit with Forma Construction on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 82 home remodels, 7 home additions, 7 apartments and multifamily.
Residential and commercial, by permits filed
- Home remodels Residential 78 of 82 issued 85% of filings.
- Home additions Residential 7 of 7 issued 7% of filings.
- Apartments and multifamily Residential 7 of 7 issued 7% of filings.
- Offices Commercial 1 of 1 issued 1% 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
- 2026
- 17 permits filed
- Latest filing
- Sep 2026
- 96% of 97 issued
One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 5 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.
Issued by the city: 93 of 97 permits filed
All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data
4 not issued as of October 20, 2026. 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. Forma Construction has 17 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for home remodels, their most filed type, where 3,361 of 93,498 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.
Forma Construction, home remodels
5.3months
That is 41% faster than the citywide median for home remodels.
6 firms with medians over 18 months are drawn at the right edge.
Where they rank
Ranked by permits the city has issued since 2018, first across every project type, then for home remodels alone.
- 106 Ashbury Gen Constructing & Eng 95
- 107 D Construction Inc 94
- 108 Forma Construction 93
- 109 Rod Heisler Construction 93
- 110 North Bay Construction 90
All permits issued, 226 contractors Full ranking
- 29 O'shea Co. Home Grown Construction 82
- 30 Upscale Construction Inc. 81
- 31 Forma Construction 78
- 32 Success Construction ***See Notes*** 77
- 33 Thompson Suskind L P 77
Home remodels issued, 184 contractors
Where they work
The neighborhoods where Forma Construction files the most permits, and how many contractors count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.
- 01 Pacific Heights 55 contractors count Pacific Heights among their busiest neighborhoods
- 02 Marina 42 contractors count Marina among their busiest neighborhoods
- 03 Presidio Heights 17 contractors count Presidio Heights among their busiest neighborhoods
- 04 Glen Park 10 contractors count Glen Park among their busiest neighborhoods
Questions for the first call
- Which of your recent San Francisco permits are closest to my project in type, size and neighborhood, and can I see the permit numbers?
- How long did those permits take from filing to issue, and what did plan check send back?
- Who on your team draws the set, who stamps it, and who answers the city's comments?
Other contractors for home remodels
Firms ranked near Forma Construction by permits issued for home remodels.
- 28 Sure, Inc. 83 home remodels issued
- 29 O'shea Co. Home Grown Construction 82 home remodels issued · 7.6 mo median for home remodels
- 30 Upscale Construction Inc. 81 home remodels issued · 5.9 mo median for home remodels
- 32 Success Construction ***See Notes*** 77 home remodels issued
- 33 Thompson Suskind L P 77 home remodels issued · 6.3 mo median for home remodels
- 34 Smp Construction & Maintenance Inc 76 home remodels issued
- Sheet
- C-108 No. 108 of 226
- Drawing
- Permit record, Forma Construction
- Contractor, San Francisco
- License
- 948262 check with CSLB
- Source
- San Francisco DBI building permits, since 2018
- 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 Forma Construction has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.
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