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Contractor, San Francisco License 829808

Principal Builders Inc.

The city has issued 597 of the 606 San Francisco building permits that name Principal Builders Inc. since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit for offices took 4.7 months from filing to issue, 20% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Mission Bay and Potrero Hill.

Also filed as
designer
Issued by the city
597 of 606 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, offices
4.7 mo city median 3.9 mo
Rank for offices
No. 7 of 94 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 10 of 226 contractors

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Principal Builders Inc. on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 594 offices, 7 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 3 restaurants and bars.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

100% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 587 of 594 issued 98% of filings.
  2. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 5 of 7 issued 1% of filings.
  3. Restaurants and bars Commercial 3 of 3 issued <1% of filings.
  4. Retail and shops Commercial 2 of 2 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
2018
116 permits filed
Latest filing
Oct 2026
99% of 606 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 116, 2019: 94, 2020: 55, 2021: 39, 2022: 47, 2023: 44, 2024: 67, 2025: 75, 2026: 69. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

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

Issued by the city: 597 of 606 permits filed

99%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

9 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. Principal Builders Inc. has 24 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for offices, their most filed type, where 1,360 of 26,216 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Principal Builders Inc., offices

4.7months

That is 20% slower than the citywide median for offices.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Principal Builders Inc., offices: 4.7 months. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
4.7 months for offices, faster than 17 of 35 other contractors ranked for offices that have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for offices. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for offices, 3.9 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 1.8 to 8.1 months.
0 3 6 9+ months Novo Construction Inc: 5.1 months Skyline Construction: 5.3 months Bcci Construction Company: 5.1 months Gci, Inc: 5.5 months Peacock Construction: 10.9 months Bilcor Inc: 1.4 months Hathaway Dinwiddie Co.: 4.4 months Field Construction Inc.: 4.2 months Sabah International Incorporated: 1.4 months Richlen Construction: 5.3 months Pribuss Engineering Inc: 1.3 months Dpr Construction: 7.6 months Swinerton Builders: 3.4 months Dome Construction Corp: 6.2 months Convergint Technologies Llc: 3.8 months Truebeck Construction: 4.0 months Plant Construction Co, Lp: 4.2 months Bevilacqua & Sons: 2.6 months Rossi Builders Inc.: 5.5 months Webcor Construction Lp: 3.9 months Clune Construction Company L P: 4.3 months Turner Construction Co: 6.1 months Intelligent Technologies & Services Inc: 1.1 months Mastec Network Solutions Inc: 5.1 months Build Group Inc.: 4.8 months Charles Pankow Builders Ltd: 3.5 months Brennan Strong Hold Construction Inc: 5.6 months Level 10 Construction Lp: 5.7 months Nibbi Bros Assoc Inc.: 5.1 months Granite Excavation & Demolition Inc: 11.5 months Ewsf Inc.: 2.4 months Cahill Contractors Llc.: 3.6 months Bobcomm Llc Dba Pacific Das Llc.: 3.3 months Zack De Vito Inc: 12.3 months Clear Channel Outdoor Llc: 2.6 months Principal Builders Inc. 0 3 6 9+ months Novo Construction Inc: 5.1 months Skyline Construction: 5.3 months Bcci Construction Company: 5.1 months Gci, Inc: 5.5 months Peacock Construction: 10.9 months Bilcor Inc: 1.4 months Hathaway Dinwiddie Co.: 4.4 months Field Construction Inc.: 4.2 months Sabah International Incorporated: 1.4 months Richlen Construction: 5.3 months Pribuss Engineering Inc: 1.3 months Dpr Construction: 7.6 months Swinerton Builders: 3.4 months Dome Construction Corp: 6.2 months Convergint Technologies Llc: 3.8 months Truebeck Construction: 4.0 months Plant Construction Co, Lp: 4.2 months Bevilacqua & Sons: 2.6 months Rossi Builders Inc.: 5.5 months Webcor Construction Lp: 3.9 months Clune Construction Company L P: 4.3 months Turner Construction Co: 6.1 months Intelligent Technologies & Services Inc: 1.1 months Mastec Network Solutions Inc: 5.1 months Build Group Inc.: 4.8 months Charles Pankow Builders Ltd: 3.5 months Brennan Strong Hold Construction Inc: 5.6 months Level 10 Construction Lp: 5.7 months Nibbi Bros Assoc Inc.: 5.1 months Granite Excavation & Demolition Inc: 11.5 months Ewsf Inc.: 2.4 months Cahill Contractors Llc.: 3.6 months Bobcomm Llc Dba Pacific Das Llc.: 3.3 months Zack De Vito Inc: 12.3 months Clear Channel Outdoor Llc: 2.6 months Principal Builders Inc.

3 firms with medians over 9 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 offices alone.

  1. 8 Peacock Construction 673
  2. 9 Bilcor Inc 667
  3. 10 Principal Builders Inc. 597
  4. 11 Hathaway Dinwiddie Co. 591
  5. 12 Sure, Inc. 529

All permits issued, 226 contractors Full ranking

  1. 5 Peacock Construction 612
  2. 6 Bilcor Inc 602
  3. 7 Principal Builders Inc. 587
  4. 8 Hathaway Dinwiddie Co. 499
  5. 9 Field Construction Inc. 334

Offices issued, 94 contractors

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Principal Builders Inc. files the most permits, and how many contractors count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Financial District/South Beach 49 contractors count Financial District/South Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Mission Bay 24 contractors count Mission Bay among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Potrero Hill 13 contractors count Potrero Hill among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Chinatown 27 contractors count Chinatown 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 contractors for offices

Firms ranked near Principal Builders Inc. by permits issued for offices.

  1. 4 Gci, Inc 879 offices issued · 5.5 mo median for offices
  2. 5 Peacock Construction 612 offices issued · 10.9 mo median for offices
  3. 6 Bilcor Inc 602 offices issued · 1.4 mo median for offices
  4. 8 Hathaway Dinwiddie Co. 499 offices issued · 4.4 mo median for offices
  5. 9 Field Construction Inc. 334 offices issued · 4.2 mo median for offices
  6. 10 Sabah International Incorporated 329 offices issued · 1.4 mo median for offices
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C-010 No. 10 of 226
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Permit record, Principal Builders Inc.
Contractor, San Francisco
License
829808 check with CSLB
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 Principal Builders Inc. has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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