Contractor, San Francisco License 950725
San Francisco Design Build
The city has issued 57 of the 58 San Francisco building permits that name San Francisco Design Build since 2018. The work is mostly residential, led by home remodels. Their median plan-review permit, across all project types, took 15.6 months from filing to issue. Their busiest neighborhoods are Noe Valley, Lone Mountain/USF and Inner Sunset.
- Also filed as
- architect, designer
- Issued by the city
- 57 of 58 filed since 2018
- Median plan-review time, all types
- 15.6 mo filing to issue
- Rank for home remodels
- No. 99 of 184 by home remodels issued
- Overall rank
- No. 203 of 226 contractors
What they work on
Every San Francisco building permit with San Francisco Design Build on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 46 home remodels, 7 apartments and multifamily, 4 home additions.
Residential and commercial, by permits filed
- Home remodels Residential 45 of 46 issued 79% of filings.
- Apartments and multifamily Residential 7 of 7 issued 12% of filings.
- Home additions Residential 4 of 4 issued 7% of filings.
- Retail and shops Commercial 1 of 1 issued 2% 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
- 10 permits filed
- Latest filing
- Sep 2026
- 98% of 58 issued
One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 2 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.
Issued by the city: 57 of 58 permits filed
All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data
1 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. San Francisco Design Build has 7 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.
San Francisco Design Build, all project types
15.6months
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.
- 201 D K G Construction Inc 57
- 202 Kingfish Construction Llc. 57
- 203 San Francisco Design Build 57
- 204 Doran Construction & Design 56
- 205 Mizen Construction Inc 56
All permits issued, 226 contractors Full ranking
- 97 Parkin Construction Inc 46
- 98 Sft Construction Corp 45
- 99 San Francisco Design Build 45
- 100 Cht Properties Development 44
- 101 Jwl 888 Construction Inc 44
Home remodels issued, 184 contractors
Where they work
The neighborhoods where San Francisco Design Build files the most permits, and how many contractors count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.
- 01 Noe Valley 55 contractors count Noe Valley among their busiest neighborhoods
- 02 Lone Mountain/USF 8 contractors count Lone Mountain/USF among their busiest neighborhoods
- 03 Inner Sunset 24 contractors count Inner Sunset 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 San Francisco Design Build by permits issued for home remodels.
- 96 Citywest Construction Inc. 46 home remodels issued · 12.8 mo median for home remodels
- 97 Parkin Construction Inc 46 home remodels issued · 32.9 mo median for home remodels
- 98 Sft Construction Corp 45 home remodels issued
- 100 Cht Properties Development 44 home remodels issued
- 101 Jwl 888 Construction Inc 44 home remodels issued
- 102 Noa Construction Llc 43 home remodels issued
- Sheet
- C-203 No. 203 of 226
- Drawing
- Permit record, San Francisco Design Build
- Contractor, San Francisco
- License
- 950725 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 San Francisco Design Build has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.
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