Contractor, San Francisco License 971920
The Great Ocean General Contractor
The city has issued 106 of the 108 San Francisco building permits that name The Great Ocean General Contractor since 2018. The work is mostly residential, led by home remodels. Their median plan-review permit for home remodels took 14.5 months from filing to issue, 62% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Outer Richmond, West of Twin Peaks and Sunset/Parkside.
- Issued by the city
- 106 of 108 filed since 2018
- Median plan-review time, home remodels
- 14.5 mo city median 8.9 mo
- Rank for home remodels
- No. 27 of 184 by home remodels issued
- Overall rank
- No. 91 of 226 contractors
What they work on
Every San Francisco building permit with The Great Ocean General Contractor on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 86 home remodels, 14 apartments and multifamily, 3 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.
Residential and commercial, by permits filed
- Home remodels Residential 85 of 86 issued 80% of filings.
- Apartments and multifamily Residential 13 of 14 issued 13% of filings.
- Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 3 of 3 issued 3% of filings.
- Home additions Residential 2 of 2 issued 2% of filings.
- ADUs Residential 2 of 2 issued 2% of filings.
- Restaurants and bars 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
- 2019
- 29 permits filed
- Latest filing
- Aug 2025
- 98% of 108 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: 106 of 108 permits filed
All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data
2 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. The Great Ocean General Contractor has 6 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.
The Great Ocean General Contractor, home remodels
14.5months
That is 62% slower 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.
- 89 Cej Construction Llc 108
- 90 Grizzly Builders Inc. 106
- 91 The Great Ocean General Contractor 106
- 92 Achill Beg Construction Inc 105
- 93 Landmark Construction Inc. 104
All permits issued, 226 contractors Full ranking
- 25 Bay Build Design Inc 87
- 26 Planart Construction Corp 86
- 27 The Great Ocean General Contractor 85
- 28 Sure, Inc. 83
- 29 O'shea Co. Home Grown Construction 82
Home remodels issued, 184 contractors
Where they work
The neighborhoods where The Great Ocean General Contractor files the most permits, and how many contractors count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.
- 01 Outer Richmond 45 contractors count Outer Richmond among their busiest neighborhoods
- 02 West of Twin Peaks 54 contractors count West of Twin Peaks among their busiest neighborhoods
- 03 Sunset/Parkside 51 contractors count Sunset/Parkside among their busiest neighborhoods
- 04 Mission 86 contractors count Mission 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 The Great Ocean General Contractor by permits issued for home remodels.
- 24 Cej Construction Llc 91 home remodels issued · 12.1 mo median for home remodels
- 25 Bay Build Design Inc 87 home remodels issued · 12.5 mo median for home remodels
- 26 Planart Construction Corp 86 home remodels issued · 8.2 mo median 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
- Sheet
- C-091 No. 91 of 226
- Drawing
- Permit record, The Great Ocean General Contractor
- Contractor, San Francisco
- License
- 971920 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 The Great Ocean General Contractor has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.
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