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Arizona new construction report — Q1 2026

The bottom line

Arizona's residential permit volume is roughly flat (7%) quarter-on-quarter — a stable market with steady underlying demand. Operators should focus on builder-relationship depth rather than market-expansion bets in this state for the next quarter.

Top movers this quarter

The Arizona counties with the biggest quarter-on-quarter permit-volume change. Click any county for the full local market dashboard.

1. Pinal County: 2,299 permits this quarter (+849 vs 1,450 prior quarter).
2. Maricopa County: 3,954 permits this quarter (-430 vs 4,384 prior quarter).
3. Pima County: 953 permits this quarter (+168 vs 785 prior quarter).
4. Mohave County: 208 permits this quarter (-113 vs 321 prior quarter).
5. Graham County: 40 permits this quarter (-29 vs 69 prior quarter).
6. Apache County: 33 permits this quarter (+20 vs 13 prior quarter).

Most-active builders

Licensed home builders in Arizona ranked by Q1 2026 permit count. Click any name for the builder's full profile, permit history, and county footprint.

Per-permit builder attribution for Arizona is limited this quarter. Per-permit feeds outside Florida are added quarterly — Arizona will deepen as we add county portals.

What this means for trade operators

If you're an LBM operator, roofing contractor, HVAC company, plumber, concrete crew, or any trade serving Arizona's new single-family construction market, this quarter's data points to a few practical actions:

• If you're not actively quoting the top 6 builders listed above, that's the call list for this week.
• If your service area covers any of the top-mover counties, you have leverage right now — builders there are scaling and looking for capacity.
• If you're considering expansion into Arizona, the Arizona dashboard has all high-volume counties scored against the trade you select. Drive-time analysis from your existing yard tells you which counties are reachable today.

This report is automatically refreshed every quarter from Census Bureau Building Permits Survey data plus county public records. The methodology is documented in our Census BPS data explainer.