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Fort Lauderdale building permits: the city portal
Official portal: Fort Lauderdale Portal.
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Fort Lauderdale building permits come from the city itself, and you look them up in the Fort Lauderdale Portal, the city's Accela site, under Permits. Broward County's portal doesn't hold them. Contractors apply, pay and request inspections on the same site, but looking up a permit doesn't need a login.
Fort Lauderdale permit search, step by step
Fort Lauderdale building permits are in the city's own Accela portal, not Broward County's.
Open the Fort Lauderdale Portal and go to Permits.
Type the permit number, the property address or a license. Each result shows its status.
Open a permit to see its inspections and the contractor on it.
Log in only for applications and payments.
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Fort Lauderdale is the busiest permit office in Broward in our record, ahead of the other cities and the county desk. Its permits mix high-rise and marine work with a lot of older single-family homes.
Only the city's own permits are counted here. The Broward-wide chart and the top licenses across the county are on the Broward County page.
On record: Fort Lauderdale building permits
Only the City of Fort Lauderdale's own permit office feeds this section, read . Its counts are floors, and how we count Fort Lauderdale permits says why.
FloridaContractorIntel's Fort Lauderdale record holds at least 292,000 permits from the city's own department, going back to Jun 2016.
- 292,000+
- permits in our Fort Lauderdale record
- Nov 1, 2026
- newest Fort Lauderdale permit on file
- Jun 2016
- where our city record starts
Permits before Jun 2016 are not in our record. The city building department keeps earlier records; many are not online. To request older permits: the city's Property Records Office.
Newest Fort Lauderdale permits on file
The newest Fort Lauderdale permit in our record was issued November 1, 2026.
| Issued | Work | Where | Declared value | Contractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | Electrical, Pool | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 | $2,000 declared | T.B.M. Electrical Services Inc |
| Nov 1, 2026 | Electrical | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 | $1,500 declared | First Choice Electrical Contractors. Inc |
| Nov 1, 2026 | HVAC | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 | $9,100 declared | A Customer First AC Inc |
| Nov 1, 2026 | Windows and doors | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 | $14,000 declared | No license matched |
| Nov 1, 2026 | Roofing | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 | $35,600 declared | Red Apple Roofing and Construction LLC |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Accessory Structure Permit | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 | $4,990 declared | Tuff Shed Inc |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Boatlift-Dock-Seawall-Pile Permit | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 | $106,043 declared | Boat Lifts & Docks of South Florida, Inc. |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Alteration Permit | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 | $10,350 declared | American Building Engineers Inc |
For contractors working Fort Lauderdale
The Fort Lauderdale Portal finds one permit. Market Intel filters the city's by trade and value.
In Market Intel, the 292,000+ Fort Lauderdale permits we hold are in the same search as the rest of Broward County. High-rise, marine and older single-family work all come through one city office, and you can't see that mix from a single record.
Fort Lauderdale permit lookup questions
Are Fort Lauderdale permits in the Broward County portal?
No. The city permits its own addresses and keeps the records in the Fort Lauderdale Portal.
How far back does the FloridaContractorIntel Fort Lauderdale record go?
To June 2016. For older Fort Lauderdale permits and plans, ask the city's Property Records Office, which keeps digital and microfilm copies.
Can I search Fort Lauderdale permits by contractor?
The city portal searches by license number. For the most active licenses across Broward last quarter, see the Broward County page.
How many Fort Lauderdale building permits are there?
Fort Lauderdale: 292,000+ in our record, all from the City of Fort Lauderdale's own department, going back to Jun 2016. The latest was issued November 1, 2026. The city's real total is higher.
Where do the Fort Lauderdale permit numbers on this page come from?
Only from the City of Fort Lauderdale's own permit office, going back to Jun 2016. The newest one we hold was issued November 1, 2026. Permits from the rest of Broward County are counted on the Broward County page.