County permit search
Lee County building permits: search the Citizen Portal, no account needed
Official portal: Lee County Citizen Portal.
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Lee County building permits are in the county's Accela Citizen Portal. Type a case number, an address, a STRAP number or a license number into Global Search, and you won't need an account to look. Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, Estero, Sanibel and Fort Myers Beach are another story. Each one issues permits through its own department.
Lee County permit search, step by step
Lee County permit records are searchable in the county Citizen Portal without an account.
Open the Citizen Portal. You don't need an account to search, only to apply.
Use the Global Search box. It takes a permit or case number, an address, a STRAP number (leave out the dashes and dots) or a contractor's license number.
Too many hits? The Permitting tab has Search Applications, which filters by record type and date range.
Click into a record for its status, its inspections and the contractor on the job.
Official links
This portal covers unincorporated Lee: Lehigh Acres, North Fort Myers and a lot of the ground around Fort Myers. The incorporated places all run separate systems. Of those, Cape Coral is the busiest in our record.
Cape Coral is the busiest city office in our Lee record, and it has its own page with the city's numbers: Cape Coral building permits.
On record: Lee County building permits
We read 7 Lee permit offices on . Every count for Lee is a floor; here's how we count Lee permits.
Lee County issued at least 102,287 building permits from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026, with April 2026 the busiest month in FloridaContractorIntel's record.
- 1,280,000+
- permits in our Lee record
- Nov 3, 2026
- newest Lee permit on file
All 6 of Lee's cities, towns and villages are in our record, and so is the county desk that permits unincorporated Lee.
| Oct 2025 | 9,564 |
|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 6,818 |
| Dec 2025 | 7,725 |
| Jan 2026 | 7,727 |
| Feb 2026 | 8,108 |
| Mar 2026 | 9,492 |
| Apr 2026 | 9,640 |
| May 2026 | 8,626 |
| Jun 2026 | 9,350 |
| Jul 2026 | 9,211 |
| Aug 2026 | 8,403 |
| Sep 2026 | 7,623 |
Top permit filers in Lee, July to September 2026
With 183 matched permits from July to September 2026, one license was Lee's busiest filer.
- 1Storm Smart Building Systems LLCCGC1527239183 permits
- 2Reece Builders/Windows, Inc.CGC1507607152 permits
- 3Eco Air of SW FL LLCCAC1816303151 permits
- 4Storm Smart Building Systems LLCCRC1335712150 permits
- 5R T Moore Company IncCFC1426124149 permits
Newest Lee County permits on file
| Issued | Work | Where | Declared value | Contractor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2026 | Permit | Estero, FL 33928 | $9,200 declared | L.I. Aluminum Design, Inc. |
| Nov 3, 2026 | Permit | Estero, FL 33928 | $200,086 declared | Lennar Homes, LLC |
| Nov 3, 2026 | Permit | Estero, FL 33928 | $147,739 declared | Lennar Homes, LLC |
| Nov 3, 2026 | Permit | Lehigh Acres, FL 33936 | $171,210 declared | D. R. Horton, Inc. |
| Nov 3, 2026 | HVAC | Fort Myers, FL 33901 | Not published | Loyalty Mechanical LLC |
| Nov 3, 2026 | HVAC | Fort Myers, FL 33901 | Not published | Grizzly Air Heating and Cooling LLC |
| Nov 3, 2026 | Plumbing | Fort Myers, FL 33916 | Not published | Your Plumber LLC |
| Nov 3, 2026 | Plumbing | Fort Myers, FL 33916 | Not published | First Service Cgc, Inc. |
For contractors working Lee County
Global Search finds the permit you already know about. Market Intel finds the ones you don't.
Windows and doors topped Lee's named trades from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026, with at least 12,973 permits. Lee's portal is quick when you've got a case number or a STRAP. Without one you're guessing at addresses in Lehigh Acres.
Lee County permit lookup questions
Do I need an account to search Lee County permits?
No. The portal says searching records, filing code complaints and paying fees don't require one. You'll need an account to apply for a permit or upload documents.
What's a STRAP number?
The parcel number the Lee County Property Appraiser uses. Type it into Global Search with no special characters and you get the permits on that parcel.
Is Cape Coral in the Lee County portal?
No. Cape Coral has its own building division and its own online portal, and we have a separate Cape Coral page for it.
How many Lee building permits are there?
Lee has 1,280,000+ in our record, across the 7 offices we read, newest dated November 3, 2026. That's a floor, so Lee's real total is higher.
Who pulled the most Lee permits last quarter?
Storm Smart Building Systems LLC (183), Reece Builders/Windows, Inc. (152) and Eco Air of SW FL LLC (151) led Lee's matched permits from July to September 2026. A permit we can't tie to a license isn't ranked.