Original analysis of every residential re-roof permit the City of Los Angeles issued in the last 24 months — where, when, and what contractors actually declare. Updated 2026-09-29.
Get My Free Estimate →The City of Los Angeles issued 10,506 residential re-roof permits from September 2025 through August 2026 — about 876 a month (28.8/day), up 1.0% on the prior year. Granada Hills (ZIP 91344) replaced more roofs than any other ZIP. 21.2% of jobs required a new roof deck. 99.4% were Class A cool roofs (Title 24). And the median declared permit valuation was just $5,200 — a fee figure, not a price, which is why it looks nothing like the $9,000–$30,000 real quotes run. Source: LADBS open permit data, 22,092 permits analyzed.
10,506 permitted residential re-roofs in the trailing 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) versus 10,406 the year before — a 1.0% increase. September 2026 is on pace to be the busiest month in two years: 1,180 permits by the 26th, already ahead of any full month since October 2024. This counts only 1–2 family homes inside L.A. city limits (LADBS jurisdiction) — not unincorporated county areas, Long Beach, Glendale, Pasadena, or other cities with their own building departments — and only permitted work. Unpermitted re-roofs (see why that’s a bad idea) don’t appear.
| Month | Re-roof permits issued |
|---|---|
| September 2025 | 857 |
| October 2025 | 959 |
| November 2025 | 722 |
| December 2025 | 800 |
| January 2026 | 1,034 |
| February 2026 | 783 |
| March 2026 | 935 |
| April 2026 | 859 |
| May 2026 | 796 |
| June 2026 | 888 |
| July 2026 | 864 |
| August 2026 | 1,009 |
| September 2026 | 1,180 |
September 2026 is partial (through the 26th).
Angelenos re-roof in two waves: right after winter storms expose leaks, and in late summer before the rains return. Over the last 12 months, permits peaked in January (1,034) and bottomed in November (722). If you can choose, the spring/early-summer trough usually means faster scheduling and more negotiating room — more on timing in our guide to roof leak repair costs.
| Month | Permits (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,034 | 9.8% |
| February | 783 | 7.5% |
| March | 935 | 8.9% |
| April | 859 | 8.2% |
| May | 796 | 7.6% |
| June | 888 | 8.5% |
| July | 864 | 8.2% |
| August | 1,009 | 9.6% |
| September | 857 | 8.2% |
| October | 959 | 9.1% |
| November | 722 | 6.9% |
| December | 800 | 7.6% |
The San Fernando Valley’s post-war single-family tracts dominate. The table ranks every ZIP code by permits issued in the last 12 months; the “declared value” column is the median valuation contractors wrote on the permit (see below for why that is not a price).
| # | ZIP | Area | Re-roof permits (12 mo) | Median declared value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 91344 | Granada Hills | 314 | $5,800 |
| 2 | 91335 | Reseda | 249 | $4,800 |
| 3 | 90042 | Highland Park | 249 | $5,000 |
| 4 | 90066 | Mar Vista | 224 | $4,800 |
| 5 | 90065 | Glassell Park / Mt. Washington | 217 | $4,000 |
| 6 | 90045 | Westchester | 213 | $5,000 |
| 7 | 91304 | West Hills / Canoga Park | 212 | $5,600 |
| 8 | 91367 | Los Angeles | 207 | $6,200 |
| 9 | 90731 | San Pedro | 203 | $4,400 |
| 10 | 91364 | Woodland Hills | 203 | $5,600 |
| 11 | 90041 | Eagle Rock | 200 | $4,400 |
| 12 | 91331 | Pacoima | 190 | $5,000 |
| 13 | 90026 | Echo Park / Silver Lake | 187 | $4,500 |
| 14 | 91406 | Van Nuys / Lake Balboa | 178 | $4,800 |
| 15 | 91307 | West Hills | 177 | $5,600 |
| 16 | 91306 | Winnetka | 176 | $5,200 |
| 17 | 91342 | Sylmar | 169 | $5,000 |
| 18 | 90032 | El Sereno | 165 | $4,400 |
| 19 | 90047 | South Los Angeles | 164 | $3,900 |
| 20 | 91343 | North Hills | 163 | $5,800 |
| 21 | 90049 | Brentwood | 163 | $7,200 |
| 22 | 90046 | Hollywood Hills | 160 | $5,600 |
| 23 | 90043 | View Park / Hyde Park | 159 | $4,875 |
| 24 | 90019 | Mid-City | 158 | $5,000 |
| 25 | 90018 | Jefferson Park / West Adams | 157 | $8,000 |
By city planning area:
| # | Community plan area | Re-roof permits (12 mo) | Median declared value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northeast Los Angeles | 953 | $4,400 |
| 2 | Canoga Park-West Hills-Winnetka-Woodland Hills | 880 | $5,600 |
| 3 | West Adams - Baldwin Hills - Leimert | 576 | $4,800 |
| 4 | South Los Angeles | 549 | $4,800 |
| 5 | Hollywood | 482 | $5,000 |
| 6 | Van Nuys - North Sherman Oaks | 407 | $5,200 |
| 7 | Reseda - West Van Nuys | 404 | $4,800 |
| 8 | Wilshire | 380 | $6,400 |
| 9 | Sherman Oaks-Studio City-Toluca Lake-Cahuenga Pass | 365 | $5,800 |
| 10 | Chatsworth - Porter Ranch | 361 | $6,000 |
| 11 | Granada Hills - Knollwood | 349 | $5,600 |
| 12 | Palms - Mar Vista - Del Rey | 329 | $4,800 |
| 13 | Encino - Tarzana | 315 | $6,400 |
| 14 | North Hollywood - Valley Village | 313 | $5,200 |
| 15 | Brentwood - Pacific Palisades | 299 | $7,200 |
| 16 | Southeast Los Angeles | 292 | $4,100 |
| 17 | San Pedro | 285 | $4,800 |
| 18 | Silver Lake - Echo Park - Elysian Valley | 284 | $4,125 |
| 19 | Northridge | 273 | $6,600 |
| 20 | Mission Hills - Panorama City - North Hills | 267 | $5,400 |
L.A. re-roof permits specify whether the new roof goes over the existing solid sheathing or over new solid sheathing. In the last 12 months, 2,204 of 10,392 permits (21.2%) called for new sheathing — roughly one job in five. Deck replacement is the single most common change order on a roof replacement, so ask every bidder how decking is priced per sheet before tear-off, not after. Our guide on how to read a roofing estimate shows where that line belongs.
99.4% of permits were for Class A (or B) fire-rated, cool-roof-rated covering under 6 lb/sq ft — the LADBS express-permit standard that satisfies California’s Title 24 cool-roof rule and the city’s fire-rating requirements. Only 109 permits in the year explicitly mentioned tile; the vast majority are composition shingle or similar lightweight systems going over existing decks. Material choices and what they cost are compared in the Southern California roof cost guide.
Across 9,929 permits with a declared valuation, the median was $5,200 (25th–75th percentile $3,800–$7,500; 90th percentile $12,385). Only 14.0% declared $10,000 or more and 4.7% declared $20,000+. Meanwhile real replacement quotes in Southern California typically run $9,000–$30,000.
The gap is not fraud — it’s how permit fees work. Valuation on a re-roof permit is a contractor-declared figure used to calculate the permit fee, commonly taken from a standard schedule rather than the signed contract. Two takeaways for homeowners: never use a permit valuation to judge whether a bid is fair, and don’t be alarmed if the number on your permit is a fraction of your invoice. What a fair bid does look like is covered in repair vs. replace and the cost guide above.
Data: City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, “Building and Safety Permit Information” open dataset (data.lacity.org), pulled 2026-09-29. Filter: building permits with permit sub-type “1 or 2 Family Dwelling” whose work description contains “re-roof”; solar-only permits excluded. Valuation statistics exclude permits declaring under $1,000 (supplementals and nominal entries). Counts are by issue date. This index is refreshed periodically; figures are original analysis by GetRoofEstimates and may be cited with attribution and a link.
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10,506 permitted residential re-roofs in the last 12 months — about 876 a month — inside L.A. city limits.
Granada Hills (91344) led with 314 permits, then Reseda and Highland Park. The Valley dominates.
21.2% of re-roofs — about 1 in 5 — specified new solid sheathing.
It’s a fee-calculation figure (median $5,200), not your contract price. Real quotes run $9,000–$30,000.
Peaks in January and late summer before the rains; trough in November.