Plumbing
34%19,994 active
The single largest slice — fueled by ground-up subdivision growth in Stone Oak and the far north side off US-281 and Loop 1604, where rough-in and water-service permits run constant against SAWS connections.
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio construction projects, live across Bexar County.
41,357 active projects across the San Antonio metro — Stone Oak and the US-281 / Loop 1604 far north side, the I-35 NE corridor toward New Braunfels, Brooks on the south side, and Port San Antonio. A residential-MEP and reroof-heavy Sun Belt market. Filter by trade, value, and stage — pursue before bid award.
41,357
Active projects in the San Antonio metro
60,348
Total projects tracked across Bexar County
1,464
Projects with new permits in the last 30 days
Market snapshot
What's actually happening in San Antonio construction in 2026
San Antonio is a two-permit-authority market with a strong residential-MEP center of gravity. Inside the city limits, the City of San Antonio Development Services Department (DSD) is the AHJ; outside them, Bexar County governs unincorporated land where the subdivision frontier keeps moving north and west. Every new service touches two utilities — CPS Energy for power and gas, San Antonio Water System (SAWS) for water and sewer — and those connections are often the cleanest early read on which lots are actually about to go vertical.
The growth is geographically lopsided. The far north side — Stone Oak and the US-281 / Loop 1604 corridor — drives the heaviest single-family and the plumbing, HVAC, and electrical volume that comes with it, while the I-35 NE corridor toward New Braunfels keeps extending the residential and light-commercial front. The south side tells a different story: Brooks (the former Air Force base redevelopment), Port San Antonio's aerospace and industrial campus, and the Toyota truck plant anchor a heavier concrete, structural, and industrial-electrical pipeline, with Eagle Ford shale logistics to the south feeding it.
Beyond the growth corridors, two durable demand bases sit underneath the metro. Healthcare is concentrated in the South Texas Medical Center, UT Health San Antonio, and Brooke Army Medical Center — steady mechanical and electrical scope that doesn't move with the housing cycle. And Joint Base San Antonio (Fort Sam Houston, Lackland, and Randolph) keeps a federal construction footprint in play. The teams winning here pick a lane — far-north residential MEP, hail-belt reroof, or south-side industrial — and cover it deeply rather than chasing the whole county thin.
Trade mix
Where the work sits in San Antonio
Plumbing, HVAC, and reroof lead a residential-MEP-heavy mix. Shares below are the share of tracked active projects across Bexar County over the last 12 months.
HVAC / mechanical
20%11,922 active
Texas heat keeps mechanical demand high across both new residential and changeout/replacement work, with CPS Energy load on every new service in the I-35 NE corridor toward New Braunfels.
Roofing
15%8,624 active
Hail-belt reroof is a year-round driver across Bexar County — storm-cycle replacement keeps roofing volume steady independent of new construction.
Electrical
15%8,588 active
Tracks the residential growth front but also carries the heavier industrial pulls around Port San Antonio aerospace and the Toyota truck plant on the south side.
Concrete & structural
8%4,394 active
Foundations, tilt-wall, and sitework concentrated in the Brooks redevelopment and the south-side industrial footprint feeding Eagle Ford shale logistics.
Fencing & sitework
3%1,897 active
Leads the development cycle on unincorporated Bexar County land and the far-north subdivision frontier — an early lot-prep signal before the vertical trades arrive.
Pursuit playbook
The San Antonio pursuit playbook
How the top construction sales teams in the San Antonio metro operate in 2026.
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Split the city and the county
Permits inside the city run through the City of San Antonio Development Services Department (DSD); unincorporated land runs through Bexar County. The subdivision frontier lives on the county side of the line, so the highest-growth residential lots often surface there first. Save separate filters for each authority — they move at different speeds.
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Watch SAWS and CPS Energy as leading signals
On new residential and commercial, the San Antonio Water System service connection and the CPS Energy meter set frequently pre-date or run parallel to the building permit. Those utility filings are a cleaner early read on which lots are actually going vertical than the building permit alone — pursue the MEP scope off that signal.
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Own the far-north residential MEP lane
Stone Oak and the US-281 / Loop 1604 corridor drive the heaviest plumbing, HVAC, and electrical volume in the metro. If residential MEP is your trade, this is where to go deep — the subdivision pipeline is predictable, and the rough-in window is the right outreach moment.
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Run reroof as its own pipeline
Bexar County hail cycles make roofing a year-round, storm-driven market that doesn't track new construction. Treat reroof as a separate filter set keyed to replacement permits across the county, not as a follow-on to ground-up work.
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Chase the south-side industrial cluster separately
Brooks, Port San Antonio aerospace, and the Toyota truck plant anchor a heavier concrete, structural, and industrial-electrical pipeline than the residential north side. Sitework and structural permits lead; mechanical, electrical, and fit-out scope follow on a predictable lag.
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Drop everything into the CRM the same day
Pipedrive sync, project → owner → GC → trade linkage, and a stage-tagged note for every interaction. The sales teams scaling fastest in San Antonio treat the CRM as the source of truth, not a graveyard.
FAQ
San Antonio construction FAQ
The San Antonio feed refreshes continuously across the metro. New permits from the City of San Antonio Development Services Department (DSD) and Bexar County typically appear in the live feed within hours of issuance, and inspection events refresh nightly. 1,464 projects picked up a new permit in the last 30 days.
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