Building Permit Index · City Profile
Sammamish, WAbuilding permit approval score and national rank
National Rank
#269 of 500
Estimated from state-level data where city-level permit records were incomplete.
Approval score
Composite Score
68 of 100
Higher = faster, more consistent approvals
Approval Speed
84
0-100, higher = faster
Approval-Quality Signal
57
0-100 tags score
Reporting Coverage
29
0-100, data completeness
Sammamish vs. Washington average
Sammamish approval speed
84
0-100, this city
Washington state average
91
0-100, commercial permits statewide
Both scores use the same 0-100 scale, so they compare directly. See the full state permitting table for every state.
Where this data comes from
Sammamish's approval score is built from municipal permit records and reporting completeness across 500 tracked US cities, refreshed quarterly. Read the full methodology for how the composite is calculated.