Pensacola, FL · Escambia County · Permit search guide
Pensacola permit search and official portals.
The City of Pensacola issues building permits inside its city limits. Escambia County Building Services issues them for unincorporated Escambia County and the Town of Century. This guide links the city's official permit portal and explains how to look up a record.
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Guide reviewed Oct 19, 2026. Permit Press is an independent research service, not a government website.
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Step by step
How to search permits in Pensacola.
Start with the office for the property's address. The official source shows the permit's current status, inspections and documents.
Confirm the address is inside city limits
The City of Pensacola issues permits only inside its city limits. A Pensacola mailing address can lie outside them, where Escambia County Building Services issues the permit.
Open the city's permit portal
Open the Pensacola permit portal (MyGovernmentOnline). DSD - Building Inspections, 5th floor of City Hall, 222 W. Main St.; phone 850-436-5600; permit applications go through MGO Connect.
Search by address or permit number
Search with the street address or the permit number where the portal offers those fields, then open the record for its status, inspections and documents. Some portals ask you to sign in before they show records.
Use the county search outside city limits
For a property outside Pensacola city limits, use Escambia County online contractor and citizen access (MyGovernmentOnline) (MyGovernmentOnline), or contact Escambia County Building Services (850-595-3550).
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Pensacola permits.
From the city's and county's own pages, checked Oct 19, 2026. Each note links the page it comes from.
City of Pensacola: DSD - Building Inspections, 5th floor of City Hall, 222 W. Main St.; phone 850-436-5600; permit applications go through MGO Connect.
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