Permits & licenses in Horry County.
Horry County enforces the model codes the South Carolina Building Codes Council adopted — and the Council says the rest plainly: South Carolina is a home rule state, and each jurisdiction interprets and enforces the adopted codes for that jurisdiction alone. The county counter holds the unincorporated parcels; each municipality holds its own.
- Horry County Code Enforcement issues building permits and inspects construction in the unincorporated area of the county, and carries National Flood Insurance Program enforcement and commercial fire inspections there; county filings run through the EnerGov online portal.
- Inside Myrtle Beach, the Construction Services Department holds building permits, trade permits, plan review, construction inspections and property maintenance enforcement.
- Work in the coastal critical areas, and anything seaward of the beachfront baseline or setback line, answers to the Bureau of Coastal Management at the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services — a separate authorization from either building counter.
Talk to a permit specialist — for your Horry County project.
county seat: Conway
Horry County · drawn from Census boundaries
What we clear here
- Building permits — new construction, fit-outs, renovations
- Trade permits — electrical, plumbing, gas, mechanical
- Use & occupancy and the inspections behind it
- Business & contractor licensing
- Signs, site work, and right-of-way
How it moves
Your package is reviewed against the current Horry County submission requirements before it's filed — forms, editions, scales, signatures. Then it's tracked in the queue and carried through comments. A resubmittal means the back of the line; the pre-filing review is there to help keep you out of it. The habit comes from volume: the team has processed 400+ permits annually across Maryland, D.C., and Virginia counters.
Straight answers
Who issues building permits in Horry County?
Horry County Code Enforcement and City of Myrtle Beach Construction Services Department — with the trade, health, and fire reviews that attach depending on the project.
Does DaKa work in Horry County?
Yes — Horry County is one of the South Carolina markets we serve. Call (240) 344-5075, or send the project over, and we'll lay out your project's permits and licenses, in order, with what each review will take.
Talk to a permit specialist
Ten minutes on your project. You leave knowing the approvals it needs, in what order, and what each review will take. Or send the address, scope, and plans and we start from there.