Pool Removal Contractors Working in Anaheim

Pool removal in Anaheim runs on the city's Swimming Pool/Spa Permit, which covers demolition, at a $182 demolition fee that includes capping the utilities, and Pool Removal California found 20 businesses offering in-ground pool removal there, 10 with an active state licence.

This directory groups Anaheim under Orange County. Each listing below was matched to Anaheim because the business names the city on its own website, serves it through a named region, or appears for it on Google Maps. Licence numbers were checked at the Contractors State License Board lookup on 11 October 2026, and businesses with an active licence are listed first.

Contractors serving Anaheim

Another 8 businesses show no licence number or only a Google Maps listing for Anaheim. They are being checked by phone before being listed.

A pool removal in Anaheim needs a licensed contractor or an owner-builder permit, because Industry Bulletin 24-07 keeps permitted work outside the $1,000 unlicensed-work exemption. The state classification guide explains the A, C-12, C-21 and C-53 classes most pool jobs use.

Anaheim Pool Removal Permit Rules

Anaheim's Pool/Spa Permit Application B712 (August 2025) covers the construction, alteration, demolition and repair of a pool or spa, and its specification section has a demolition box for each. The form lists a $182 demolition fee that includes capping the utilities, alongside a $182 minimum permit fee. The city's Handout B804, dated September 2014, confirms that a permit is required before any structure is demolished. The Building Division is at 200 S. Anaheim Blvd., Suite 145, (714) 765-5153.

The Planning Department, Building Division is the office to call before any work starts. Anaheim is one of 10 cities among the 32 in this directory that publish nothing specific to pools, so the department's answer on the phone decides the permit type, the fee and the fill standard.

Partial fill-in or full removal in Anaheim

Anaheim publishes no rule on drainage holes, wall removal or compaction, so the Building Division decides what it accepts when the shell stays. The pool form adds two conditions that touch any job: excavated material may not be spread on the lot without city approval, and its second page is a stormwater self-exemption checklist that includes soil movement. Owners planning to build over the area should settle the fill standard with the Building Division first.

The fill-in questions page sets the two methods side by side, with typical timelines of one to four days for a partial fill-in and three to seven for a full removal.

What a Anaheim job costs

No Anaheim contractor publishes prices, but Orange County firms do: Frisch & Sons, based in Villa Park, publishes $12,000 to $20,000 for a partial fill-in and $18,000 to $30,000 or more for a full removal. Anaheim's own charges start with the $182 demolition fee, which already includes utility capping.

The California pool removal cost guide covers what moves a quote, from side-yard access to fill dirt and the compaction report.

Hauling the debris in Anaheim

Anaheim's construction and demolition page applies the 65% diversion target from state law and CALGreen and requires an application before a permit is issued. The city's 2026 information list names Republic Services as the franchise hauler: using its dumpster or transfer station meets the requirement with no further diversion reporting, while self-haulers keep receipts and file updated forms before final inspection. Republic's Anaheim flyer caps roll-off dumpsters at 10 tons and lists concrete, dirt and rock as clean debris.

Pool water has to go somewhere before demolition starts. Anaheim's municipal code section 6.56.080 makes it unlawful to drain a pool onto any public property other than into a sanitary sewer, or onto another person's property. The countywide H2OC pool brochure also asks for the sewer when possible and warns that some cities bar storm drain disposal, so the sewer cleanout is the route to plan on in Anaheim.

Sellers in Anaheim should keep the finaled permit, because the state's seller disclosure form asks about fill on the property and about unpermitted work.

Nearby areas

Contractors listed for Anaheim also work in neighbouring communities, including Fullerton, Orange, Garden Grove, Placentia, Yorba Linda and Buena Park. Neighbouring cities set their own permit rules, so a job outside Anaheim city limits follows that city's building department or, in unincorporated areas, the county.

Other Orange County pages in this directory: Irvine, Santa Ana, Huntington Beach, Garden Grove.

Common Anaheim questions

Which permit covers pool removal in Anaheim?
The Swimming Pool/Spa Permit, which covers demolition as well as new pools.

What does an Anaheim pool demolition permit cost?
$182, including utility capping, on form B712 from August 2025.

Can Anaheim pool water go to the street?
No. City code allows draining onto public property only into a sanitary sewer.

Who hauls pool debris in Anaheim?
Republic Services, the franchise hauler; self-haulers keep receipts and show at least 65% recycled.