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Building permit statistics by area

City building departments publish every permit they issue. These free pages bring major US cities together and break the permits down by area, so you can see where new construction is happening, where demolitions are clustered, and download the full list for any area as a spreadsheet, an API call or an answer from your AI agent.

Download the full building permits list · $1.99Free 25-row preview · CSV, API or MCP · or $9.99 paid once for 12 months, no automatic renewal; up to 10 CSV downloads per dayIssued permits from six city feeds on one schema, with the source city, permit type, status and date kept visible.

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SeattleAustinManhattanStaten IslandQueensBronxWashington ParkBrentwood - Pacific PalisadesBrooklynEast Garfield ParkAll 162 areas →

Building permit data across cities, on one schema →

107,128
building permits in the imported dataset
10.4%
for new construction
1,952
for demolition (1.8%)
2026-10-24
data refreshed

Permit category across all areas

New construction: 11,136 building permits11,136New construct…Alteration or repair: 64,938 building permits64,938Alteration or…Demolition: 1,952 building permits1,952DemolitionElectrical: 8,704 building permits8,704ElectricalPlumbing: 7,437 building permits7,437PlumbingMechanical: 6,200 building permits6,200MechanicalSign: 1,862 building permits1,862SignOther: 4,899 building permits4,899Other
Count of building permits by permit category, all areas in our data.
permit categoryCountShare
New construction11,13610.4%
Alteration or repair64,93860.6%
Demolition1,9521.8%
Electrical8,7048.1%
Plumbing7,4376.9%
Mechanical6,2005.8%
Sign1,8621.7%
Other4,8994.6%

The total and full download include all 107,128 matching records in this import. Type charts show up to eight categories; date charts use the displayed period and exclude missing or future dates. The area directory covers 106,933 records in 162 named areas with at least 25 records each.

League table: areas ranked by share for new construction

#areabuilding permitsfor new constructionfor demolition
1Staten Island97440.3%8 (0.8%)
2Queens3,39932.2%13 (0.4%)
3Bronx2,03730.7%6 (0.3%)
4Washington Park8230.5%1 (1.2%)
5Brentwood - Pacific Palisades3,17129.7%37 (1.2%)
6Brooklyn5,32529.5%44 (0.8%)
7East Garfield Park13626.5%1 (0.7%)
8Armour Square4122%1 (2.4%)
9Seattle3,24020.5%215 (6.6%)
10Near South Side20518.5%0 (0%)
11Manor19017.9%0 (0%)
12Sunland-E LaTuna Cyn-Lakevw Ter-Shadow Hls-Tu8517.6%1 (1.2%)
13Canoga Park-West Hills-Winnetka-Woodland Hill33416.5%5 (1.5%)
14Grand Boulevard16114.9%0 (0%)
15North Center30314.2%25 (8.3%)
16Southeast Los Angeles82212.9%46 (5.6%)
17Woodlawn16312.9%3 (1.8%)
18North Lawndale21612.5%5 (2.3%)
19Del Valle20312.3%0 (0%)
20Sylmar35611.2%4 (1.1%)
21Wilmington - Harbor City30910.7%4 (1.3%)
22Lower West Side19710.7%4 (2%)
23Douglas6610.6%0 (0%)
24Sun Valley - La Tuna Canyon61110.3%21 (3.4%)
25Harbor Gateway24210.3%6 (2.5%)
26South Los Angeles1,30210.1%42 (3.2%)
27Lake View6799.9%31 (4.6%)
28Manhattan4,2649.8%19 (0.4%)
29North Hollywood - Valley Village1,0379.8%41 (4%)
30Humboldt Park2859.8%7 (2.5%)
31Arleta - Pacoima3779.3%7 (1.9%)
32Van Nuys - North Sherman Oaks1,1799.2%37 (3.1%)
33Bel Air - Beverly Crest6229.2%10 (1.6%)
34Northeast Los Angeles1,9418.8%43 (2.2%)
35Encino - Tarzana1,0638.7%17 (1.6%)
36Westlake1968.7%6 (3.1%)
37Sunland-E LaTuna Cyn-Lakevw Ter-Shadow Hls-Tujunga4618.5%11 (2.4%)
38Boyle Heights2348.5%4 (1.7%)
39West Town6468.4%26 (4%)
40Morgan Park1888%1 (0.5%)
41Chatsworth - Porter Ranch9557.9%5 (0.5%)
42Austin29,4787.8%571 (1.9%)
43Silver Lake - Echo Park - Elysian Valley7987.8%13 (1.6%)
44Sherman Oaks-Studio City-Toluca Lake-Cahuenga2557.8%6 (2.4%)
45Reseda - West Van Nuys9087.6%24 (2.6%)
46Northridge6707.6%8 (1.2%)
47Brighton Park1367.4%0 (0%)
48Mission Hills - Panorama City - North Hills6147.3%7 (1.1%)
49Near West Side8387.2%7 (0.8%)
50Lincoln Park5967.2%25 (4.2%)
51Avondale1697.1%5 (3%)
52McKinley Park987.1%3 (3.1%)
53West Los Angeles1,1186.9%42 (3.8%)
54Hollywood1,8556.8%39 (2.1%)
55Sherman Oaks-Studio City-Toluca Lake-Cahuenga Pass9436.8%34 (3.6%)
56Hyde Park1766.8%1 (0.6%)
57West Ridge2546.7%4 (1.6%)
58Loop1,1976.3%1 (0.1%)
59Uptown2586.2%6 (2.3%)
60Lincoln Square2586.2%10 (3.9%)
61Granada Hills - Knollwood7196.1%6 (0.8%)
62Pullman685.9%1 (1.5%)
63Edison Park685.9%2 (2.9%)
64Edgewater2785.8%6 (2.2%)
65Palms - Mar Vista - Del Rey1,0775.6%43 (4%)
66Canoga Park-West Hills-Winnetka-Woodland Hills1,7555.4%22 (1.3%)
67West Adams - Baldwin Hills - Leimert1,3915.2%28 (2%)
68Venice5735.1%8 (1.4%)
69Logan Square4775%15 (3.1%)
70Albany Park1824.9%3 (1.6%)
71Irving Park2764.7%8 (2.9%)
72Westwood3744.3%4 (1.1%)
73South Lawndale2334.3%0 (0%)
74Wilshire1,6684.2%45 (2.7%)
75Norwood Park2454.1%6 (2.4%)
76Bridgeport1464.1%3 (2.1%)
77Rogers Park1744%1 (0.6%)
78New City2323.9%7 (3%)
79Jefferson Park1373.6%0 (0%)
80West Garfield Park1163.4%4 (3.4%)
81Oakland293.4%0 (0%)
82Westchester - Playa del Rey6773.1%12 (1.8%)
83North Park983.1%0 (0%)
84Near North Side1,3052.9%13 (1%)
85Mount Greenwood1022.9%1 (1%)
86Chicago Lawn1872.7%2 (1.1%)
87Hermosa742.7%2 (2.7%)
88San Pedro4682.6%3 (0.6%)
89Mission Bay902.2%0 (0%)
90Bayview Hunters Point2382.1%1 (0.4%)
91Buda1462.1%0 (0%)
92Bee Cave482.1%0 (0%)
93West Englewood2032%10 (4.9%)
94Forest Glen1492%3 (2%)
95Kenwood982%0 (0%)
96South Chicago1651.8%5 (3%)
97Gage Park1141.8%8 (7%)
98Portage Park3441.7%0 (0%)
99Los Angeles International Airport1171.7%1 (0.9%)
100Garfield Ridge2501.6%1 (0.4%)
101Archer Heights631.6%0 (0%)
102Montclare621.6%1 (1.6%)
103Auburn Gresham3441.5%2 (0.6%)
104Belmont Cragin2221.4%0 (0%)
105O'Hare2071.4%1 (0.5%)
106Hayes Valley1601.3%0 (0%)
107Clearing791.3%0 (0%)
108Downtown3241.2%4 (1.2%)
109South Shore2581.2%2 (0.8%)
110Avalon Park1041%1 (1%)
111Washington Heights2340.9%2 (0.9%)
112Outer Mission1180.8%0 (0%)
113Western Addition1510.7%0 (0%)
114Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside1510.7%0 (0%)
115West Lawn1370.7%1 (0.7%)
116Glen Park1350.7%0 (0%)
117Greater Grand Crossing1810.6%4 (2.2%)
118Chinatown1730.6%2 (1.2%)
119Dunning1690.6%0 (0%)
120West Pullman2160.5%13 (6%)

Building permits issued per month

2025-01: 1,003 building permits2025-02: 764 building permits2025-03: 1,421 building permits2025-04: 1,051 building permits2025-05: 835 building permits2025-06: 928 building permits2025-07: 886 building permits2025-08: 650 building permits2025-09: 739 building permits2025-10: 606 building permits2025-11: 566 building permits2025-12: 573 building permits2026-01: 615 building permits2026-02: 364 building permits2026-03: 1,077 building permits2026-04: 3,739 building permits2026-05: 15,371 building permits2026-06: 16,582 building permits2026-07: 16,071 building permits2026-08: 16,085 building permits2026-09: 16,599 building permits2026-10: 10,603 building permits2025-012025-042025-072025-102026-012026-042026-072026-1010,603
Records by the month they were issued, all areas.

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Issued permits from six city feeds on one schema, with the source city, permit type, status and date kept visible.

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