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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 IslandQueensBronxBrentwood - Pacific PalisadesBrooklynWashington ParkArmour SquareAll 162 areas →

Building permit data across cities, on one schema →

106,456
building permits in the imported dataset
10.3%
for new construction
1,967
for demolition (1.8%)
2026-10-04
data refreshed

Permit category across all areas

New construction: 10,994 building permits10,994New construct…Alteration or repair: 64,229 building permits64,229Alteration or…Demolition: 1,967 building permits1,967DemolitionElectrical: 8,604 building permits8,604ElectricalPlumbing: 7,596 building permits7,596PlumbingMechanical: 6,270 building permits6,270MechanicalSign: 1,952 building permits1,952SignOther: 4,844 building permits4,844Other
Count of building permits by permit category, all areas in our data.
permit categoryCountShare
New construction10,99410.3%
Alteration or repair64,22960.3%
Demolition1,9671.8%
Electrical8,6048.1%
Plumbing7,5967.1%
Mechanical6,2705.9%
Sign1,9521.8%
Other4,8444.6%

The total and full download include all 106,456 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 106,264 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 Island95439.7%8 (0.8%)
2Queens3,34232.3%13 (0.4%)
3Bronx2,00730.7%6 (0.3%)
4Brentwood - Pacific Palisades3,08529.8%38 (1.2%)
5Brooklyn5,23729.5%44 (0.8%)
6Washington Park7627.6%0 (0%)
7Armour Square4027.5%1 (2.5%)
8East Garfield Park13925.9%0 (0%)
9Seattle3,31220.7%207 (6.3%)
10Manor19319.2%0 (0%)
11Near South Side20017%1 (0.5%)
12Del Valle15216.4%0 (0%)
13Sunland-E LaTuna Cyn-Lakevw Ter-Shadow Hls-Tu9416%3 (3.2%)
14Grand Boulevard16515.8%0 (0%)
15Canoga Park-West Hills-Winnetka-Woodland Hill34814.7%4 (1.1%)
16North Center31413.4%26 (8.3%)
17Southeast Los Angeles80813%47 (5.8%)
18Douglas7412.2%0 (0%)
19North Lawndale21612%6 (2.8%)
20Sylmar34411.9%4 (1.2%)
21Harbor Gateway23811.3%6 (2.5%)
22Woodlawn16710.8%2 (1.2%)
23South Los Angeles1,29410.5%41 (3.2%)
24Sun Valley - La Tuna Canyon60410.4%20 (3.3%)
25Humboldt Park27710.1%7 (2.5%)
26Lake View65910%35 (5.3%)
27North Hollywood - Valley Village1,0439.8%42 (4%)
28Manhattan4,2069.7%19 (0.5%)
29Northeast Los Angeles1,9289.5%45 (2.3%)
30Van Nuys - North Sherman Oaks1,1409.5%45 (3.9%)
31Encino - Tarzana1,0299.1%18 (1.7%)
32Bel Air - Beverly Crest6099%12 (2%)
33Lower West Side2129%4 (1.9%)
34Boyle Heights2378.9%6 (2.5%)
35Reseda - West Van Nuys8688.6%25 (2.9%)
36Arleta - Pacoima3828.6%8 (2.1%)
37Sherman Oaks-Studio City-Toluca Lake-Cahuenga2478.5%6 (2.4%)
38Wilmington - Harbor City2908.3%5 (1.7%)
39Morgan Park1838.2%1 (0.5%)
40Chatsworth - Porter Ranch9378.1%5 (0.5%)
41Sunland-E LaTuna Cyn-Lakevw Ter-Shadow Hls-Tujunga4548.1%11 (2.4%)
42Silver Lake - Echo Park - Elysian Valley7847.9%14 (1.8%)
43Near West Side8437.7%6 (0.7%)
44Lincoln Park5737.7%26 (4.5%)
45Austin29,6077.5%568 (1.9%)
46Hollywood1,7957.4%43 (2.4%)
47Brighton Park1357.4%0 (0%)
48West Town6577.3%27 (4.1%)
49Mission Hills - Panorama City - North Hills5807.2%7 (1.2%)
50McKinley Park857.1%4 (4.7%)
51Northridge6696.9%11 (1.6%)
52West Los Angeles1,0876.8%40 (3.7%)
53Sherman Oaks-Studio City-Toluca Lake-Cahuenga Pass8916.7%31 (3.5%)
54Loop1,2076.6%1 (0.1%)
55Hyde Park1866.5%1 (0.5%)
56Granada Hills - Knollwood6896.4%6 (0.9%)
57Lincoln Square2726.3%9 (3.3%)
58Avondale1776.2%5 (2.8%)
59Edison Park656.2%1 (1.5%)
60Pullman666.1%1 (1.5%)
61Uptown2656%5 (1.9%)
62Canoga Park-West Hills-Winnetka-Woodland Hills1,6825.8%21 (1.2%)
63Palms - Mar Vista - Del Rey1,0455.8%38 (3.6%)
64Jefferson Park1375.8%0 (0%)
65West Adams - Baldwin Hills - Leimert1,4015.6%34 (2.4%)
66Irving Park2975.4%11 (3.7%)
67Venice5335.3%8 (1.5%)
68Edgewater2625.3%6 (2.3%)
69Albany Park1905.3%3 (1.6%)
70Logan Square4625.2%18 (3.9%)
71Norwood Park2304.8%5 (2.2%)
72Westlake1964.6%5 (2.6%)
73Rogers Park1764.5%0 (0%)
74Westwood3674.4%5 (1.4%)
75Wilshire1,7034.2%45 (2.6%)
76West Ridge2474%4 (1.6%)
77South Lawndale2303.9%0 (0%)
78West Garfield Park1103.6%4 (3.6%)
79New City2293.5%5 (2.2%)
80Bridgeport1413.5%2 (1.4%)
81Westchester - Playa del Rey6573.3%11 (1.7%)
82Oakland303.3%0 (0%)
83North Park963.1%0 (0%)
84San Pedro4373%3 (0.7%)
85Near North Side1,2872.8%13 (1%)
86Hermosa712.8%2 (2.8%)
87Gage Park1222.5%8 (6.6%)
88Kenwood882.3%0 (0%)
89Bee Cave442.3%0 (0%)
90Buda1382.2%0 (0%)
91Mission Bay932.2%0 (0%)
92Chicago Lawn1892.1%2 (1.1%)
93South Chicago1591.9%4 (2.5%)
94Forest Glen1541.9%1 (0.6%)
95Mount Greenwood1051.9%1 (1%)
96Archer Heights561.8%0 (0%)
97Garfield Ridge2411.7%1 (0.4%)
98Bayview Hunters Point3171.6%1 (0.3%)
99South Shore2431.6%2 (0.8%)
100Portage Park3371.5%0 (0%)
101Auburn Gresham3261.5%1 (0.3%)
102O'Hare2051.5%1 (0.5%)
103Englewood1941.5%11 (5.7%)
104Los Angeles International Airport1301.5%7 (5.4%)
105Montclare651.5%1 (1.5%)
106Washington Heights2201.4%1 (0.5%)
107Belmont Cragin2131.4%0 (0%)
108Clearing741.4%0 (0%)
109Downtown3141.3%4 (1.3%)
110Hayes Valley1761.1%0 (0%)
111West Englewood2071%12 (5.8%)
112Outer Mission1270.8%0 (0%)
113West Lawn1250.8%1 (0.8%)
114Glen Park1240.8%0 (0%)
115Roseland2710.7%19 (7%)
116Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside1530.7%0 (0%)
117Castro/Upper Market3280.6%2 (0.6%)
118Chinatown1680.6%2 (1.2%)
119Dunning1580.6%0 (0%)
120Western Addition1540.6%0 (0%)

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: 13,742 building permits2026-05: 15,390 building permits2026-06: 16,587 building permits2026-07: 16,095 building permits2026-08: 16,078 building permits2026-09: 15,756 building permits2026-10: 730 building permits2025-012025-042025-072025-102026-012026-042026-072026-10730
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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