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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 · £4.99Free 25-row preview · CSV, API or MCP · or £19/mo unlimitedIssued permits from six city feeds on one schema, with the source city, permit type, status and date kept visible.

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104,630
building permits in 163 areas
10.5%
for new construction
1,962
for demolition (1.9%)
2026-08-27
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Permit category across all areas

New construction: 10,950 building permits10,950New construct…Alteration or repair: 63,247 building permits63,247Alteration or…Demolition: 1,966 building permits1,966DemolitionElectrical: 8,225 building permits8,225ElectricalPlumbing: 7,611 building permits7,611PlumbingMechanical: 5,990 building permits5,990MechanicalSign: 2,000 building permits2,000SignOther: 4,797 building permits4,797Other
Count of building permits by permit category, all areas in our data.
permit categoryCountShare
New construction10,95010.5%
Alteration or repair63,24760.4%
Demolition1,9661.9%
Electrical8,2257.9%
Plumbing7,6117.3%
Mechanical5,9905.7%
Sign2,0001.9%
Other4,7974.6%

League table: areas ranked by share for new construction

#areabuilding permitsfor new constructionfor demolition
1Port of Los Angeles3447.1%1 (2.9%)
2Staten Island91839.3%8 (0.9%)
3Queens3,20632.3%13 (0.4%)
4Brentwood - Pacific Palisades3,04230.8%39 (1.3%)
5Bronx1,93130.1%6 (0.3%)
6Brooklyn5,03329.2%43 (0.9%)
7East Garfield Park13825.4%1 (0.7%)
8Armour Square3225%0 (0%)
9Washington Park5923.7%0 (0%)
10Seattle3,40922.1%172 (5%)
11Manor17519.4%0 (0%)
12Grand Boulevard15617.3%0 (0%)
13Del Valle13716.8%0 (0%)
14North Lawndale21014.8%6 (2.9%)
15Near South Side21214.6%1 (0.5%)
16Douglas7713%0 (0%)
17Wilmington - Harbor City28012.9%5 (1.8%)
18Sunland-E LaTuna Cyn-Lakevw Ter-Shadow Hls-Tu8512.9%4 (4.7%)
19Southeast Los Angeles83012.5%51 (6.1%)
20Sylmar31712.3%3 (0.9%)
21Canoga Park-West Hills-Winnetka-Woodland Hill39511.6%4 (1%)
22Woodlawn16511.5%3 (1.8%)
23Humboldt Park28111.4%8 (2.8%)
24North Center27410.6%27 (9.9%)
25Bel Air - Beverly Crest61010.5%11 (1.8%)
26Sun Valley - La Tuna Canyon60310.3%16 (2.7%)
27Lower West Side21810.1%4 (1.8%)
28Morgan Park15910.1%2 (1.3%)
29Manhattan3,9849.9%19 (0.5%)
30Van Nuys - North Sherman Oaks1,1469.9%51 (4.5%)
31Encino - Tarzana1,0289.5%21 (2%)
32Lake View6409.5%35 (5.5%)
33South Los Angeles1,3199.2%46 (3.5%)
34Northeast Los Angeles1,9409%48 (2.5%)
35Los Angeles International Airport1358.9%7 (5.2%)
36Sunland-E LaTuna Cyn-Lakevw Ter-Shadow Hls-Tujunga4438.8%11 (2.5%)
37Sherman Oaks-Studio City-Toluca Lake-Cahuenga2458.6%6 (2.4%)
38Harbor Gateway2458.6%7 (2.9%)
39North Hollywood - Valley Village1,0448.5%45 (4.3%)
40McKinley Park718.5%4 (5.6%)
41Arleta - Pacoima3818.4%9 (2.4%)
42Chatsworth - Porter Ranch9288.2%4 (0.4%)
43Silver Lake - Echo Park - Elysian Valley8098.2%15 (1.9%)
44West Town6198.1%26 (4.2%)
45Reseda - West Van Nuys8468%27 (3.2%)
46Austin28,9977.9%578 (2%)
47Brighton Park1267.9%0 (0%)
48Northridge6567.6%11 (1.7%)
49Mission Hills - Panorama City - North Hills6057.6%9 (1.5%)
50Boyle Heights2967.4%8 (2.7%)
51Near West Side8137.3%4 (0.5%)
52Logan Square4367.1%14 (3.2%)
53Edison Park567.1%0 (0%)
54Sherman Oaks-Studio City-Toluca Lake-Cahuenga Pass8726.9%32 (3.7%)
55Granada Hills - Knollwood6916.9%6 (0.9%)
56Hyde Park1896.9%1 (0.5%)
57Hollywood1,7406.7%45 (2.6%)
58Jefferson Park1196.7%1 (0.8%)
59Bridgeport1226.6%1 (0.8%)
60West Los Angeles1,0426.5%40 (3.8%)
61Lincoln Park5266.5%24 (4.6%)
62Lincoln Square2746.2%6 (2.2%)
63Canoga Park-West Hills-Winnetka-Woodland Hills1,6446.1%19 (1.2%)
64West Adams - Baldwin Hills - Leimert1,4376.1%40 (2.8%)
65Loop1,2075.9%1 (0.1%)
66Irving Park2935.8%13 (4.4%)
67Uptown2575.8%6 (2.3%)
68Rogers Park1725.8%0 (0%)
69New City2305.7%5 (2.2%)
70Westlake1975.6%4 (2%)
71Palms - Mar Vista - Del Rey9935.4%33 (3.3%)
72Wilshire1,7255.3%52 (3%)
73Westchester - Playa del Rey6655.3%13 (2%)
74Venice5264.9%10 (1.9%)
75Westwood4054.9%11 (2.7%)
76Hermosa624.8%1 (1.6%)
77Avondale1544.5%3 (1.9%)
78Pullman664.5%1 (1.5%)
79Edgewater2524.4%5 (2%)
80South Lawndale2034.4%0 (0%)
81Albany Park1593.8%1 (0.6%)
82Oakland273.7%0 (0%)
83Norwood Park1953.6%3 (1.5%)
84Gage Park1193.4%8 (6.7%)
85North Park873.4%0 (0%)
86San Pedro4333.2%3 (0.7%)
87Los Angeles313.2%1 (3.2%)
88West Ridge2323%1 (0.4%)
89West Garfield Park1013%3 (3%)
90Near North Side1,2242.6%14 (1.1%)
91Downtown3242.5%4 (1.2%)
92South Shore2192.3%2 (0.9%)
93Chicago Lawn1742.3%2 (1.1%)
94Buda1312.3%0 (0%)
95Kenwood862.3%0 (0%)
96Bee Cave432.3%0 (0%)
97Mount Greenwood892.2%1 (1.1%)
98O'Hare1932.1%1 (0.5%)
99Archer Heights492%0 (0%)
100South Chicago1591.9%4 (2.5%)
101West Lawn1211.7%1 (0.8%)
102Lakeshore1201.7%0 (0%)
103Montclare591.7%1 (1.7%)
104Bayview Hunters Point3371.5%1 (0.3%)
105Forest Glen1361.5%2 (1.5%)
106Garfield Ridge2191.4%2 (0.9%)
107Washington Heights2071.4%1 (0.5%)
108Outer Mission1451.4%0 (0%)
109Dunning1451.4%1 (0.7%)
110South Deering731.4%1 (1.4%)
111Auburn Gresham3151.3%1 (0.3%)
112Portage Park3081.3%1 (0.3%)
113Englewood1711.2%6 (3.5%)
114Greater Grand Crossing1811.1%2 (1.1%)
115Mission Bay891.1%0 (0%)
116West Englewood2011%12 (6%)
117Hayes Valley1951%0 (0%)
118Twin Peaks1041%1 (1%)
119Potrero Hill2340.9%25 (10.7%)
120Avalon Park1100.9%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: 415 building permits2026-03: 16,710 building permits2026-04: 16,502 building permits2026-05: 15,363 building permits2026-06: 16,602 building permits2026-07: 16,115 building permits2026-08: 12,442 building permits2025-012025-042025-072025-102026-012026-042026-072026-0812,442
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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