Coverage
Every number on this page is computed from our live database when this page is built. Nothing here is hardcoded or estimated. Cities whose feeds do not publish a field say so instead of pretending, and a number we cannot compute is left out rather than shown as a zero.
Computed 2026-11-08 from our live database.
57
Cities with permits on record
14,823,799
Permits on record
11,315
Permits issued last complete week
24
States covered
The fill map
How complete each field is, per city, counted per distinct permit across everything we hold. ZIP includes values we derived from the address with the Census geocoder, counted separately so you can see which are published and which are ours.
| austin | 1,905,182 | 1990-01 | 99.9% | 62.7% | 99.7% (28 derived) | 42.5% |
| fort-worth | 1,486,951 | 2001-07 | 99.9% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 64.5% (8,974 derived) | 23.9% |
| kansas-city | 1,414,249 | 1990-01 | 97.4% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 0.5% (6,972 derived) | 43.6% |
| san-francisco | 987,922 | 1990-01 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 100.0% (49 derived) | 95.8% |
| orlando | 970,769 | 1990-01 | 100.0% | 80.0% | 0.7% (6,912 derived) | 80.8% |
| chicago | 852,497 | 2006-01 | 100.0% | 0.2% | 3.6% (30,341 derived) | 92.9% |
| columbus | 689,368 | 2010-01 | 99.9% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 99.8% (3,307 derived) | 43.7% |
| boston | 606,934 | 2006-09 | 98.6% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 100.0% (187 derived) | 96.6% |
| new-york-city | 592,352 | 2016-06 | 100.0% | 99.5% | 99.8% (297 derived) | 94.3% |
| cook-county | 552,708 | 1990-02 | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% (10 derived) | 96.6% |
| charlotte | 469,874 | 1990-01 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 99.9% |
| prince-georges-county | 457,370 | 2013-07 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 46.0% |
| riverside-county | 380,090 | 1990-01 | 77.4% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 1.1% (142 derived) | 0.0% |
| baltimore | 295,757 | 2019-01 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 2.1% (6,262 derived) | 73.6% |
| new-hanover-county | 288,523 | 1990-01 | 97.1% | 8.6% | 97.0% | 30.7% |
| buffalo | 278,856 | 2000-01 | 99.9% | 0.0% | 99.9% (26 derived) | 71.0% |
| cleveland | 199,786 | 2011-07 | 97.1% | 86.2% | 3.7% (7,415 derived) | 84.2% |
| montgomery-county-md | 176,453 | 2000-01 | 99.7% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 99.6% (3 derived) | 97.7% |
| san-diego-county | 170,640 | 2003-01 | 99.9% | 80.0% | 97.3% (140 derived) | 31.4% |
| sioux-falls | 155,527 | 2015-01 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 4.8% (7,465 derived) | 77.2% |
| miami-dade-county | 143,624 | 2024-10 | 99.5% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 94.0% |
| seattle | 141,215 | 1992-06 | 99.9% | 19.4% | 99.9% (5,592 derived) | 90.4% |
| san-antonio | 133,731 | 2025-01 | 97.7% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 8.1% (6,113 derived) | 2.5% |
| elk-grove | 123,757 | 1992-04 | 100.0% | 88.2% | 0.0% | 98.6% |
| los-angeles | 116,478 | 2020-01 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 100.0% (5 derived) | 95.3% |
| norfolk | 108,842 | 2012-04 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 7.6% (8,322 derived) | 89.1% |
| baton-rouge | 104,404 | 2011-10 | 100.0% | 71.5% | 99.2% (6,307 derived) | 60.6% |
| fairfax-county | 100,894 | 2025-01 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| gainesville-fl | 96,690 | 2011-01 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.9% (880 derived) | 0.0% |
| college-station | 87,637 | 1990-01 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 99.8% (2,128 derived) | 45.4% |
| saint-paul | 83,086 | 2015-06 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| larimer-county | 67,051 | 1990-01 | 99.9% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 9.9% (112 derived) | 0.0% |
| sugar-land | 65,684 | 2017-10 | 98.5% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 98.0% | 0.0% |
| baltimore-county | 63,042 | 1999-01 | 100.0% | 81.4% | 2.7% | 100.0% |
| dekalb-county | 62,735 | 1990-11 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 0.0% (16 derived) | 73.7% |
| tacoma | 61,179 | 2016-01 | 99.4% | 0.0% | 99.5% | 85.0% |
| detroit | 48,154 | 2019-01 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 100.0% (38 derived) | 99.9% |
| grand-traverse-county | 43,211 | 2014-12 | 99.8% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 99.8% (8 derived) | 0.0% |
| corona | 40,319 | 2001-10 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 96.0% (2,006 derived) | 45.6% |
| marin-county | 37,252 | 2017-08 | 100.0% | 97.9% | 0.0% (3 derived) | 99.7% |
| sonoma-county | 20,443 | 2022-10 | 77.6% | 0.0% | 4.5% (917 derived) | 16.9% |
| arlington | 18,588 | 2023-10 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 38.4% (7,147 derived) | 60.4% |
| fort-collins | 18,157 | 2025-01 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 100.0% (3 derived) | 0.0% |
| newbern | 17,911 | 1999-01 | 98.8% | 0.0% | 47.3% (8,480 derived) | 96.5% |
| milwaukee | 16,380 | 2015-06 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 52.5% (8,602 derived) | 59.6% |
| dover | 13,140 | 2021-10 | 99.7% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 43.5% (837 derived) | 0.0% |
| asheville | 12,294 | 2025-01 | 0.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| tucson | 11,599 | 1997-08 | 99.9% | 0.0% | 54.0% (6,258 derived) | 34.9% |
| fort-lauderdale | 10,757 | 2021-03 | 98.7% | 51.7% | 9.6% (1,028 derived) | 0.0% |
| tempe | 8,146 | 2019-01 | 99.9% | 14.7% | 99.9% (62 derived) | 65.4% |
| san-marcos | 7,255 | 2012-08 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 16.9% (1,224 derived) | 0.0% |
| philadelphia | 2,967 | 2026-07 | 100.0% | 92.3% | 100.0% (6 derived) | 0.0% |
| minneapolis | 2,773 | 2026-07 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 53.7% (1,489 derived) | 0.0% |
| washington-dc | 1,785 | 2026-07 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 100.0% (1 derived) | 0.0% |
| pittsburgh | 719 | 2026-07 | 100.0% | 44.4% | 100.0% | 96.2% |
| denver | 77 | 2026-08 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 98.7% (76 derived) | 96.1% |
| memphis | 15 | 2026-07 | 100.0% | this feed does not publish contractor names | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Data sources
Some of the cities above come from a jurisdiction's own open data publication. Those sources are credited here, with the licence each one is published under.
- Charlotte: Building Permit Locations, Mecklenburg County GIS Data Center terms: users are generally free to download, share, modify, and build derivative works or applications using the public data provided..
- Austin: Issued Construction Permits, Public Domain U.S. Government.
- Seattle: Building Permits, Public Domain.
- San Francisco: Building Permits, Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License.
- New York City: DOB NOW: Build, Approved Permits, NYC Open Data terms: the data is free and public, with no restrictions on use..
- Chicago: Building Permits, City of Chicago terms: data is provided as a public service, as is and without warranties, and normal public, analytical and commercial uses are encouraged..
- Boston: Approved Building Permits, Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL).
- San Antonio: Permits Issued, Creative Commons Attribution. Contains information from City of San Antonio, used under that licence.
- Fort Worth: CFW Development Permits Table, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, CC-BY 4.0. The dataset's own metadata states its license as CC-BY-4.0 and its license block links https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.. Contains information from City of Fort Worth, used under that licence.
- Kansas City: City Issued Permits, City of Kansas City open data terms of use, https://data.kcmo.org/terms: use is permitted, and a derivative application must reproduce the City's disclaimer verbatim wherever it can be accessed or downloaded.. Contains information from City of Kansas City, Missouri, used under that licence.
- Columbus: Building Permits, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. Stated by the dataset's own catalog entry, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0..
- San Diego County: Building Permits, Public Domain. Stated by the dataset's own view metadata as its licence, https://data.sandiegocounty.gov/Housing-and-Infrastructure/Building-Permits/dyzh-7eat..
- Los Angeles: Building and Safety - Building Permits Issued from 2020 to Present (N), No licence in the dataset metadata. The grant is the portal's own terms of use at https://data.lacity.org/terms-of-use, which states that datasets may be accessed, downloaded and repurposed free of charge for commercial and non commercial use.. Contains information from City of Los Angeles, Department of Building and Safety, used under that licence.
- Gainesville: Building Permits, Public Domain. Stated by the dataset's own view metadata: license name "Public Domain", licenseId PUBLIC_DOMAIN, attribution "City of Gainesville Building Inspections Department".. Contains information from City of Gainesville Building Inspections Department, used under that licence.
- Cook County: Assessor - Permits, Cook County open data terms: public domain open data, free to use through download and API..
- Norfolk: Permits, Norfolk open data terms: no legal encumbrances or restrictions on use or reuse..
- Prince George's County: Residential and Commercial Permits (Jan 2012 through June 2013), Prince George's County open data terms: usable without permission, including for commercial purposes..
- Sonoma County: Sonoma County Construction Permits, Sonoma County open data terms, accepted by use: provided as is with no warranties, no restrictions on use, and intended to support economic innovation..
- Corona: CorStat - Building Permits, Corona open data terms: open public use welcomed, excluding any use that infers sensitive personal characteristics..
- Saint Paul: Building Permits Dataset, Public Domain with as-is disclaimer, full text on the dataset page and recorded by the desk.
- Orlando: Permit Applications, No licence in the dataset metadata. The grant is the City of Orlando's own permitting data page at https://www.orlando.gov/Our-Government/Records-and-Documents/Open-Data, which states that users are permitted to copy, modify, distribute and build upon the open permit datasets for commercial and non commercial use.. Contains information from City of Orlando, used under that licence.
- Fort Lauderdale: Building Permits, Florida public records law, Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes, which makes these records public and places no restriction on commercial reuse. The ArcGIS service item carries no licence of its own, so the statute is the whole basis and there is no licence text to quote.. Contains information from City of Fort Lauderdale, used under that licence.
- Milwaukee: Residential and Commercial Permit Work Data, Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY. Stated by the CKAN package metadata: license_title "Creative Commons Attribution", license_url http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by.. Contains information from City of Milwaukee, used under that licence.
- Baton Rouge: EBR Building Permits, Public Domain. Stated by the Socrata metadata: license.name "Public Domain"..
- Buffalo: Permits, Public Domain U.S. Government. Stated by the Socrata metadata: license.name "Public Domain U.S. Government"..
- Marin County: Building Permits Report, Open Data Commons Open Database License. Stated by the Socrata metadata: license.name "Open Data Commons Open Database License", termsLink http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/.. Contains information from County of Marin, CA, used under that licence.
- Montgomery County: Residential Permit, Public Domain. Stated by the Socrata metadata: license.name "Public Domain"..
- Tempe: Permits Issued by Building Safety, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Stated by the ArcGIS item's licenseInfo: "This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.". Contains information from City of Tempe, used under that licence.
- Cleveland: Building Permit Applications, Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL). Stated by the ArcGIS item's licenseInfo.. Contains information from City of Cleveland, used under that licence.
- Detroit: Building Permits, Public record. No reuse licence stated; shown here as figures only.
- Sioux Falls: Building Permits, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Contains information from City of Sioux Falls, used under that licence.
- Arlington: Issued Permits, Public record. No reuse licence stated; shown here as figures only.
- Tucson: PDSD_ResidentialBldg, Public record. No reuse licence stated; shown here as figures only.
- DeKalb County: Hansen Building Applications, Public record. No reuse licence stated; shown here as figures only.
- Newbern: Building Permits, Public record. No reuse licence stated; shown here as figures only.
- San Marcos: CoSM BuildingPermits, Public record. No reuse licence stated; shown here as figures only.
- Baltimore County: BPDS_2025 (Baltimore Metropolitan Council Building Permit Data System), Public record. No reuse licence stated; shown here as figures only.
- Miami-Dade County: Building Permits Issued By Miami-Dade County - 2 Previous Years to Present, Public record. No reuse licence stated; shown here as figures only.
- Elk Grove: TRAKiT Building Permits, Public record. No reuse licence stated; shown here as figures only.
- New Hanover County: Building Permits, Public record. No reuse licence stated; shown here as figures only.
- Baltimore: Housing and Building Permits 2019-Present, Baltimore City Code, Article 1, section 9-8(b): datasets published on the Open Data Portal are available to the public on an open license basis..
- College Station: Permits - Master Dataset, Public record. No reuse licence stated; shown here as figures only.
- Tacoma: Accela Permit Data (Tacoma), Public record. No reuse licence stated; shown here as figures only.
- Sugar Land: Public permit search (Civic Self Service), Public record from the city's permit portal. Shown here as figures only.
- Dover: Public permit search (Civic Self Service), Public record from the city's permit portal. Shown here as figures only.
- Grand Traverse County: Public permit search (Civic Self Service), Public record from the city's permit portal. Shown here as figures only.
- Larimer County: Public permit search (Civic Self Service), Public record from the city's permit portal. Shown here as figures only.
- Riverside County: Public permit search (Civic Self Service), Public record from the city's permit portal. Shown here as figures only.
- Fort Collins: Public permit search (Accela Citizen Access), Public record from the city's permit portal. Shown here as figures only.
- Asheville: Public permit search (Accela Citizen Access), Public record from the city's permit portal. Shown here as figures only.
- Fairfax County: Public permit search (Accela Citizen Access), Public record from the city's permit portal. Shown here as figures only.
Kansas City: This site provides applications using data that has been modified for use from its original source, www.data.kcmo.gov, the official open data website of the City of Kansas City. The City of Kansas City makes no claims as to the content, accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any of the data provided at this site. The data provided at this site is subject to change at any time. It is understood that the data provided at this site is being used at one's own risk.
Every figure here is counted from our own store, per market, and republished on each build. We would like every permit data vendor to publish theirs the same way, so a buyer can compare measurements instead of adjectives.
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