176 new building permits were filed in Cincinnati, OH over the trailing 7 days, with $6,778,165 in declared construction value. Filing volume is the clearest public signal of how busy — or backed up — a city's building department is right now. Live data from official municipal permit-issuance feeds.
Permits filed · this week
176
▼ 22.5% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$6,778,165
$46,745 avg per permit
Prior 7-day comparison
227
permits filed previous week
Of 4,641 Cincinnati permits with a published review status, 145 (3.1%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ISSUED | 3,863 | 83.2% |
| CLOSED | 442 | 9.5% |
| ROUTE | 174 | 3.7% |
| APPLIED | 145 | 3.1% |
| WITHDRWN | 7 | 0.2% |
| APRV_NR | 4 | 0.1% |
| APPROVED | 3 | 0.1% |
| ENGRCHNG | 3 | 0.1% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Cincinnati, OH logged 176 permits in the last 7 days versus 227 the week before — a 22.5% decrease, so intake is easing. This tracker refreshes weekly from official municipal feeds, so it reflects the current pace rather than a stale snapshot.
| # | Contractor | Permits (7d) | Declared value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "APOLLO HEATING & A/C" | 18 | $276,318 |
| 2 | "LOGAN SERVICES" | 7 | $73,554 |
| 3 | "THOMAS & GALBRAITH" | 7 | $41,600 |
| 4 | "ZINS PLUMBING" | 6 | $14,687 |
| 5 | "PEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY" | 4 | $14,000 |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Plumbing Permits | 53 | 30.1% |
| HVAC | 47 | 26.7% |
| CBPCBCP | 35 | 19.9% |
| Building | 26 | 14.8% |
| Fire Protection Systems | 10 | 5.7% |
| Date | Type | Address | Contractor | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | HVAC | 2855 MADISON RD | "APOLLO HEATING & A/C" | $22,694 |
| 2026-07-30 | HVAC | 1529 BETH LN | "APOLLO HEATING & A/C" | $8,228 |
| 2026-07-30 | Plumbing Permits | 2217 HIGHLAND AV | "1 TOM PLUMBER LLC" | $2,500 |
| 2026-07-30 | Fire Protection Systems | 1435 VINE ST | "AC ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS INC" | $5,000 |
| 2026-07-30 | Plumbing Permits | 6227 BONA VISTA PL | "ARLINGHAUS HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING" | $4,195 |
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